Yearbooks, periodicals, newsletters, and journals
published by the Holy See
(Book Series published by the Holy See are not included in this list.)
| publications which ceased before 1983 |
| publications which ceased after 1983 |
| current titles |
| = Current Publications --- Number: 27 |
| = Titles that have ceased publication --- Number: 20 |
| Title | ISSN | online | Years | Organ of the Holy See | Notes | Shelf mark PUG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ISSN Online | |||||||
| Abbreviations (explanation) | Issues per year | ||||||
| Acta Apostolicae Sedis |  0001-5199IATG3, HdbKathKR3: AAS |  | since 1909 12 | Secretariat of State | previous title: Acta Sanctae Sedis | D 1  | |
| Acta Apostolicae Sedis. Supplemento per le leggi e disposizioni dello Stato della Città del Vaticano | since 1929 ca. 50 | Holy See | D 2/a | ||||
| Acta oecumenica | Città del Vaticano since 2019 1 | Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity | has replaced the periodicals "Information Service" and "Service d’Information" | E 33 | |||
| Annuaire statistique de l’Église | See: >>> Annuarium statisticum Ecclesiae = Statistical yearbook of the Church = Annuaire statistique de l’Église | ||||||
| Annuario Pontificio | 0390-7252 IATG3, HdbKathKR3: AnPont | since 1912 1 | Secretariat of State | previous title: La gerarchica cattolica | A 216 | ||
| (until 1984:) Annuario Sacra Congregazione per l’Evangelizzazione dei Popoli | 0394-3925 | 1976 - 1984 1 | Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples | ||||
| Annuarium statisticum Ecclesiae = Statistical yearbook of the Church = Annuaire statistique de l’Église | 1010-6227 IATG3: ASEc | since 1970 1 | Central Statistics Office | A 114 | |||
| Attività della Santa Sede | See: >>> L’Attività della Santa Sede | ||||||
| Bollettino | since 1990 1 | Labour Office of the Apostolic See | |||||
| Bollettino della Sala Stampa della Santa Sede | Holy See Press Office | ||||||
| Communicationes | 0393-0327 IATG3: 1969-1988: CCCIC 1989-: CCLT PUG: Comm. HdbKathKR3: Com |  | since 1969 2 | Dicastery for Legislative Texts | D 12 | ||
| (until 2023:) Culture e Fede – Culture et Foi – Cultures and Faith – Culturas y Fe | 1828-2938 IATG3: CulFede | 1993 - 2023 3 | Dicastery for Culture and Education | A 206 | |||
| Decisiones seu sententiae | 1022-7288 IATG3: 1912-1958: SRRDS 1959-: DSRR HdbKathKR3: SRR | since 1912 1 | Tribunal of the Roman Rota | previous title: Sacrae Romanae Rotae decisiones seu sententiae | S.L. 82 QA | ||
| Decreta selecta inter ea quae anno ... prodierunt | IATG3: DSel | since 1983 1 | Tribunal of the Roman Rota | S.L. 82 QB | |||
| (until 2015:) Dolentium hominum | 1022-8659 | 1986 - 2015 3 | Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development | Pagination of every issue starts with 1. | P 309 | ||
| (until 2023:) educatio catholica | | 2015 - 2023 4 | Dicastery for Culture and Education | previous title: Seminarium. Pagination of every issue starts with 1. |
P 32 | ||
| (until 2016:) Familia et Vita | 1726-2267 | 1996 - 2016 | Pontifical Council for the Family | ||||
| (until 2018:) Information Service | 1967 - 2018 | Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity | French edition: Service d’Information in 2019 replaced by the periodical "Acta oecumenica" |
E 27 (1967-2012) | |||
| (until 2004:) Informationes SCRIS | 2226-6607 | | 1975 - 2004 2 | Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life | Since 1983, pagination of many issues starts with 1. continued under the title: Sequela Christi |
R 31 | |
| L’Attività della Santa Sede | 2223-3458 | since 1940 1 | Holy See | A 155 | |||
| L’Osservatore romano (Ed. hebdomadaire en langue française) | 1017-3862 1563-616XIATG3: OR(F) | since 1949 | Holy See | ||||
| L’Osservatore Romano (Ed. quotidiana italiana) | 0391-688X 1563-6259 IATG3: OR | since 1861 | Holy See | PUG: paper version not directly accessible. Contact the Periodicals Service. | A 213 | ||
| L’Osservatore romano (Ed. semanal em português) | 1563-6194 1563-6208 IATG3: OR(P) | since 1970 | Holy See | ||||
| L’Osservatore romano (Ed. semanal en lengua española) | 1563-6216 1563-6224 IATG3: OR(SP) | since 1969 | Holy See | ||||
| L’Osservatore romano (Ed. settimanale in lingua italiana) | 1563-6232 1563-6240 IATG3: OR(I) | since 1948 | Holy See | ||||
| L’Osservatore romano (Weekly edition in English) | 1563-6178 1563-6186 IATG3: OR(E) | since 1968 | Holy See | ||||
| L’Osservatore romano (Wochenausg. in deutscher Sprache) | 0179-7387 IATG3: OR(D) HdbKathKR3: ORdt | since 1971 | Holy See | ||||
| L’Osservatore romano (Wydanie polskie) | 1563-6267 IATG3: OR(PL) | since 1980 | Holy See | ||||
| (until 2023:) Newsletter | 2015 - 2023 | Dicastery for Culture and Education | |||||
| Newsletter | Città del Vaticano | Dicastery for the Laity, Family and Life | |||||
| Notitiae | 0259-6946 IATG3: Not. HdbKathKR3: Notitiae | | since 1965 6 | Dicastery for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments | since 2016 only online | L 1 | |
| (until 2011:) Notiziario | 2465-2644 1997-2202 | 1998 - 2011 2 | Pontifical Council for the Laity | ||||
| (until 1990:) Nuntia | 1022-5226 IATG3, HdbKathKR3: Nuntia | 1973 - 1990 2 | Pontificia Commissio codici iuris canonici orientalis recognoscendo | D 98 | |||
| (until 1985:) On the move | 2079-2751 | | 1971 - 1985 | Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerants | continued with the title: People on the move | ||
| Osservatore Romano | See: >>> L’Osservatore Romano (Ed. quotidiana italiana) | ||||||
| Path: periodicum internationale editum a Pontificia Academia Theologiae | since 2002 2 | Pontifical Academy of Theology | C 409 | ||||
| (until 2016:) People on the Move | 2079-2743 | 1987 - 2016 | Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People | previous title: On the move | S 615 | ||
| Polyedrum | Città del Vaticano since 2024 1 | Dicastery for Culture and Education | |||||
| Pro Dialogo Bulletin | 1818-5258 IATG3: ProDia | 3 | Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue | In some years pagination of every issue starts with 1. | E 11 | ||
| Quaderni dello Studio Rotale | PUG: QSR | | since 1987 1 | Tribunal of the Roman Rota | D 219 | ||
| S.I.C.O. (Servizio di Informazione Chiese Orientali) | since 1946 1 | Dicastery for the Oriental Churches | Mag. 43 B 62 | ||||
| (until 2013:) Sacrum Ministerium | | 1995 - 2013 | Dicastery for the Clergy | ||||
| (until 2014:) Seminarium | 0582-6314 IATG3: Seminarium | | 1948 - 2014 4 | Congregation for Catholic Education | continued with the title: educatio catholica | P 32 | |
| Sequela Christi | 2531-419X | | since 2005 2 | Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life | previous title: Informationes SCRIS Pagination of every issue starts with 1. |
R 31 | |
| (until 2018:) Service d’Information | IATG3: SIPCL | 1967 - 2018 | Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity | English edition: Information Service in 2019 replace by the periodical "Acta oecumenica" |
E 28 (1967-2012) | ||
| Statistical yearbook of the Church | See: >>> Annuarium statisticum Ecclesiae = Statistical yearbook of the Church = Annuaire statistique de l’Église | ||||||
Sources of the abbreviations
IATG3 = Internationales Abkürzungsverzeichnis für Theologie und Grenzgebiete, 3a ed. 2014
PUG = Abbreviation used by the Faculty of Canon Law of the PUG (indicated here only if different from the IATG)
HdbKathKR3 = Handbuch des katholischen Kirchenrechts, 3a ed. 2015
IATG3 = Internationales Abkürzungsverzeichnis für Theologie und Grenzgebiete, 3a ed. 2014
PUG = Abbreviation used by the Faculty of Canon Law of the PUG (indicated here only if different from the IATG)
HdbKathKR3 = Handbuch des katholischen Kirchenrechts, 3a ed. 2015