Marriage and the Family

Marriage and the Family, in General

Apostolic Exhortation “Familiaris Consortio” on the Role of the Christian Family in the Modern World, by Pope St. John Paul II (22 November 1981). May be read online (on this page) of the Holy See, and on this page of CBCP for Life.
Compendium of the Social Doctrine of the Church, by the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace. Available at the Holy See.
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.
Encyclical “Arcanum” on Christian Marriage, by Pope Leo XIII (10 February 1880). May be read online at the Holy See. Included in the larger work: The Great Encyclical Letters of Pope Leo XIII: Translations from Approved Sources, with Preface by Rev. John J. Wynne, S.J. (New York, Cincinnati, Chicago: Benziger Brothers, 1903). With Imprimatur. The ebook may be read online, and is available in pdf, epub, mobi, and other formats at Internet Archive, with a 2^nd copy at Internet Archive and Open Library. It may also be read online at Wikisource; and it is available in pdf format at Today’s Catholic World.
Essay on Love, by Ernest R. Hull, S.J. (Bombay: Examiner Press; St. Louis, Mo.: B. Herder; etc., 1912). Available at Internet Archive and Open Library.
Exhortación Apostólica “Familiaris Consortio” sobre la misión de la familia cristiana en el mundo actual, del Papa San Juan Pablo II (22 de noviembre 1981). Disponible en la Santa Sede, y Catholic.net, y la Vicaria de Pastoral, Arquidiocesis Primada de Mexico.
“Familiaris Consortio: The Biblical and Theological Foundation of an Adequate Anthropology”, by Joseph C. Atkinson, Life and Learning, Volume XI (2001), p. 248, which may be read at University Faculty for Life;
“Familiaris consortio and the Current Cultural and Social Change: Presentation for the Plenary Assembly Pontifical Council for the Family, Nov 30, 2011”, by Michael Maria Waldstein, which is available at the Pontificium Consilium pro Familiam; and
“Familiaris Consortio—On the Role of the Christian Family in the Modern World”, by Helen Hull Hitchcock (Nov 1, 2001), available at Women for Faith & Family.
Grace Overflowing: A Consideration of Diaconal Spirituality in the Contexts of Marriage and Ordained Ministry [Dissertation], by Richard Douglas Shewman (Saint Mary Seminary and Graduate School of Theology, May 2005). Available in PDF format on this page of the Diocese of Erie.
The Law of Christian Marriage According to the Teaching and Discipline of the Catholic Church, by Arthur Devine (London: Washbourne, 1908). With Imprimatur. Available on Internet Archive and Open Library (Digitizing sponsor: MSN; Book contributor: Kelly Library, University of Toronto).
Letter to Families “Gratissimam Sane”, by Pope St. John Paul II, February 2, 1994. May be read online at the Holy See. An ebook of the text, with an Introduction by Carl A. Anderson, Supreme Knight of the Knights of Columbus (New Haven, CT: Knights of Columbus Supreme Council, 2001), is available in pdf format (here). A shortened version or summary of the letter, by Fr Richard Aladics, is available in pdf format on this page at XT3. The text is offered for sale on this page at EWTN Religious Catalogue; on this page at Seton Educational Media. An ebook, Letter to Families: The Saint’s Reflections on the Grandeur of Marriage and Family Life, by St. John Paul II, with a Foreword, by Most Rev. Charles Chaput, Archbishop of Philadelphia, is offered for sale on this page at Sophia Institute Press.See also the essay “Families Get a Special Letter from Pope John Paul II”, by Father John McCloskey, at CatholiCity.
Lettre Encyclique “Casti Connubii” sur le Mariage Chrétien Considéré au Point de Vue de la Condition Présente, des Nécessités, des Erreurs et des Vices de la Famille et de la Société, du Souverain Pontife Pie XI (31 décembre 1930). Disponible sur le site officiel du Saint-Siège. [D’apres Wikipedia : « Elle forme l’essentiel de l’enseignement doctrinal de l’Église sur le sacrement matrimonial et la vie conjugale. »]
Pastoral letter of the Archbishops and Bishops of the United States Assembled in Conference at the Catholic University of America, September, 1919 (Washington, D.C., The National Catholic Welfare Council, 1920). Available at Open Library and Internet Archive, with a 2nd copy here. [This is a restatement of doctrine and an exhortation on all aspects of the Catholic life in the United States.]
Vocations Explained: Matrimony, Virginity, the Religious State, and the Priesthood, by a Vincentian Father. (New York, Cincinnati, Chicago: Benzinger Brothers, 1897). Published with the permission of the Superior General of the Congregation of the Mission. With Imprimatur. May be read online, and available in PDF format and in RTF format at the Saints’ Books. [N.B., The front page states that ‘”Vocations Explained” is a compendium of “Questions on Vocations,” a catechism approved by His Eminence Cardinal Gibbons; His Eminence Cardinal Satolli; by five Archbishops and twenty-two Bishops; also by numerous priests and religious Brothers and Sisters.’]

