Online video & text: “Discovering Sexual Equality in Our Shared Response to Human Dependency”, by Erika Bachiochi

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• “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.
  • The video of the lecture delivered at the 2016 Sexuality Integrity and the University National Conference (published 30 January 2017) may be viewed on this page at the Love & Fidelity Network’s website and on this page at the Love & Fidelity Network’s Youtube channel.

Posted on International Women’s Day, 2019, in advance of the Feast of Saint Frances of Rome in the Roman Rite, and in belated observance of the Feast of Saints Perpetua and Felicity. For other online texts and more legally free ebooks, you may access the List of Free eBooks (Arranged by Title) and the List of Free eBooks (Grouped by Subject).

Online text: “Women, Sexual Asymmetry & Catholic Teaching”, by Erika Bachiochi

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• “Women, Sexual Asymmetry & Catholic Teaching”, by Erika Bachiochi (November 13, 2012), Christian Bioethics (Oxford University Press), Forthcoming. Available at the Social Science Research Network (SSRN) and at the Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life.

On the occasion of the International Day of Action for Women’s Health, 2018.

“[F]rom the beginning of the creation, God made them male and female. For this cause a man shall leave his father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife. And they two shall be in one flesh. Therefore now they are not two, but one flesh.” (St. Mark x, 6-8)

Texto en linea: “Colaboración del Hombre y la Mujer”, por la Congregación para la Doctrina de la Fe

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• Carta a los Obispos de la Iglesia Católica sobre la Colaboración del Hombre y la Mujer en la Iglesia y el Mundo, por la Congregación para la Doctrina de la Fe, el 31 de mayo de 2004. Disponible en Vatican Information Service, Santa Sede, Agencia Informativa Católica Argentina, y esta pagina de Catholic.net.

En el Día Internacional de la Mujer, 2018. 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).

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

Texto en linea: “El matrimonio: El amor y la vida en el plan divino”, por la Conferencia de Obispos Católicos de los Estados Unidos

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• El matrimonio: El amor y la vida en el plan divino, Carta pastoral de la Conferencia de Obispos Católicos de los Estados Unidos (Washington, D.C.: United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, 2010). Disponible en formato PDF en esta página, con una segunda copia aquí, a través de esta página de la Conferencia de Obispos Católicos de los Estados Unidos. La versión abreviada, por la Comité de Laicado, Matrimonio, Vida Familiar y Juventud, está disponible en esta página.

En la Fiesta de la Santa Familia en la forma ordinaria del rito romano. 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).

Oh Dios, refugio y fortaleza nuestra, mira propicio al pueblo que clama a Ti: y, por intercesión de la gloriosa e Inmaculada Virgen María, Madre de Dios, y del Bienaventurado San José, su esposo, y de tus Santos apóstoles Pedro y Pablo, y de todos los santos, escucha misericordioso y benigno las preces que te dirigimos por la conversión de los pecadores y por la libertad y exaltación de nuestra Santa Madre la Iglesia. Por el mismo Jesucristo, nuestro Señor. (de Subsidios Liturgicos)

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

Online text: “Life is Beautiful: The Theological Aesthetic Argument for Life”, by Matthew Lewis Sutton

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• “Life is Beautiful: The Theological Aesthetic Argument for Life”, by Matthew Lewis Sutton, Life and Learning: Proceedings of the Eighteenth University Faculty for Life Conference at Marquette University, vol. XVIII (edited by Joseph W. Koterski, S.J.), pp. 309-322 (2008). The article and the entire volume are available in PDF format (through this page) at University Faculty for Life.

On the Feast of Saint Luke the Evangelist. For other legally free ebooks, you may access the List of Free eBooks (Arranged by Title) and the List of Free eBooks (Grouped by Subject). Blessed be God in His angels and in His saints!

Online text: “Natural Family Planning: The Complete Approach”, by John and Sheila Kippley

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• Natural Family Planning: The Complete Approach, First Edition, by John and Sheila Kippley (2009, last update February 2010). With Permission to Publish from the Vicar General of the Archdiocese of Cincinnati. Available in PDF format (on this page) at Natural Family Planning International.

On the anniversary of the issuance of the Encyclical “Humanae Vitae” on the Regulation of Birth, by Blessed Pope Paul VI. For other legally free ebooks, you may access the List of Free eBooks (Arranged by Title) and the List of Free eBooks (Grouped by Subject).

