Ecclesiam_Suam
Ecclesiam Suam is an encyclical of Pope Paul VI on the Catholic Church given at St. Peter's, Rome, on the Feast of the Transfiguration, 6 August 1964, the second year of his Pontificate.
Pope Paul called the Church founded by Jesus Christ as a loving mother of all men.[1] He states that in light of the ongoing Vatican Council he did not want to offer new insights or doctrinal definitions. He asked for a deeper self-knowledge, renewal and dialogue.[2] He also states that the Church itself was engulfed and shaken by a tidal wave of change, and was deeply affected by the climate of the world.[3]