The Ends of Marriage: The Blessing of Children (including Natural Family Planning)

Eugenics and Other Evils, by G.K. Chesterton (1922). Available at Manybooks.net and Project Gutenberg.
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.
“Allocution to the Italian Association of Large Families”, by the Venerable Pope Pius XII, January 20, 1958. Under the title “The Large Family”, from The Pope Speaks (Spring 1958), it may be read online on this page of Catholic Culture. Excerpts of the address may be found in “Family”, a collection of statements of the magisterium, on this page of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.

The Ends of Marriage: Mutual Love and Support

The Christian Father; what he should be, and what he should do, together with a collection of prayers suitable to his condition, by Right Rev. W. Cramer, Bishop of Munster, translated by Rev. L.A. Lambert (New York: Benziger Brothers, 1883). With Imprimatur. Available on Internet Archive and Open Library. [NB, Both of the Internet Archive and Open Library entries mistakenly index the book as Lives of the popes in the early middle ages, by Horace Kinder Mann, Johannes Hollnsteiner, but the document links lead to The Christian Father. I’ll check it every now and then to see if the index is modified.]
Marriage and Parenthood, the Catholic Ideal, by Thomas John Gerrard (New York: J. F. Wagner, 1911). With Imprimatur. Available on Internet Archive and Open Library (Digitizing sponsor: MSN; Book contributor: Cornell University Library).
Theology of the Body: Weekly Audiences on the Subject of the Redemption of the Body and the Sacramentality of Marriage, September 5, 1979 – November 28, 1984, by Pope St. John Paul II. May be read through this page of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops; through this page of the EWTN Library; through this table of contents of Catechesis of the Popes, which also has a prefatory page and a list of ecclesiastical documents on marriage and the family; through this page of Average Joe Catholic; and the Internet Archive Wayback Machine (being the 11 December 2017 snapshot of a page from the sadly defunct website Catholic Primer).
Theology of the Body for Families & Single People, plus Family Chastity Formation in Virtue and Purity of Heart: Universal Truths about Human Sexuality for People of All Ages, with Extensive References to the Official Teachings of the Roman Catholic Church (Kettle River, Minnesota: Communitas Dei Patris, 2006-2017). (Rev: 1/25/2017). Available in pdf format (here) through this page of Family Prayer Night.

Holy Chastity: In General

Cultural Apologetics (articles), by Jason Evert, Matt Fradd, Dr. Janet Smith, Ryan T. Anderson, Abby Johnson. Available on this page of the Fellowship of Catholic University Students, which describes it as a series of articles “designed to help you and your disciples wrestle with teachings of the Church, which are often difficult in today’s cultural context.”[It is composed of the following articles: “Sex and Sanctity”, a discussion of sex before marriage by Jason Evert; “Porn and Relationships”, a discussion of the problem of porn by Matt Fradd; “The Pill: No Small Matter”, a discussion about contraception by Dr. Janet Smith; “Same-Sex Marriage?”, a discussion of marriage and public policy by Ryan T. Anderson; “The Abortion Debate”, a discussion about abortion with Abby Johnson.]
Pope John Paul II’s Theology of the Body. A tract that summarizes the theology of the body with representative excerpts of the Pope’s lectures/addresses. Indexed on JP2Info.
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.
Declaration “Persona Humana” on Certain Questions Concerning Sexual Ethics, by the Sacred Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (29 December 1975). Available at the Holy See.
Theology of the Body for Families & Single People, plus Family Chastity Formation in Virtue and Purity of Heart: Universal Truths about Human Sexuality for People of All Ages, with Extensive References to the Official Teachings of the Roman Catholic Church (Kettle River, Minnesota: Communitas Dei Patris, 2006-2017). (Rev: 1/25/2017). Available in pdf format (here) through this page of Family Prayer Night.
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.
The Sixth and Ninth Commandments: Sexual Morality, by Peter Kreeft (New Haven, CT: Knights of Columbus Supreme Council – Catholic Information Service, 2001). With Imprimatur. The ebook may be read online and is available in pdf format (here), and the audiobook is available in mp3 format through this page of the Knights of Columbus Supreme Council.
Lettre Encyclique “Casti Connubii” sur le Mariage Chrétien Considéré au Point de Vue de la Condition Présente, des Nécessités, des Erreurs et des Vices de la Famille et de la Société, du Souverain Pontife Pie XI (31 décembre 1930). Disponible sur le site officiel du Saint-Siège. [D’apres Wikipedia : « Elle forme l’essentiel de l’enseignement doctrinal de l’Église sur le sacrement matrimonial et la vie conjugale. »]

