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: “Chastity: The School of Love”, by Bishop Arthur J. Serratelli

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• Chastity: The School of Love, by the Most Rev. Arthur J. Serratelli, Bishop of Paterson, February 7, 2019. Available in pdf format in English, in Spanish, and in Polish, and may be read online in English on this page, at Bishop Arthur J. Serratelli’s website.

See also the texts listed on the page Marriage and the Family, as well as related texts:

• Chastity: A Pastoral Letter, by Bishop Joseph F. Martino, Diocese of Scranton, December 8, 2004. May be read online on this page at Catholic Culture.
• Circular Letter “On Holy Purity”, November 2000 (©2021 Opus Sanctorum Angelorum, Inc.). May be read online on this page of Opus Sanctorum Angelorum.
• Pastoral Letter to Young People on Chastity, by the Episcopal Commission for Doctrine, Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops, January 2011. Updated March 2011. Available in pdf format on this page of the Diocese of London.

On the Feast of Saint Agnes in the Roman 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.

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: “Integral Human Development and Chastity: The Link between Life and Social Ethics”, by Fr. David D. Nerbun

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• Integral Human Development and Chastity: The Link between Life and Social Ethics, by Fr. David D. Nerbun (2014). Available in pdf format at Academia.edu.

In observance of the Memorial of Saint Maria Goretti in the Revised Roman Rite and in belated observance of the Memorial of Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati. 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: “Homosexual Inclinations and the Passions”, by Robert Loyd Kinney, III

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• “Homosexual Inclinations and the Passions: A Thomistic Theory of the Psychogenesis of Same-Sex Attraction Disorder”, by Robert Loyd Kinney, III, The Linacre Quarterly, vol. 81, no. 2 (May 2014): pp. 130–161. Available in pdf format and in PubReader format at the National Library of Medicine.
  • See also the “Letter to the editor: Objections to Dr. Kinney’s article” and the author’s Response, The Linacre Quarterly, vol. 81, no. 3 (August 2014): pp. 199–203, which is available in pdf format and in PubReader format at the National Library of Medicine.

Online ebook: Sexuality & Gender: Findings from the Sciences, by Dr. Lawrence S. Mayer and Dr. Paul R. McHugh

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• Lawrence S. Mayer, M.B., M.S., Ph.D. and Paul R. McHugh, M.D., Sexuality and Gender: Findings from the Biological, Psychological, and Social Sciences, in The New Atlantis, Number 50 (Fall 2016): pp. 1-143. May be read online, and available in pdf format, at The New Atlantis.

See also these related ebooks and texts:

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).
  • [Note: The Project earns no commission or other revenue from the indexing worth-it books.] 

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:

Worth-it ebook: “A Catholic Vision of Male Spirituality”, by Deacon Harold Burke-Sivers

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• Behold the Man: A Catholic Vision of Male Spirituality, by Deacon Harold Burke-Sivers (San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 2015). The ebook (epub) and printed book may be purchased on this page of Ignatius Press and at Amazon. The printed book may be purchased at on this page of the EWTN Religious Catalogue.  

See also the various talks of Deacon Burke-Sivers on Youtube; and these related texts and media:

Online text: “Priestly Fatherhood in Light of Contemporary Challenges”, by Prof. Antonio López

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• “Friends of the Bridegroom: Reflections on Priestly Fatherhood in Light of Contemporary Challenges”, by Professor Fr. Antonio López, FSCB, Ph.D., Communio, Volume 45, No. 2 (Summer 2018): pp. 250-292. Available in pdf format through this page of Communio: International Catholic Review.

On the Feast of St. John Vianney in the Ordinary Form of the Roman Rite and of St. Dominic in the Extraordinary Form of the Roman 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.

Online text: “The Truth and Meaning of Human Sexuality”, by the Pontifical Council for the Family

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• The Truth and Meaning of Human Sexuality: Guidelines for Education within the Family, by the Pontifical Council for the Family, December 8, 1995. May be read online at the Holy See and beginning on this page at Domestic-Church.com. Highlights of the text are provided in the NFP Forum (Diocesan Activity Report), vol. 7, nos. 1-2 (Winter/Spring 1996), which is available in pdf format (on this page) at the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.

See also these other texts relating to the above document: