"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. www.ziplink.net/cgi-bin/cgiwrap/kerygma/a.pl?k=%22Episcopal+Conferences%22&b=C&t=and
Apostolos Suos - Apostolic Letter on the Theological and Juridical Nature of Episcopal Conferences, issued motu proprio by John Paul II, 1998. www.cin.org/jp2/apost.html
Episcopal Conferences - Section on bishops' conferences in the 1983 Code of Canon Law. 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. www.americapress.org/articles/KomonBish.htm