Holy Chastity: Inward Purity

Lay Witness Magazine: Resources for Living the Catholic Faith (Sep/Oct 2008). Available at Catholics United for the Faith. This 40^th anniversary issue (which is combined with the July/August 2008 issue) includes the articles “Evangelization and the Laity” by H. Lyman Stebbins, “The Problem of Porn” by Bishop Michael Sheridan, “Who’s Hiding in the Closet Now?” by Leon Suprenant.
Blessed are the Pure in Heart: A Pastoral Letter on the Dignity of the Human Person and the Dangers of Pornography, by Bishop Robert W. Finn, Diocese of Kansas City—St. Joseph, February 21, 2007 (Copyright © Diocese of Kansas City–St. Joseph, 2007). The ebook by the Knights of Columbus is available in pdf format (on this page) of the Knights of Columbus. A copy published in The Linacre Quarterly, Vol. 74, No. 4, Article 1, is available in pdf format at Raynor Memorial Libraries. The pastoral letter may also be read online (here) at The King’s Men. A summary consisting of excerpts may be read at Apple Seeds.
Create in Me a Clean Heart: A Pastoral Response to Pornography, approved by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, 17 November 2015 (Washington, D.C.: United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, 2015). Available in pdf format (here) through this page, which contains multiple resources on resisting pornography, at the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. [A brief summary, “Create in Me a Clean Heart” by Father John McCloskey, may be read at CatholiCity.]

Holy Chastity: Premarital Relations and Company-Keeping

Declaration “Persona Humana” on Certain Questions Concerning Sexual Ethics, by the Sacred Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (29 December 1975). Available at the Holy See.
Purity, by Rev. Bede Jarrett, O.P. (+1934) (London, Liverpool, Manchester, Birmingham, Brighton, Cardiff, Newcastle, Derby: Catholic Truth Society, 1929). Pamphlet. May be read online on this page at e-Catholic 2000. Available in PDF format on this page of Catholic Pamphlets.net. Another edition (London: Catholic Truth Society No. 293, 1973) is readable online and available in PDF format at Catholic Truth Society Pamphlets.
Pastoral Letter to Young People on Chastity, from the Episcopal Commission on Doctrine of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (Ottawa: Concacan, 2011). Available in pdf format at Archdiocese of Vancouver.
“The Vatican Declaration on Sexual Ethics and the Moral Methodology of Vatican Council II,” by William E. May, The Linacre Quarterly, Vol. 52 (1985): pp. 116-129. Available in pdf format at The Linacre Quarterly.

Holy Chastity: Adultery (including Remarriage after Divorce)

The Superstition of Divorce, by G.K. Chesterton (1920). Available at ManyBooks.net and at Internet Archive.

