United States Catholic Catechism for Adults

CONGREGATIO PRO CLERICIS DECREE

Prot. N. 20090825

In a letter of August 25th, 2008, His Eminence Francis Cardinal George, OMI, President of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, in accord with the provisions of the Apostolic Constitution Pastor Bonus , number 94, Canon 775, §2, of the Code of Canon Law and number 285 of the General Directory for Catechesis , having obtained the previous assent of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, requested from the Holy See, the neces sary recognitio for revision to the catechism entitled the United States Catholic Catechism for Adults . As required, the text was examined by both the Congregation for the Clergy and the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, within the terms of the ref erence of their particular competencies. In a letter of March 12th, 2009 (Prot. N. 294/70-29004), the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith indicated its dispositions in regard to the text. The Congregation for the Clergy, by this Decree, hereby grants the requested recognitio in accord with the abovementioned authority, to the text of the United States Catholic Catechism for Adults . Any subsequent revisions will require that the necessary approvals be obtained, in accord with the law. With the granting of this recognitio the text becomes the “Definitive Text” of the United States Catholic Catechism for Adults . This decree is to be published in its entirety at the beginning of the text of the United States Catholic Catechism for Adults .

Given at the Seat of the Congregation for the Clergy Saturday, 13 June 2009

Claudio Cardinal Hummes Prefect

• Mauro Piacenza Titular Archbishop of Vittoriana Secretary