Online text: “Large Families Are the Hope of Society”, by Pope Francis

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• “Large Families Are the Hope of Society”, by Pope Francis, translated by Junno Arocho Esteves. Address to the Italian Association of Large Families, December 28, 2014 (© Libreria Editrice Vaticana 2014). May be read online on this page of Catholic Culture.

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Online text: “The Natural Law, the Marriage Bond, and Divorce”, by Dr. Brendan F. Brown

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• “The Natural Law, the Marriage Bond, and Divorce”, by Dr. Brendan F. Brown, Fordham Law Review, vol. 24 (1955): pp. 83-101. Available in pdf format on this page of Fordham Law Review.

See also the related texts indexed on the pages Marriage and the Family, Ethics and Moral Law, and Law, Canon and Civil, and on the 08 April 2018 post ‘Online texts: Commentaries on “Amoris Laetitia”‘, as well as the following text(s):

Online text: “Meditations for Every Day in the Year”, by Bishop Richard Challoner

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• Considerations upon Christian Truths and Christian Duties, Digested into Meditations for Every Day in the Year, by the Right Rev. Dr. Richard Challoner, Bishop of Debra, abridged by the Rev. John Bell (Louisville: B. J. Webb & Brother, 1800). May be read online, and available in pdf, epub, mobi, and other formats at Internet Archive.

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Worth-it ebook: “In Defense of Purity”, by Dietrich von Hildebrand

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• In Defense of Purity: An Analysis of the Catholic Ideals of Purity and Virginity, by Dietrich von Hildebrand, with a Foreword by Alice von Hildebrand and a Preface by [Monsignor, later Cardinal] Leo Scheffczyk (Steubenville, OH: Hildebrand Press, 2017). The ebook and/or the printed book may be purchased at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and Indie Bound (as linked by this page of the Hildebrand Project).
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See also the texts listed on the page Marriage and the Family and, for current issues, the 08 April 2018 post ‘Online texts: Commentaries on “Amoris Laetitia”‘, as well as these related texts by canonized Saints of Christ:

Online text: “The Search for Universal Ethics”, by the International Theological Commission

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• The Search for Universal Ethics: A New Look at Natural Law, by the International Theological Commission (2009), translated by Joseph Bolin, revised on March 25, 2010. May be read online on this page of Paths of Love: Catholic Vocation Discernment. Another translation entitled In Search of a Universal Ethic: A New Look at the Natural Law may be read online at the Holy See.
  • According to the text, it is drawn from a study prepared by a Subcommittee “composed of Msgr. Roland Minnerath, the Reverend Professors: P. Serge-Thomas Bonino OP (Chairman of the Subcommittee), Geraldo Luis Borges Hackmann, Pierre Gaudette, Tony Kelly CssR, Jean Liesen, John Michael McDermott SJ, of professors Dr. Johannes Reiter and Dr. Barbara Hallensleben, with the collaboration of Mgsr. Luis Ladaria SJ, Secretary General, and with the contributions of other members”, which was approved unanimously by the International Theological Commission in its session of December 1-6, 2008 and approved for publication by Cardinal William J. Levada.

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Online text: “Moral Considerations Regarding the New COVID-19 Vaccines”, by Bishop Kevin C. Rhoades & Archbishop Joseph F. Naumann

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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.
  • [See also the “Introductory Letter of the Most Rev. Wm. Michael Mulve, Bishop of Corpus Christi”, at the Roman Catholic Diocese of Corpus Christi; and “Archbishop Naumann on the Ethics of COVID-19 Vaccines”, December 22, 2020, on this page of National Catholic Register.] 

See also these related texts outlining the general ethical norms on vaccines produced or tested using cells or tissue from aborted children:

Texto en linea: “Caritas in veritate: sobre el desarrollo humano integral”, del Papa Benedicto XVI

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• Carta encíclica “Caritas in veritate” sobre el desarrollo humano integral en la caridad y en la verdad, del Papa Benedicto XVI, 29 de junio 2009. Disponible en Catholic.net y la Santa Sede.

Ver tambien:

• Carta encíclica “Deus caritas est” sobre el amor cristiano, del Papa Benedicto XVI, 25 de diciembre de 2005. Disponible en Catholic.net y la Santa Sede.
• Compendio de la Doctrina Social de la Iglesia, del Pontificio Consejo « Justicia y Paz » (2004). Disponible en Opus Dei y la Santa Sede.
• Instrucción sobre libertad cristiana y liberación “Libertatis conscientia”, de la Congregación para la Doctrina de la Fe, 22 de marzo de 1986. Disponible en Catholic.net y la Santa Sede.

En el cuarto domingo de Adviento en rito romano, y en el Día Internacional de la Solidaridad Humana. Para más libros, por favor ingrese a la lista de los libros electrónicos gratis (Ordenados por título) y la lista de los libros gratis (Agrupados por tema). Desde el texto:

“La caridad en la verdad, de la que Jesucristo se ha hecho testigo con su vida terrenal y, sobre todo, con su muerte y resurrección, es la principal fuerza impulsora del auténtico desarrollo de cada persona y de toda la humanidad… La caridad es la vía maestra de la doctrina social de la Iglesia. Todas las responsabilidades y compromisos trazados por esta doctrina provienen de la caridad que, según la enseñanza de Jesús, es la síntesis de toda la Ley.”

[And if the grammar is wrong, please correct me. Gracias!]

O Clavis David, et sceptrum domus Israel… veni, et educ vinctum de domo carceris, sedentem in tenebris, et umbra mortis.

Worth-it ebook: “Will Many Be Saved? What Vatican II Actually Teaches”, by Dr. Ralph Martin

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• Will Many Be Saved?: What Vatican II Actually Teaches and Its Implications for the New Evangelization, by Professor Ralph Martin, S.T.D. [Sacred Heart Major Seminary, Archdiocese of Detroit] (Grand Rapids: Michigan: Wm. B. Eerdmans, 2012). The ebook and/or the printed book may be purchased at Verbum and Amazon.

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Online video & text: “Is Religious Liberty Possible in a Liberal Culture?”, by David S. Crawford

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• “Is Religious Liberty Possible in a Liberal Culture?”, by Professor David S. Crawford, Communio, Volume 40, No. 2 (Summer-Fall 2013): pp. 422-437. According to the text, it is a “Paper delivered at the conference, “Dignitatis Humanae and the Rediscovery of Religious Freedom,’ at the Pontifical John Paul II Institute at The Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C., 21–23 February 2013”.
  • The video of the lecture is available on this page of the Youtube channel of the John Paul II Institute.
  • The text of the lecture is available in pdf format through this page of Communio (© 2013 by Communio: International Catholic Review).

On the Feast of the three young men, Hanania, Azra and Michaeel in the Maronite Rite. 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.

“How many winds of doctrine have we known in recent decades, how many ideological currents, how many ways of thinking… Every day new sects spring up, and what St Paul says about human deception and the trickery that strives to entice people into error (…) comes true.

“Today, having a clear faith based on the Creed of the Church is often labeled as fundamentalism… We are building a dictatorship of relativism that does not recognize anything as definitive and whose ultimate goal consists solely of one’s own ego and desires.

“We, however, have a different goal: the Son of God, the true man…  An “adult” faith is not a faith that follows the trends of fashion and the latest novelty; a mature adult faith is deeply rooted in friendship with Christ… Truth and love coincide in Christ.” (Homily of Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger, 18 April 2005)

O Sapiéntia, quæ ex ore Altíssimi prodiísti, attíngens a fine usque ad finem, fórtiter suavitérque dispónens ómnia: veni ad docéndum nos viam prudéntiæ. (Text from Divinum Officium)

Online text: “Human Dignity: The Foundation of Human Rights and Religious Freedom”, by Dr. John Loughlin

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• “Human Dignity: The Foundation of Human Rights and Religious Freedom”, by Dr. John Loughlin, Memoria y Civilización, Vol. 19 (December 2016): pp. 313-343. Available in pdf, mobi, epub, and docx formats on this page, accessed through this page of the Deposito Academico Digital Universidad de Navarra (DADUN). Available at ResearchGate uploaded by Dr. John Loughlin.

Update (24 December 2020):

• Dr. Loughlin, in his comment dated 17 December 2020, said: “You might like to see my edited book: Human Dignity in the Judaeo-Christian Tradition: Catholic, Orthodox, Anglican and Protestant Perspectives, London and New York: Bloomsbury, 2019, now available in paperback”. (Italics supplied.)
  • The ebook (pdf, epub, and mobi formats) and the printed book are available for worth-it prices at Bloomsbury (the link referred by Dr. Loughlin), Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Lehmanns Media, and Buecher.de.

On the Memorial of Our Lady of Guadalupe in the Ordinary Form of the Roman Rite; and in advance of the observance of Martial Law Victims Remembrance Day in Poland. 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.