Online text: “Canon Law and the Human Person”, by Dr. John J. Coughlin, O.F.M.

See this online text:

• “Canon Law and the Human Person”, by Professor Rev. John J. Coughlin, O.F.M., J.C.D.,  Journal of Law and Religion, Volume XIX, pages 1-58 (2003-2004). Available in pdf format (on this page) at the University of Notre Dame.

See also the texts listed on the page Law, Ecclesiastical.

On the Feast of St. Timothy, and in belated observance of the Feast of Saint Raymond Penyafort, in the Latin Church. 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: “The Liberty of the Church: Source, Scope and Scandal”, by Prof. Patrick McKinley Brennan

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• “The Liberty of the Church: Source, Scope and Scandal”, by Professor Patrick McKinley Brennan (2013). Working Paper Series. 188. Forthcoming in Journal of Contemporary Legal Issues (2013). Available in pdf format on this page of the Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law and linked by Expert Gallery Press . The text, numbered as Villanova University School of Law Public Law and Legal Theory Working Paper No. 2013-3062, is also available at Social Science Research Network (SSRN).

See also the texts listed on–

• the page “Society and Social Teaching”,
• the 28 January 2020 post “Free ebook: Church and State in the Formation of Christendom, by T.W. Allies”,
• the 04 July 2020 post “Online ebook: “Catholic Reflections on the American Proposition”, by John Courtney Murray, S.J.“,
• the 21 October 2020 post “Online text: “Moral Duties Concerning Voting”, by Colin B. Donovan“,
• the 04 July 2021 post “Online text: “Catholicism and the Declaration of Independence”, by Dr. Robert Kraynak“; and
• the 30 December 2021 post “Online text: “Principles Fundamental of the Church-State Controversy”, by Dr. James A. O’Donohoe“

–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.

See this online text:

• 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

Worth-it ebook: “The Christian Structure of Politics” by Dr. William Alvin McCormick II, S.J.

See this worth-it book and ebook:

• The Christian Structure of Politics: On the De Regno of St. Thomas Aquinas, by Prof. Dr. William Alvin McCormick II, S.J. (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.
  • This appears to be an updated version of the following text: 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.

On the Feast of Our Lord Jesus Christ the King in the Roman Rite; and in remembrance of Louis-Honoré Mercier (+30 October 1894), defender of French Canadian and Catholic liberty. 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. Vive le Christ roi! Viva Cristo Rey!

Online text: “1492-1992: 500th Anniversary of the Discovery of the Americas”

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• International Review of the Red Cross, No. 290 (September-October 1992). Special: 1492-1992: 500^th Anniversary of the Discovery of the Americas. Contains the following articles:
  • “The Spanish School of the New Law of Nations”, by Sergio Moratiel Villa;
  • “Diálogos militares by Diego García de Palacio: The first American work on the law of nations” by Alejandro Valencia Villa;
  • “The defence of human dignity in the New World, by  Fernando Murillo Rubiera;
  • “Milestones in the defence of dignity and basic human rights in America”; and
  • “Charter of rights of the Indians according to the School of Salamanca” by Luciano Pereña Vicente.

See also the ebooks and texts listed on the pages “Online text: “The Law of War in Francisco Suárez”, by Dr. Paulo Borges de Macedo“, “Online text: “The Thomism of Bartolomé de Las Casas and the Indians of the New World”, by Dr. Thomas Francis Xavier Varacalli“, and

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: “How the Declaration of Independence Recognizes and Guarantees the Right to Life for the Unborn”, by Mark Trapp

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• “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 the secular observance of Independence Day in the United States of America. 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 text: “An International Code for the Punishment of War Crimes”, by Pope Pius XII

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• “An International Code for the Punishment of War Crimes”, by the Venerable Pope Pius XII, St. John’s Law Review, Vol. 28, No. 1 (December 1953): pp. 1-18. The text states that it “is a translation of an address in French delivered by Pope Pius XII to the Sixth International Congress of Penal Law on October 3, 1953.” Available in pdf format through this page of St. John’s Law Review.

On the secular observance of World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day.  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.