“Pro-Choice ‘Personhood’: An Abortive Concept”, by Andrew J. Peach, J.D., Ph.D., Life and Learning XIII: Proceedings of the Thirteenth University Faculty for Life Conference at Georgetown University, 2003, edited by Professor Fr. Joseph W. Koterski, S.J., Ph.D. (Washington, D.C.: University Faculty for Life, 2003): pp. 187-210. Available in pdf format on this page through the Table of Contents page of Life and Learning XIII (2003) at University Faculty for Life.
“Created Equal: How the Declaration of Independence Recognizes and Guarantees the Right to Life for the Unborn”, by Mark Trapp, Pepperdine Law Review, Vol. 28, Issue 4 (2001): pp. 819-847. Available in pdf format at Pepperdine Digital Commons.
“On Making the Case for Life: St. Peter’s Counsel to Always Be Ready”, by Prof. Francis J. Beckwith, Ph.D., The National Catholic Bioethics Quarterly, Volume 13, Issue 4 (Winter 2013): pp. 601-609. Available in pdf format at the Baylor University for Studies of Religion.
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“Moral Considerations Regarding the New COVID-19 Vaccines”, by the Most Reverend Kevin C. Rhoades, Bishop of Fort Wayne-South Bend, Chairman, Committee on Doctrine, and the Most Reverend Joseph F. Naumann, Archbishop of Kansas City in Kansas, Chairman, Committee on Pro-Life Activities (Washington, D.C.: United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, December 14, 2020). Available in pdf format at the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops and the Diocese of Tucson.
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Catholics in the Public Square, revised 4th Edition, by the Most Rev. Thomas J. Olmsted, Bishop of the Diocese of Phoenix, with a Foreword by Jose H. Gomez, Archbishop of Los Angeles (Charlotte, NC: Saint Benedict Press, 2016). May be read online on this page at the Diocese of Phoenix (linked by this page of Catholic Culture.org). May be purchased at Amazon in kindle and hardcover formats.
Católicos y Vida Pública, 4ta Edición Revisada, por Su Excellencia Thomas J. Olmsted, Obispo de Phoenix, con Prólogo por Arzobispo José H. Gómez, Arzobispo de Los Ángeles (Saint Benedict Press, 2016). Disponible en esta pagina de la Diocesis de Phoenix.
Formando La Conciencia Para Ser Ciudadanos Fieles: Llamado de los obispos católicos de Estados Unidos a la responsabilidad política, con Nota introductoria (Washington, DC: Conferencia de Obispos Católicos de los Estados Unidos, 2015). Disponible en formato PDF en el cibersitio de la Conferencia de Obispos Católicos de los Estados Unidos.
Formando La Conciencia Para Ser Ciudadanos Fieles: Llamado de los obispos católicos de Estados Unidos a la responsabilidad política, con Nota introductoria (Washington, DC: Conferencia de Obispos Católicos de los Estados Unidos, 2015). Disponible en formato PDF en el cibersitio de la Conferencia de Obispos Católicos de los Estados Unidos.
The transcript of the address as delivered is available at American Rhetoric. It is also included in the complete transcript of the 03 February1994 National Prayer Breakfast, inCongressional Record, Volume 140, Number 50 (Monday, May 2, 1994), which may be read online at govinfo.
“Charity: the Soul of Missionary Activity”, by Mother Teresa of Calcutta, L’Osservatore Romano, April 8, 1991. May be read online on this page of Catholic Culture.org.
“Then the King will say to those who are on his right hand, Come, you that have received a blessing from my Father, take possession of the kingdom which has been prepared for you since the foundation of the world. For I was hungry, and you gave me food, thirsty, and you gave me drink; I was a stranger, and you brought me home, naked, and you clothed me, sick, and you cared for me, a prisoner, and you came to me… Believe me, when you did it to one of the least of my brethren here, you did it to me.
“Then he will say to those who are on his left hand, in their turn, Go far from me, you that are accursed, into that eternal fire which has been prepared for the devil and his angels. For I was hungry, and you never gave me food, I was thirsty, and you never gave me drink; I was a stranger, and you did not bring me home, I was naked, and you did not clothe me, I was sick and in prison, and you did not care for me… Believe me, when you refused it to one of the least of my brethren here, you refused it to me.
“Religion, pure and immaculate with God and the Father, is this: To visit the fatherless and widows in their tribulation, and to keep one’s self immaculate from this world.” (St. James i, 27)
Catholics in the Public Square, revised 4th Edition, by the Most Rev. Thomas J. Olmsted, Bishop of the Diocese of Phoenix, with a Foreword by Jose H. Gomez, Archbishop of Los Angeles (Charlotte, NC: Saint Benedict Press, 2016). May be read online on this page at the Diocese of Phoenix (linked by this page of Catholic Culture.org). May be purchased at Amazon in kindle and hardcover formats.
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Católicos y Vida Pública, 4ta Edición Revisada, por Su Excellencia Thomas J. Olmsted, Obispo de Phoenix, con Prólogo por Arzobispo José H. Gómez, Arzobispo de Los Ángeles (Saint Benedict Press, 2016). Disponible en esta pagina de la Diocesis de Phoenix.
“Discovering Sexual Equality in Our Shared Response to Human Dependency”, lecture by Erika Bachiochi (2016, 2017)
The text of the lecture delivered at the Wheatley Institution’s 2017 Roundtable on the Family (posted 15 February 2017) may be read online at the Wheatley Institution. The video of the same lecture (published 16 March 2017) may be viewed at the Wheatley Institution’s Youtube channel.
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