On the Nature of Priesthood (Speech given by Cardinal Ratzinger on October 1, 1990 at the opening of the Synod of Bishops on priestly formation.)
Papal and Magisterial Documents on the Priesthood
Amantissimi Redemptoris (On Priests And The Care Of Souls – Encyclical of Bl. Pope Pius IX on May 3, 1858)
Haerent Animo (To The Catholic Clergy On Priestly Sanctity – Apostolic Exhortation of Pope St. Pius X on August 4, 1908)
Ad Catholici Sacerdotii (On the Catholic Priesthood – Encyclical of Pope Pius XI on Dec 20, 1935)
Menti Nostrae (On the Development of Holiness in Priestly Life – Apostolic Exhortation To The Clergy Of The Entire World of Pope Pius XII on Sept. 23, 1950)
Sacerdotii Nostri Primordia (On St. John Vianney and the Priesthood – Encyclical of Bl. Pope John XXIII on Aug 1, 1959)
Presbyterorum Ordinis (Decree on the Ministry and Life of Priests of Second Vatican Council on December 7, 1965)
Sacerdotalis Caelibatus (On The Celibacy of the Priest – Encyclical of Pope Paul VI on June 24, 1967)
Pastores Dabo Vobis (“On the Formation of Priests in the Circumstances of the Present Day” – Apostolic Exhortation of Pope John Paul II on March 25, 1992)