Online text: “Pastoral Letter on Chastity”, by Bishop Joseph F. Martino

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• Pastoral Letter on Chastity, by Bishop Joseph F. Martino, Diocese of Scranton, December 8, 2004. May be read online on this page at Catholic Culture. Excerpts are provided on: USCCB Forum, Vol. 16, Nos. 1-2 (Winter/Spring 2005): 3-5, which is available in pdf format at the United States Conference on Catholic Bishops.

See also the texts listed on the page Marriage and the Family and

Online text: “Human Solidarity: A Thomistic Perspective”, by Brendan O’Connor

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• “Human Solidarity: A Thomistic Perspective”, by Brendan O’Connor (2012). The excerpt is available in pdf format on this page of the University of Navarra, from: Excerpta e dissertationibus in Sacra Theologia, vol.59, pág. 1-413.

See also the texts listed on the page Society and Social Teaching, and on the post “Online ebook: Caritas in Veritate: On Integral Human Development, by Pope Benedict XVI“; as well as

Online text: “Moral Absolutes”, by Dr. Germain Grisez

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• “Moral Absolutes: A Critique of the View of Joseph Fuchs, S.J.”, by Professor Germain Grisez, Ph.D., Anthropos: Rivista di Studi sulla Persona e la Famiglia, Vol. 1, No. 2 (October 1985): pp. 155-201. Available in pdf format through this page of The Way of the Lord Jesus.

On the Feast of St. John Chrysostom in the Roman Rite; and on the secular observance of International Holocaust Remembrance Day. For other texts and ebooks on various subjects, you may access the List of Free eBooks (Arranged by Title), the List of Free eBooks (Grouped by Subject), the List of Worth-It Catholic Books & eBooks, and the main page of the Catholic eBooks Project.

Online texts & ebooks by & about Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger / Pope Benedict XVI

See these online texts and ebooks (I) by Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger / Pope Benedict XVI and (II) about him and his thought, previously indexed on the Project.

I. Texts and ebooks by Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger / Pope Benedict XVI:

Online text: Draft Constitution on Chastity, Marriage, the Family, and Virginity, by the Vatican II Preparatory Theological Commission

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• Draft of a Dogmatic Constitution on Chastity, Marriage, the Family, and Virginity, by the Preparatory Theological Commission for the Second Vatican Council, translated by Fr. Joseph A. Komonchak (2012). Available in pdf format (on this page) at In Verbo Veritatis (translation © Joseph A. Komonchak 2012).
  • This was previously indexed on the Project’s posts “Online texts: The original schemas or drafts of Vatican II” and ‘Online texts: Documents of the Second Vatican Council; and on its Interpretation and Application‘.

See also the texts listed on the page Marriage and the Family and on the posts–

• ‘Online text: “Love is for Life: Pastoral Letter of the Irish Bishops”‘,
• ‘Worth-it ebook: “In Defense of Purity”, by Dietrich von Hildebrand‘,
• ‘Online text: “’Mystically Espoused to Christ, the Son of God”, by Dr. Judith M. Stegman,’
• Online text: “The Natural Law, the Marriage Bond, and Divorce”, by Dr. Brendan F. Brown‘
• ‘Worth-it book: “The Power of Truth: The Challenges of Catholic Doctrine and Morals Today”, by Cardinal Gerhard Müller‘, and
• ‘Online texts: Commentaries on “Amoris Laetitia”‘;

As well as

Online text: “Pro-Choice ‘Personhood’: An Abortive Concept”, by Dr. Andrew J. Peach

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• “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.

See also the texts listed on the page Humanity and Human Life, and

Online ebook: “Report of the Commission on Unalienable Rights”, by Professor Mary Ann Glendon et al.

