Catholic Cultural Resources

This section of the website contains excellent resources for learning about nearly any Catholic topic. Here we list and describe the primary resources in this section.

Catholic Library

Includes encyclicals and other Church documents, papal audiences, writings of the Church Fathers, works of contemporary Catholic scholarship, and countless articles, commentaries, and research works on a full range of Catholic topics.

Catholic Teachings: What You Need To Know

Summaries of key (but often misunderstood) Catholic teachings. These brief summaries provide access to additional information about the topic.

Catholic Dictionary

A modern dictionary of Catholic terms, both common and obscure. Find accurate definitions of words and phrases.

Catechism of the Catholic Church

Conveniently search or browse the Catechism of the Catholic Church. An excellent tool for learning more about the Faith and for research.

Fathers of the Church

A complete set of documents from the Fathers of the Church: saintly writers of the early centuries whom the Church recognizes as her special witnesses of the faith.

The Father William Most Collection

The late Fr. William Most, an active Catholic professor and Scripture scholar for over fifty years, chose CatholicCulture.org to make available an extensive collection of his works and papers. This collection is a treasure trove of sound Catholic notes, course outlines, articles and books, published and unpublished, especially relating to Sacred Scripture.