Commission biblique pontificale
In 1993 the Catholic Church’s Pontifical Biblical Commission produced "The Interpretation of the Bible in the Church" with the endorsement of Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, the head of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. While expressing an openness to all forms of Biblical criticism, the Commission expressed caveats for Catholics in the use of these methods, so that Scriptural interpretation might be "as faithful as possible to its character both human and divine." More specific observations of the Commission included the following points.