pastoral letter
Noun
Meaning
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pastoral letter (plural pastoral letters)
A communication from a bishop to the clergy or laity containing instructions, directions etc
Examples
Bishop Malloy said the US bishops remain dedicated to the vision for disarmament expressed in their 1983 pastoral letter “The Challenge of Peace: God’s Promise and Our Response.”
But against the whole population of the country,” the pastoral letter said.
However, in his first pastoral letter to the Venetians, Cardinal Sarto argued that in matters pertaining to the pope, "There should be no questions, no subtleties, no opposing of personal rights to his rights, but only obedience."
Quoting from his pastoral letter on racism, Cardinal Wuerl said, “Today we need to acknowledge past sins of racism and, in a spirit of reconciliation, move toward a church and society where the wounds of racism are healed.”
In 2009, Bishop Walker Nickless promulgated his pastoral letter of the same name, encouraging the faithful to prayerfully embrace the idea of revitalization.
On April 4, 1954, Rossell Arellano issued a pastoral letter in which he criticized the progress of communism in the country, and made a call to Guatemalans to rise up and fight the common enemy of God and the homeland.