A Selective Guide to Catholic Resources on the World Wide Web
by
John L Gresham MLS PhD
Instructor in Catholic Theology
 Kenrick-Glennon Seminary / Paul VI Catechetical Institute
 Archdiocese of St. Louis.

• Vatican Web Site
   

  • Search Tools

    • Search Vatican Website

    • Papal Documents (Alphabetical List)

    • Quicklist alphabetical list of documents, offices, organizations, etc
       

  • The Papacy

    • Benedict XVI

    • John Paul II

      • More John Paul II Links

    • Other modern Popes

    • Papal Documents (Alphabetical List)

    • Catechesis of the Popes
       

  • The Cardinals

    • The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church by Salvador Miranda.
       

  • The Curia

    • Congregations

      • Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith

    • Pontifical Councils

    • Pontifical Commissions

      • Pontifical Biblical Commission

      • International Theological Commission

     

• Bishops, Dioceses & National Bishops Conferences

  • United States Conference of Catholic Bishops

  • Other National and Regional Bishops Conferences from CatholicLinks.org

• Catechism of the Catholic Church

  • CCC @ the vatican with concordance

  • CCC @ St. Charles Borromeo Church with index and search engine

  • Nazareth Master Catechism CCC plus catechisms of Aquinas, Trent, Baltimore and Pius X.

  • Essentials of the Catholic Faith online version of the Pocket Catholic Catechism by Fr. John Hardin

   

• Councils

  • Vatican II 

    • Search all Vatican II Documents at www.stjosef.at

    • Concordance to all Vatican II Documents at Intratext

  • All the Councils

   

• Reference Works

  • Pocket Catholic Dictionary Abridged Edition of the Modern Catholic Dictionary (1980) by Fr. John Hardin.

  • Catholic Word Book  a brief dictionary published by Knights of Columbus, based on Catholic almanac

  • Catholic Encyclopedia (1908 version) at New Advent. 

  • Code of Canon Law

  • EWTN Documents Library  Church documents and other Catholic publications in the EWTN library of online texts.

  • Ask An Expert at EWTN Search previous questions, browse FAQs or post your own question to experts in theology, morality, canon law, spirituality and other areas.

• Apologetics

  • Catholic Answers Library excellent brief articles answering objections and explaining many Catholic beliefs

  • Apologetics Toolkit Augustine Club

  • Nazereth Resource Library James Akin

• News

  • Zenit daily Catholic news via email

  • Catholic News Service

  • EWTN News Link

  • Catholic World News

  • National Catholic Register selected articles from this great Catholic newspaper

•   Sacred Scripture Resources

  • Guide to Catholic Biblical Interpretation by yours truly

  • St. Paul Center for Biblical Theology Scott Hahn. Articles, guides and other resources on Catholic approaches to scripture study and interpretation.

  • Catholic Church Documents related to Biblical Studies compiled by Prof. Felix Just, S.J. - Loyola Marymount University. Part of his  Electronic New Testament Educational Resources (ENTER) which also includes educational charts, timelines, summaries and other helpful tools for understanding the New Testament along with information on Catholic interpretation and liturgical use of the Bible.

  • New American Bible (Revised Edition) Online USCCB  
     

• Writings of Fathers & Doctors of the Church

  • Fathers of the Church alphabetical list at New Advent`

  • St. Thomas Aquinas Summa Theologica at New Advent

  • St. Augustines Library online works by and about St. Augustine

  • Christian Classics Ethereal Library  Christian works both Catholic and Protestant including:

  • Doctors of the Catholic Church brief bios with links to a selective writings and other sites
     

•   Saints

  • Patron Saint Index

•  Theologians

  • St. Thomas Aquinas

    • Online Summa Theologica
  • Other Thomas Aquinas links 
    

  • Newman Reader John Henry Newman

  • Aidan Nichols OP

    • Epiphany: A Theological Introduction to Catholicism by Aidan Nichols HIGHLY RECOMMENDED

  • Cardinal Avery Dulles

  • Hans Urs von Balthasar

  • Cardinal Ratzinger Pope Benedict XVI

  • Links to other Theologians and Religious Thinkers including Catholic, Protestant and others from Irish Theological Association.
     

• Catholic Portals

  • Best Catholic Links from CatholiCity Well selected collection of links by category or search by key word

  • Catholic Goldmine - over 3000 links to Catholic sites 

  • Catholic.net successor to Catholic Information Center on the Internet, news, articles and links

  • Catholic Information Network - online since 1987!

  • Catholic-Pages.com 16000 articles in 300 categories, searchable with links to daily readings, reflections and news -- can be customized as your personal Catholic start page.

  • New Advent home of the online Catholic Encyclopedia, Summa and more

• Cyber-Catholic   Catholic Responses to and Reflections on New Information Technologies and Cyber-culture
   
  • The Church and Internet Pontifical Council for Social Communication (2002).
  • Ethics in Internet Pontifical Council for Social Communication (2002).
  • Internet: A New Forum for Communicating the Gospel Pope John Paul II. World Communications Day Message (2002).
    See also The Christian Message in A Computer Culture (1990) and Other World Communications Day Messages delivered by John Paul II.

Mail comments, suggestions, additions, etc to  gresham@kenrick.edu

 

Updated 02/01/13