Holy Chastity: Recent Ecclesiastical Texts on Remarriage after Divorce

Guidelines for the Pastoral Accompaniment of Christ’s Faithful who are Divorced and Remarried without a Decree of Nullity, by the Catholic Bishops of Alberta & the Northwest Territories. Available in pdf format on this page of the Catholic Archdiocese of Edmonton; on this page of the Roman Catholic Diocese of St. Paul (with link from this page); and on this page of the Archdiocese of Ottawa (in which the Archbishop of Ottawa expresses his endorsement of the text). May be read online on this page of Catholic Culture. [See also the article “Ottawa archbishop upholds tradition: No Communion for Catholics living in adultery” at Life Site.] [The authors of the Guidelines are Richard W. Smith, Archbishop of Edmonton, Gregory J. Bittman, Auxiliary Bishop of Edmonton, Frederick Henry, Bishop of Calgary, Gerard Pettipas C.Ss.R., Archbishop of Grouard-McLennan, Paul Terrio, Bishop of St. Paul, and Mark Hagemoen, Bishop of Mackenzie-Fort Smith].
Pastoral Guidelines for Implementing Amoris Laetitia, by Archbishop Charles J. Chaput, Archdiocese of Philadelphia, July 1, 2016. Available in pdf format (on this page) at the Archdiocese of Philadelphia (linked by this page of Saint Norbert Parish, and this page of the Diocese of Lancaster), and at Google Drive. See also the articles “Archbishop Chaput’s Guidelines for Amoris Laetitia Can Serve as Model for US Church”, 7 July 2016, at the National Catholic Register; “Archbishop Chaput: Pope Francis shows continuity on divorce, remarriage”, 7 July 2016 at Catholic News Agency.
Pastoral Guidelines for Implementing Amoris Laetitia in the Archdiocese of Portland, Oregon, by Archbishop Alexander K. Sample, May 4, 2017. Available in pdf format (here) linked from this page of the Diocese of Lancaster. May be read online on this page at Catholic Culture. [See this article: “Archbishop Sample’s guidelines on family and marriage urge truth, mercy”, July 05, 2017 at Catholic Sentinel; “Portland archbishop: active gays must repent and change before receiving Communion”, July 11, 2017, at the California Catholic Daily.]
Pastoral Letter on the Reading of Amoris Laetitia in Light of Church Teaching: “A True and Living Icon”, by Archbishop Alexander K. Sample, October 7, 2016. May be read online on this page at Catholic Culture; and available in pdf format (on this page) at Archdiocese of Portland, Oregon. [See also the following articles: “Abp. Alexander Sample Discusses His Pastoral Letter about ‘Amoris Laetitia’”, October 17, 2016, at Catholic World Report; “Another bishop says “Amoris” doesn’t change practice on Communion” at Crux Now; “Archbishop Sample corrects ‘troublesome misuses’ of Amoris Laetitia”, October 11, 2016, at Life Site.]
Pastoral Message about the Apostolic Exhortation ‘Amoris Laetitia’ (‘The Joy of Love’), Bishop Philip Egan of Portsmouth, England, 24 April 2016. Available in pdf format (on this page) at the Catholic Diocese of Portsmouth.
A Pledged Troth: A Pastoral Letter on Amoris Laetitia, by Bishop Steven J. Lopes. May be read online on this page at the National Catholic Register; on this page of the Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of St. Peter (linked by this page of Ordinariate News, and at Yumpu.

