Apostolos Suos Apostolic Letter on the Theological and Juridical Nature of Episcopal Conferences, issued motu proprio by John Paul II, 1998. http://www.cin.org/jp2/apost.html
"Episcopal Conferences" in the Catechism of the Catholic Church Paragraph 887 of the CCC mentions episcopal conferences. From this same page, you can put this paragraph in context by reading the surrounding section of the Catechism. http://www.ziplink.net/cgi-bin/cgiwrap/kerygma/a.pl?k=%22Episcopal+Conferences%22&b=C&t=and
Episcopal Conferences Section on bishops' conferences in the 1983 Code of Canon Law. http://www.intratext.com/IXT/ENG0017/_P1W.HTM
On the Authority of Bishops' Conferences Article by Joseph Komonchak, from the September 12, 1998, issue of America magazine. http://www.americamagazine.org/articles/KomonBish.htm
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