Inter Mirifica is the Second Vatican Council's Decree on the Media of Social Communications. It was approved by a vote of 1,960 to 164 of the bishops assembled, and promulgated on December 4, 1963 by Pope Paul VI. The title, taken from the first line of the document (as is customary with significant Catholic documents), is Latin for "Among the Wonderful." (The full text in English is available from the Holy See's website.) The Second Vatican Council, or Vatican II, was an Ecumenical Council of the Roman Catholic Church opened under Pope John XXIII in 1962 and closed under Pope Paul VI in 1965. ... December 4 is the 338th day (339th on leap years) of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1963 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... His Holiness Pope Paul VI, born Giovanni Battista Enrico Antonio Maria Montini (September 26, 1897 – August 6, 1978), reigned as Pope and as sovereign of Vatican City from 1963 to 1978. ... Latin is the language originally spoken in the region around Rome called Latium. ...

Contents

The numbers given correspond to the section numbers within the text.

1. Introduction (1-2)
2. On the Teaching of the Church (3-12)
3. On the Pastoral Activity of the Church (13-22)
4. Appendices (23-24)