Does the Church Approve

Each volume of Précis of Official Catholic Teaching has a nihil obstat by William E. May, Ph.D., Censor Deputatus, and an imprimatur by either Most Reverend James A. Hickey, Bishop, or Most Rev. William E. Lori, S.T.D., Vicar General, Archdiocese of Washington, D.C.

In addition, authors of the volume prefaces include:

Alfonso Cardinal Lopez Trujillo, President of the Pontifical Council for the Family John Cardinal O’Connor, Archdiocese of New York Archbishop Agostino Cacciavillan, Apostolic Pro-Nuncio Jose T. Cardinal Sanchez, Prefect, Congregation for the Clergy Edouard Cardinal Gagnon, President, Pontifical Commission for International Eucharistic Congresses Archbishop Alberto Bovone, Pro-Prefect, Congregation for the Causes of Saints Pio Cardinal Laghi, Prefect, Congregation for Catholic Education Jozef Cardinal Tomko, Prefect, Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples George Pell, Archbishop of Sydney, Australia

Each man held the stated office at the time he wrote his preface for a Précis volume.

Two remaining prefaces: Christ Our Lord, Faith, Revelation, Bible, the Church.

In appreciation for Pat Morse’s immense work producing Précis of Official Catholic Teaching, Pope John Paul II in 1993 asked James Cardinal Hickey, late of the Archdiocese of Washington, D.C., to invest him as a Knight of the Order of St. Gregory.

In 1995 Pat Morse was elevated to Knight Grand Cross, the order’s highest civilian honor.

For her work, at the same ceremony and also at the Holy Father’s request, Cardinal Hickey conferred on Margaret Morse the high papal honor of Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice (for Church and Pontiff).

In 1997 Cardinal Hickey awarded to Pat and Margaret Morse the Archdiocesan Cardinal Patrick O’Boyle Medal for distinguished service to the Church in connection with Précis.

Dr. Bill May and Msgr. Peter J. Elliott contributed great assistance to Pat Morse in support of Précis. In 1997, Cardinal Hickey awarded each of them the Medal of St. Dominic.