Pope Pius XII prays the Pater Noster.

Pope Leo XIII prays the Ave Maria.

I've noticed in the logs that people have been trying to access the papal documents that we had up on the old site. We are working to transfer some of them to this new site. Unfortunately, it seems that the Vatican, for the first time, is enforcing its copyright on papal documents. My understanding is that the Vatican copyright covers documents published within the last 50 years. I therefore am reluctant to put those documents back online unless and until it is clear that our usage of the documents falls under fair use. We shall soon begin to bring back the documents that are more than 50 years old. If you have a specific document you are looking for, please post a comment and let us know.

I'm amazed that so many people have already signed up for memberships here, when we don't yet have much content up! In response, I've decided to open up -- on a trial basis -- this forum for general discussion. If any of our users would like to introduce themselves publicly, please do so as a response to this topic. We'll open another topic for discussions about (and suggestions for) the website and the project in general.