Holy Chastity: Other Recent Texts on Remarriage after Divorce

“Recent Proposals for the Pastoral Care of the Divorced and Remarried: A Theological Assessment”, by John Corbett, O.P., Dominic Legge, O.P., Andrew Hofer, O.P., Kurt Martens, Paul J. Keller, O.P., Thomas Petri, O.P., Dominic Langevin, O.P., Thomas Joseph White, O.P., Nova et Vetera, English Edition, Vol. 12, No. 3 (2014): 601-630. Available in PDF format on this page of Nova et Vetera. [Brief summaries of the text are online at the Hermeneutic of Continuity and the Order of Preachers.]
El Abuso de Amoris Laetitia para Apoyar Errores Contra la Fe Católica: Carta al Sumo Pontífice Francisco, a Todos los Obispos en Comunión con Él, y al Resto de los Fieles Cristianos, por John Finnis y Germain Grisez. Disponible en formato PDF en esta pagina de The Way of the Lord Jesus.
The Apostolic Exhortation Amoris Laetitia: A Theological Critique, by 45 theologians, including Dr. Aidan Nichols O.P. The critique is available in pdf format on this page of One Peter Five, and at Internet Archive (21 October 2016 snapshot of this defunct page); and it may be read online at Society of Saint Pius X. A summary may be read online on this page at Life Site. The 29 June 2016 letter transmitting it to Cardinal Sodano is available in pdf format at Internet Archive (21 October 2016 snapshot of this defunct page) and may be read online at Society of Saint Pius X. [N.B., Due to the irregular canonical status of SSPX, readers are counseled to approach any other texts on its website with prayerful caution.]
Communio: International Catholic Review, Volume 41.2, Marriage: Theological and Pastoral Considerations (Summer 2014). Available (on this page) at Communio: International Catholic Review, including the following articles: “Marriage and the Family Between Anthropology and the Eucharist, by Cardinal Angelo Scola (in PDF format); “The Merciful Gift of Indissolubility and the Question of Pastoral Care for Civilly Divorced and Remarried Catholics”, by Nicholas J. Healy, Jr. (in PDF format); and “God’s Gift of Life and Love: On Marriage and the Eucharist”, by Pope St. John Paul II (in PDF format).
Marriage: Theological and Pastoral Considerations (Washington, D.C.: Pontifical John Paul II Institute for Studies on Marriage & Family and Communio International Catholic Review, 2015), which is available in PDF format (on this page) at the Pontifical John Paul II Institute for Studies on Marriage and Family at the Catholic University of America.
“Appeal to prayer: ‘That Pope Francis may confirm the unchanging praxis of the Church with regard to the truth of the indissolubility of marriage’”, by Tomash Peta, Metropolitan Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Saint Mary in Astana; Jan Pawel Lenga, Archbishop-Bishop Emeritus of Karaganda; and Athanasius Schneider, Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Saint Mary in Astana, 18 January 2017. May be read online on this page at Rorate Coeli, and on this page of Regina; and reproduced in “Three bishops launch ‘spiritual crusade’ urging Pope to rebuke Communion for adulterers” at Life Site.
Correctio Filialis de Haeresibus Propagates (Filial Correction), 16 July 2017. Available in pdf format on this page of Correctio filialis de haeresibus propagates.
Declaration of Fidelity to the Church’s Unchangeable Teaching on Marriage and to Her Uninterrupted Discipline, 29 August 2016. May be read online (on this page) at Filial Appeal. See also: “Three cardinals sign statement defending magisterial teaching on the sacraments”, 3 Oct 2016, at Catholic Herald.
The Misuse of Amoris Laetitia to Support Errors against the Catholic Faith: A Letter to the Supreme Pontiff Francis, to All Bishops in Communion with Him, and to the Rest of the Christian Faithful, by John Finnis and Germain Grisez. Available in pdf format through this page of The Way of the Lord Jesus.
A Pastoral Appeal to the Bishops for an Apostolic Reaffirmation of the Gospel (Official Text), 22 April 2018. Available in pdf format and may be read on this page at Cura Pastoralis. [See also: “Priests Appeal to World’s Bishops to Address ‘Pastoral Crisis’ in the Church”, by Edward Pentin, May 2, 2018, at National Catholic Register; Raymond Arroyo’s interview of Raymond Cardinal Burke concerning the Pastoral Appeal, in the 3 May 2018 episode of World Over, published on 4 May 2018 by EWTN.]
Pledge of fidelity to the authentic teaching of the Church, by pro-life and pro-family leaders, 12 December 2017. May be read online at Pledge of Fidelity; and republished in the article “Pro-Life Leaders: Faithful To True Doctrine, Not To Erring Pastors”, December 12, 2017, at Voice of the Family. See also the article: “Pro-Life Leaders Pledge To Be Faithful To Catholic Doctrine”, December 11, 2017, at Church Militant.
Profession of the Immutable Truths about Sacramental Marriage, by Tomash Peta, Archbishop Metropolitan of the Archdiocese of Saint Mary in Astana; Jan Pawel Lenga, Archbishop-Bishop of Karaganda; and Athanasius Schneider, Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Saint Mary in Astana, 31 December 2017. May be read online at Scribd, and on this page of Life Site; and through the article Three Bishops Issue Profession of Truth About Sacramental Marriage at the National Catholic Register, which summarises the document. [Other signatories as of February 6, 2018 are Cardinal Janis Pujats, Emeritus Archbishop Metropolitan of Riga, Latvia; Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò of Italy and former apostolic nuncio to the United States; Luigi Negri, Archbishop emeritus of Ferrara-Comacchio, Italy; Bishop Andreas Laun, Emeritus Auxiliary of Salzburg, Austria; Rene Gracida, Bishop emeritus of Corpus Christi, Texas, USA; Marian Eleganti, auxiliary bishop of Chur, Switzerland; and Elmar Fischer, Bishop emeritus of Feldkirch, Austria.] [See also these articles: “Three notes on Kazakhstan ‘Profession of the immutable truths about sacramental marriage’”, by Edward N. Peters, 2 January 2018 at the Catholic World Report; “Tenth bishop signs ‘Profession of Immutable Truths’ in defense of marriage” at Catholic Citizens of Illinois; and “A Second Look at the Kazakh Bishops’ ‘Profession’”, by Fr. Gerald Murray, 27 January 2018, at The Catholic Thing.]
“Seeking Clarity: A Plea to Untie the Knots in Amoris Laetitia” (Dubia), by Cardinals Walter Brandmüller, Raymond L. Burke, Cardinal Carlo Caffarra, and Joachim Meiser, September 19, 2016. May be read online on this page at the National Catholic Register.
“Statement of the Confraternities of Catholic Clergy”, reproduced in “‘Clarification is gravely needed’: international priests’ association gives support to dubia”, 1 February 2017, at the Catholic Herald.
“Amoris Laetitia Joy, Sadness and Hopes”, by Professor Josef Seifert, Aemaet: Wissenschaftliche Zeitschrift für Philosophie und Theologie, vol. 5, no. 2 (2016): pp. 160-249. Available in pdf format (here) at may be read (on this page) at Aemaet, with the abstract on this page.
“Doctrine, Law and Practice in Light of Mitis Iudex and Amoris Laetitia”, by Bishop Thomas J. Paprocki. (Diocese of Springfield, IL, May 2, 2017). Keynote Address at the North West Regional Canon Law Convention held in Portland, Oregon on May 2, 2017. May be read online (on this page) at Catholic Culture; and available in pdf format on this page of the Diocese of Springfield in Illinois.
“Does Pure Logic Threaten to Destroy the Entire Moral Doctrine of the Catholic Church?”, by Josef Seifert, Aemaet: Wissenschaftliche Zeitschrift für Philosophie und Theologie, vol. 6, no. 2 (2017): pp. 2-9. Available in pdf format (here) through this page at Aemaet; and may be read online (on this page) at Rorate Coeli.
[Reflections on Questions of Present Importance in the Life of the Church], by Gerhard Ludwig Cardinal Müller. Available at First Things: “What Does It Mean to Say ‘I Absolve You’?” (December 15, 2017); “By What Authority? On the Teaching Office of the Pope” (January 16, 2018); “Development, or Corruption?” (February 20, 2018); “Is There a Saving Truth? The Salvific Relevance of the Rule of Faith” (March 13, 2018); “Who May Receive Communion?” (April. 20, 2018).