O God, our refuge and our strength, look down with mercy upon the people who cry to Thee; and by the intercession of the glorious and immaculate Virgin Mary, Mother of God, of Saint Joseph her spouse, of the blessed Apostles Peter and Paul, and of all the saints, in Thy mercy and goodness hear our prayers for the conversion of sinners, and for the liberty and exaltation of the Holy Mother the Church. Through the same Christ Our Lord. Amen. (From Sancta Missa)

Online text: “God and the Profits: Is There Religious Liberty for Money-Makers?”, by Mark Rienzi

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• “God and the Profits: Is There Religious Liberty for Money-Makers?”, by Mark Rienzi, George Mason Law Review, Vol. 21, No. 1 (Fall 2013). Catholic University of America—Columbus School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2013-7. Available in PDF format  (on this page) at the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, on this page of the CUA Law Scholarship Repository, and through the Social Science Research Network. A brief excerpt, “God and the Profits: Religious Liberty for Money-Makers” may be read online at Public Discourse.

• [N.B.1, This is an eminently useful treatise, whose scholarship moves us to forgive its truly tacky title. Although it is focused on US American laws, certain arguments therein may be applied, mutatis mutandis, in similar situations obtaining in other countries, whether non- or post-Christian]

• [N.B.2, On the religious freedom implications of the debate over non-natural or same-sex “marriage”, see “Protecting Religious Liberty in the State Marriage Debate”, by Ryan T. Anderson, Ph.D. and Leslie Ford, in Backgrounder No. 2891, April 10, 2014, which may be read online at the Heritage Foundation, and is available in PDF format at Amazon Web Services.]

Posted on the Feast of Saints Justa (or Justus) and Rufina, in honor of all Christians who, like those blessed martyrs, follow God’s law in their trade and business even at the price of persecution. For other legally free ebooks, you may access the List of Free eBooks (Arranged by Title) and the List of Free eBooks (Grouped by Subject).

O God, our refuge and our strength, look down with mercy upon the people who cry to Thee; and by the intercession of the glorious and immaculate Virgin Mary, Mother of God, of Saint Joseph her spouse, of the blessed Apostles Peter and Paul, and of all the saints, in Thy mercy and goodness hear our prayers for the conversion of sinners, and for the liberty and exaltation of the Holy Mother the Church. Through the same Christ Our Lord. Amen. (From Sancta Missa)

Free ebook: “The Virgin Consecrated to Christ”, by Blessed Columba Marmion

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• Sponsa Verbi: The Virgin Consecrated to Christ: Spiritual Conferences, by Blessed Columba Marmion, O.S.B., translated from the French by Dom. Francis Izard, O.S.B. With 1925 Imprimatur. May be read online (on this page) at Liturgia Latina. Available in PDF format through this page of Consecrated Virginity: Chapter 1, Chapter 2, Chapter 3, Chapter 4, and Chapter 5. Also available in PDF format through this page (which is possibly a mirror of Consecrated Virginity): Chapter 1, Chapter 2, Chapter 3, Chapter 4, and Chapter 5.

On the Memorial of Saint Katharine Drexel in the Latin church (Ordinary Form of the Roman Rite); and in belated observance of the Feast of Saints Domina of Terni and Afdokia (Evdokia) of Baalbek in the Maronite church (1 March). For other legally free ebooks, you may access the List of Free eBooks (Arranged by Title) and the List of Free eBooks (Grouped by Subject).

O God, our refuge and our strength, look down with mercy upon the people who cry to Thee; and by the intercession of the glorious and immaculate Virgin Mary, Mother of God, of Saint Joseph her spouse, of the blessed Apostles Peter and Paul, and of all the saints, in Thy mercy and goodness hear our prayers for the conversion of sinners, and for the liberty and exaltation of the Holy Mother the Church. Through the same Christ Our Lord. Amen. (From Sancta Missa)

Online text: “Men and Abortion: Finding Healing, Restoring Hope”, by Dr. Catherine T. Coyle

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• Men and Abortion: Finding Healing, Restoring Hope, by Dr. Catherine T. Coyle (New Haven, CT: Knights of Columbus Supreme Council, Catholic Information Service, 2009). Available in PDF format (on this page) of the Knights of Columbus Supreme Council.

On the Feast of Saint Joachim in the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite. For more legally free ebooks, you may access the List of Free eBooks (Arranged by Title) and the List of Free eBooks (Grouped by Subject). Blessed be God in His angels and in His saints!

Online text: “Contraception and the Natural Law”, by Germain Grisez

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• Contraception and the Natural Law, by Germain Grisez (Milwaukee: Bruce, 1965). Available in PDF format through this page of The Way of the Lord Jesus (copyright 2009). The webpage states that the author “reserves the right to make and distribute copies for sale. But he hereby grants everyone the right to print out and distribute without charge copies of the entire work or part of it provided the source is identified and this copyright information included.”

On the anniversary of the Encyclical “Humanae Vitae” of His Holiness Pope Paul VI (25 July 1968). For other legally free ebooks, you may access the List of Free eBooks (Arranged by Title)and the List of Free eBooks (Grouped by Subject).

We also express our solidarity with the call of Philippe Cardinal Barbarin to observe prayer and fasting for the persecuted and suffering Christians of the Middle East, to begin today, 25 July. Lord, save Your people!