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• Report of the Commission on Unalienable Rights, released 26 August 2020. Available in pdf format in English, with translations into Arabic, Chinese, Farsi, French, German, Indonesian, Russian, and Spanish, through this archived page of the US Department of State.
• According to the website, the Members of the Department of State Commission on Unalienable Rights were:
  • Professor Kenneth Anderson [of American University];
  • Dr. Russell A Berman of Stanford University;
  • Dr. Peter Berkowitz of Stanford University, who served as Executive Secretary;
  • Professor Paolo Carozza of the University of Notre Dame;
  • Ambassador and Professor Mary Ann Glendon of Harvard Law School, who served as Chair;
  • Professor Hamza Yusuf Hanson of Zaytuna College;
  • Dr. Jacqueline Rivers of Harvard University;
  • Rabbi Dr. Meir Soloveichik of Yeshiva University and Congregation Shearith Israel;
  • Dr. Katrina Lantos Swett of the Tom Lantos Foundation for Human Rights and Justice;
  • Dr. Christopher Tollefsen of the University of South Carolina; and
  • Dr. David Tse-Chien Pan of the University of California, Irvine; with
  • Mr. F. Cartwright Weiland of the Department of State, who served as Rapporteur.

See also the texts listed on the post “Online text: “Conceptual Foundations of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights”, by Dr. Thomas Finegan“, as well as

Online Text: “How to Talk About the Use and Abuse of Natural Family Planning”, by Dr. Kevin E. Miller

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• “How to Talk About the Use and Abuse of Natural Family Planning: The Importance of Accuracy in Translation and in Description”, by Kevin E. Miller, Ph.D., The Linacre Quarterly, Vol. 79, No. 4 (November 2012): pp. 393-408. (© 2012 by the Catholic Medical Association). Available in pdf format at Taylor & Francis Online. May be read online at the National Center for Biotechnology Information.

See also the following related text(s) on the ethics of natural family planning:

Online text: ““The Cooperation of Church and State”, by Dr. John P. Hittinger

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• “The Cooperation of Church and State: Maritain’s Argument from the Unity of the Person”, by Prof. John P. Hittinger, Ph.D., in Reassessing the Liberal State: Reading Maritain’s Man and the State, edited by Timothy Fuller and John P. Hittinger ( 2001): pp. 179-201. Available in pdf format through the volume page of the American Maritain Association at the Jacques Maritain Center.

See also the texts indexed in the sub-list IX.B. Church and State on the page Church and Ecclesiology, on the page Society and Social Teaching, and on the posts–

• ‘Online ebook: “Maritain and America”, edited by Christopher Cullen & Joseph Allan Clair‘,
• ‘Online ebook: “The Person and the Common Good”, by Jacques Maritain‘,
• ‘Online text: “Charlemagne & Kingship: The Responsibility of Absolute Power”, by Jane Swotchak Ourand‘,
• ‘Free ebook: Church and State in the Formation of Christendom, by T.W. Allies‘, and
• ‘Free ebook: Church and State in the Formation of Christendom, by T.W. Allies‘,

–as well as the following:

• On the De Regno of St. Thomas Aquinas, by Prof. Dr. William Alvin McCormick II, S.J., (2013). Dissertation, The University of Texas at Austin, May 2013. Available in pdf format at Texas ScholarWorks.
  • The ebook and printed book of what appears (from the Introduction) to be a version modified for publication is available for purchase: The Christian Structure of Politics: On the De Regno of St. Thomas Aquinas (Washington, D.C.: Catholic University of America Press, 2022). The ebook and printed book may be purchased at the Catholic University of America Press. The printed book may be purchased at Barnes & Noble and Amazon.

On the Feast of Saint Henry II in the Roman Rite, and of Saint Vladimir. For other texts and ebooks, you may access the List of Free eBooks (Arranged by Title), the List of Free eBooks (Grouped by Subject), the List of Worth-It Catholic Books & eBooks, and the main page of the Catholic eBooks Project.

Online text: “An Ethnography of Latin Mass Catholics”, by Dr. Nathaniel Marx

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• Ritual in the Age of Authenticity: An Ethnography of Latin Mass Catholics, by Dr. Nathaniel Marx (2013). Dissertation submitted to the University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana. Available in pdf format at CurateND.

See also these related texts: