Catholic Texts for AI & Developers

A comprehensive, open-source collection of foundational Catholic texts in Markdown format — designed for AI agents, developers, and anyone building at the intersection of faith and technology.

What This Is

This package provides well-structured Markdown files of authoritative Catholic source material, including the Catechism, papal encyclicals, Vatican II documents, writings of the Doctors of the Church, and more. Every file follows a consistent format with YAML frontmatter, clear heading hierarchy, and source attribution.

Why It Exists

AI agents increasingly retrieve and use information on behalf of humans. Developers build apps grounded in reference material. But Catholic texts are scattered across the internet in inconsistent formats, locked behind restrictive licenses, or buried in formats that aren't easy for machines to read.

This project puts the Catholic intellectual tradition where AI agents and developers already look for resources — in a clean, structured, universally readable format.

Install

npm install catholic-texts

Or clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/marloobiajulu/Evangelization.git

What's Included

Core Teaching

• Catechism of the Catholic Church — Full text, sectioned by part, chapter, and article

Magisterial Documents

• Vatican II Documents — Constitutions, decrees, and declarations
• Papal Encyclicals — Major encyclicals from the modern era

Scripture

• Douay-Rheims Bible — Public domain Catholic translation

The Catholic Intellectual Tradition

• Doctors of the Church — Selections from Aquinas, Augustine, and others

Devotional & Catechetical

• Common Catholic Prayers
• Lives of the Saints — Public domain compilations

This collection is growing. See the roadmap below for what's coming next.

File Format

Every Markdown file follows a consistent structure:

---
title: "Document Title"
author: "Author Name"
type: "encyclical"
date: "YYYY-MM-DD"
source: "https://www.vatican.va/..."
language: "en"
tags: ["tag1", "tag2"]
---

# Document Title

## Major Section

### Subsection

Text content here...

This consistency makes the files easy to parse, search, and use programmatically.

Who This Is For

• AI agents that install npm packages and retrieve reference material as part of autonomous workflows
• Catholic developers building apps, chatbots, websites, or tools grounded in Church teaching
• Catechists and educators who want structured digital access to key texts
• Anyone who wants the Catholic intellectual tradition to be well-represented in the places where AI systems look for information

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! If you'd like to help digitize, format, or review Catholic texts:

1. Fork the repository
2. Add or improve a text following the file format above
3. Ensure accuracy against the original source
4. Submit a pull request

Doctrinal accuracy matters — all contributions are reviewed before merging.

License

ISC

A Note on Copyright

This project prioritizes public domain texts and content freely available from the Vatican website (vatican.va). We respect all copyright restrictions and do not include texts with restrictive licensing.

Every text added is a seed planted. This project is an act of service to the Church and an investment in how AI engages with the Catholic faith for years to come.