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 text: “Proceedings of the Society for Medieval Logic and Metaphysics”, Volume 7

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• Proceedings of the Society for Medieval Logic and Metaphysics (P.S.M.L.M.), Volume 7 (2007). (© Society for Medieval Logic and Metaphysics, 2007). 73 pages. Available in pdf format on this page of the Society for Medieval Logic and Metaphysics.

See also the ebooks and texts listed on the page Philosophy and on the post “Online text: “Some Thomistic Reflections on the Foundations of Formal Logic”, by Joseph J. Sikora“, as well as these related ebooks and texts:

• “Thomas Aquinas, Magister Ludi: The Relation of Medieval Logic and Theology”, by Prof. Joshua P. Hochschild, Ph.D., Hungarian Philosophical Review, Vol. 64, No. 4 (2020): pp. 43-62. Available in pdf format on this page of the Library of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, on this page of PhilArchive, and on this page of PhilPapers.
• Thoughts, Words and Things: An Introduction to Late Mediaeval Logic and Semantic Theory, by Prof. Paul Vincent Spade, Version 1.1: August 9, 2002 (Copyright @ 2002 by Paul Vincent Spade). 410 pages. Available in pdf format at Medieval Logic and Philosophy. (The text states: “Permission is hereby granted to copy this document in whole or in part for any purpose whatever, provided only that acknowledgment of copyright is given.”)
• What Is Logic?, by Prof. Sara L. Uckelman, Ph.D., February 23, 2022. 355 pages. Available in pdf format at the webpage of Dr. Sara L. Uckelman.

On the secular observance of World Logic 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.

“The courage to engage the whole breadth of reason, and not the denial of its grandeur – this is the programme with which a theology grounded in Biblical faith enters into the debates of our time… It is to this great logos, to this breadth of reason, that we invite our partners in the dialogue of cultures. To rediscover it constantly is the great task of the university.” (Pope Benedict XVI, Regensburg Lecture)

Free ebook: “Evidences of Religion”, by Prof. Fr. Louis Jouin

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• Evidences of Religion, by [Prof. Fr.] Louis Jouin, S.J. [1818-1899] (New York: P. O’Shea, 1880). With Imprimatur. Available online on this page of the HathiTrust Digital Library. An earlier impression (New York: P. O’Shea, 1877) may be read online, and available in pdf, mobi, epub and other formats, at Internet Archive, with a 2nd copy at Internet Archive; and it is available in pdf format on this page of Fish Eaters.

See also the texts listed on the pages Apologetics, God and Christ, and Revelation and Faith.

On the Memorial of the Praise of St. John the Baptist in the Eastern Catholic Churches. May his prayer be with us. 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.

“[W]hen the men were come to him, they said: John, the Baptist, hath sent us to thee, saying: Art thou he who is to come: or expect we another? (And in that same hour, he cured many of their diseases, and sores, and evil spirits, and to many that were blind, he gave sight.) And, answering, he said to them: Go and relate to John what you have heard and seen: That the blind see, the lame walk, the lepers are made clean, the deaf hear, the dead rise again, to the poor the gospel is preached:

“And… he began to speak to the multitudes concerning John:… But what went you out to see? a prophet? Yea, I say to you, and more than a prophet. This is he of whom it is written: Behold I send my angel before thy face, who shall prepare thy way before thee. For I say to you: Amongst those that are born of women, there is not a greater prophet than John, the Baptist: but he who is lesser in the kingdom of God, is greater than he…

“And the Lord said: Whereunto then shall I liken the men of this generation?… They are like to children sitting in the market-place… saying: We have piped to you, and you have not danced: we have mourned, and you have not wept. For John, the Baptist, came, neither eating bread, nor drinking wine, and you say: He hath a devil. The Son of man is come eating and drinking, and you say: Behold a man that is a glutton and a drinker of wine, a friend of publicans and sinners. And wisdom is justified by all her children.”

(Gospel according to St. Luke vii, 20-35. Formatting supplied.)

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: “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: “The Proofs for the Existence of God in the Light of Modern Natural Science”, by Pope Pius XII (English, Français, Italiano)

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• “The Proofs for the Existence of God in the Light of Modern Natural Science”, Address to the Plenary Session and to the Study Week on the Subject ‘The Question of Microseisms’, by the Servant of God Pope Pius XII, 22 November 1951.
  • The text in English may be read online at the Pontifical Academy of Sciences, and may be read on pages 130-142 of: Papal Addresses to the Pontifical Academy of Sciences 1917-2000 and the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences 1994-2001 (Scripta Varia 100), by Popes Benedict XV, Pius XI, Pius XII, John XXIII, Paul VI, and John Paul II (Vatican City: Pontifical Academy of Sciences, 2003), available in pdf format at the Pontifical Academy of Sciences.
  • The text in French/Français, “ Les preuves de l’existence de Dieu a la lumiere de la science moderne”, may be read from the 17^th to the 31^st page of the pdf file of: Semaine d’étude sur la problématique des microséismes, Proceedings of Study Week 19-26 November 1951, Scripta Varia 12 (Vatican City: Pontifical Academy of Sciences, 1953) at the Pontifical Academy of Sciences.
  • The text in Italian/Italiano, “Discorso di Sua Santità Pio XII ai Cardinali, Legati di Nazioni Estere e ai Membri della Pontificia Accademia delle Scienze”, may be read online at the Holy See.

See also the various videos on the Youtube channel of the Society of Catholic Scientists, including:

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 ebook: “Religion as a Virtue”, by Dr. Robert Jared Staudt

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• Religion as a Virtue: Thomas Aquinas on Worship through Justice, Law, and Charity, by Prof. Robert Jared Staudt, Ph.D. Dissertation, Doctorate in Theology, Ave Maria University, 2008. Available in pdf format on this page, listed on the Reading Toolbox & Student Resources page, of Dr. Scott Hahn’s website.

On the Feast of the Prophet Elias (Elijah) in the Maronite Church and in the Byzantine Rite Catholic Churches. 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.