Public documents
Main texts of the Church regarding Lay Apostolate
(Click on each title for a link to the document, generally on the official Vatican website):
The Catechism of the Catholic Church
Second Vatican Council's Constitution Lumen Gentium
Second Vatican Council's Decree Apostolicam Actuositatem (On the Apostolate of the Laity)
Pope John Paul II's Apostolic Exhortation Christifideles Laici
Pope Benedict XVI’s Encyclical Letter Deus Caritas Est