Holy Chastity: Sins against Nature (Onanism, Sodomy, and Alternate Reproduction)

Address to the Italian Association of Catholic Midwives “Vegliare Con Sollecitudine”, by the Venerable Pope Pius XII, 29 October 1951. Variously referred to as “Address [or ‘Allocution’] to Midwives [or ‘Italian Midwives’ or ‘Catholic Midwives’]”, sometimes adding “on the Nature of Their Profession”. (1) An English translation may be read online on this page at the EWTN Libraries, on this page of Papal Encyclicals Online, and at IntraText (IntraText Edition CT, copyright Èulogos 2007); and the same translation is available in .doc format through this page at Documenta Catholica Omnia. Brief excerpts are available on this page at Rorate Coeli, which, however, has the beginning paragraph of the address that is not included in this translation. (2) A different English translation, which appears to be longer and more complete, may be read online on this page of Catholic Culture. It is lifted from the pamphlet Marriage and the Moral Law: Two Addresses of Pope Pius XII: Catholic Truth Society No. S0231 (1957), which may be read online on this page at Catholic Truth Society Pamphlets; and on this page at e-Catholic 2000. [N.B., In addition to the Address to Midwives, the pamphlet includes “Nell’ordine Della Natura: Address to the Association Known as the ‘Family Campaign’ and Other Family Associations”, 26 November 1951.] (3) What is asserted to be a complete translation by Ron Conte (longer than the 1^st translation above, of the same length as the 2^nd) may be read online at Catholic Planet, linked from the reproach of Christ.
Instruction “Dignitatis Personae” on Certain Bioethical Questions, by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (8 September 2008). May be read online (here) at Catholic Culture.org with a synthesis on this page, on this page of LifeIssues.net, and at the Holy See; and is available in pdf format (here) at Children of God for Life. Excerpts of the document are included in Natural Family Planning Forum, Vol. 20, Nos. 1, 2 (Winter/Spring 2009), which is available in pdf format (here) at the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. A summary by Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, “Regarding the Instruction Dignitas Personae” may be read at the Holy See.
Living Tradition: Organ of the Roman Theological Forum, no. 43 (September-November 1992). Contains “The Ex Cathedra Status of the Encyclical Humanae Vitae”, by Brian W. Harrison. Available at the Roman Theological Forum..
Same Sex Attraction: Catholic Teaching and Pastoral Practice, by Father John F. Harvey, O.S.F.S. (New Haven, CT: Catholic Information Service, Knights of Columbus Supreme Council, 2007). Available in PDF format (on this page) at the Knights of Columbus website.
“The Vatican Declaration on Sexual Ethics and the Moral Methodology of Vatican Council II,” by William E. May, The Linacre Quarterly, Vol. 52 (1985): pp. 116-129. Available in pdf format at The Linacre Quarterly.

Holy Chastity: Education on Chastity and Sexuality

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.
Chastity and Human Sexuality Education Within the Family: Basic Guidelines, from the Diocese of Honolulu, http://www.catholichawaii.org (September 2014). 5 pages. Available in pdf format at the Diocese of Honolulu.
Created to Love: Adolescent Catechesis for Human Sexuality and Child Protection Parish Middle School Version, sponsored by the Office of Child and Youth Protection Division of Youth and Young Adult Ministry, Archdiocese of Baltimore. Available in pdf format at the Archdiocese of Baltimore. With a Message from the Archbishop dated October 2008.
Honored or Ignored? : Truth and Meaning of Human Sexuality: Guidelines for Education Within The Family”, by Alice Ann Grayson, M. Ed., and James Likoudis. Reprinted from: Sex Education: The Basic Issues and Related Essays (Catasauqua, PA, The Veil of Innocence, January 31, 2001): pp. 79 – 87. May be read online (here) at Catholic Culture.
“On ‘The Truth and Meaning of Human Sexuality’”, by Father Frederick Edlefsen, Voices Online Edition, vol. XIX, no. 1 (Eastertide 2004). May be read online (on this page) at Women for Faith & Family.
A Reader’s Guide to “The Truth and Meaning of Human Sexuality”, by Msgr. Peter J. Elliott. From the September/October 1996 issue of The Catholic Answer. May be read online (on this page) at the EWTN Libraries.
“Sex Education: The Vatican’s Guidelines”, by Kenneth D. Whitehead. Reprinted from: Kenneth D. Whitehead, “Sex Education: Vatican Guidelines,” Crisis, Vol. 14, no. 5 (May 1996) (Copyright © 1996 Crisis). May be read online (on this page) at the Catholic Education Resource Center.

Married Life and Responsiblities

Woman as Mother and Wife in the African Context of the Family in the Light of John Paul II’s Anthropological and Theological Foundation: The Case Reflected within the Bantu and Nilotic Tribes of Kenya (Dissertation), by Joseph Okech Adhunga (Washington, D.C.: Catholic University of America, 2012). Available in PDF format at WRLC Digital Repository and at CUA Digital Collections (through this index page).
Parents and Vocations, by Ben Palmer. With Imprimatur. Available in PDF format on this page of Catholic Pamphlets.net.
Advice to Parents, by Saint Alphonsus Liguori (1960). Catholic Truth Society of Oregon No. Fam060. May be read online and available in PDF format on this page of Catholic Truth Society Pamphlets. Also available in PDF format on this page of Catholic Pamphlets.net.

Relations between the Sexes

“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.
“Man-Woman Complementarity: The Catholic Inspiration”, by Prudence Allen, RSM, Logos 9:3 (Summer, 2006), pp. 87-108. 22 pages. Available in PDF format on this page at the Pontifical Council for the Laity.