TEXTS 142

MARY
Mary The Role of the Blessed Mother in the Economy of Salvation On the Blessed Virgin and the Church....
Ad Caeli Reginam ENCYCLICAL OF POPE PIUS XII ON PROCLAIMING THE QUEENSHIP OF MARY TO THE VENERABLE BRETHREN, THE PATRIARCHS, PRIMATES, ARCHBISHOPS, BISHIOPS, AND OTHER LOCAL ORDINARIES IN PEACE AND COMMUNION WITH THE HOLY SEE
Deiparae Virginis Mariae ENCYCLICAL OF POPE PIUS XII ON THE POSSIBILITY OF DEFINING THE ASSUMPTION
OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY AS A DOGMA OF FAITH TO THE PATRIARCHS, PRIMATES,
ARCHBISHOPS, AND OTHER ORDINARIES AT PEACE AND IN COMMUNION WITH THE APOSTOLIC SEE.*
Letter APOSTOLIC LETTER ROSARIUM VIRGINIS MARIAE OF THE SUPREME PONTIFF JOHN PAUL II
TO THE BISHOPS, CLERGY AND FAITHFUL ON THE MOST HOLY ROSARY 
Rosary A particular attention shouid be paid lo the Rosary.
SACRAMENTS
Sacramentum caritatis

POST-SYNODAL APOSTOLIC EXHORTATION SACRAMENTUM CARITATIS OF THE HOLY FATHER BENEDICT XVI TO THE BISHOPS, CLERGY, CONSECRATED PERSONS AND THE LAY FAITHFUL ON THE EUCHARIST AS THE SOURCE AND SUMMIT OF THE CHURCH'S LIFE AND MISSION

Mane Nobiscum Domine   APOSTOLIC LETTER MANE NOBISCUM DOMINE OF THE HOLY FATHER
JOHN PAUL II TO THE BISHOPS, CLERGY AND FAITHFUL FOR THE YEAR OF THE EUCHARIST
Encyclical Letter Ecclesia de Eucaristia ENCYCLICAL LETTER ECCLESIA DE EUCHARISTIA OF HIS HOLINESS POPE JOHN PAUL II TO THE BISHOPS PRIESTS AND DEACONS MEN AND WOMEN IN THE CONSECRATED LIFE AND ALL THE LAY FAITHFUL ON THE EUCHARIST IN ITS RELATIONSHIP TO THE CHURCH
Dominicae canae LETTER DOMINICAE CENAE OF THE SUPREME PONTIFF JOHN PAUL II TO ALL THE BISHOPS OF THE CHURCH ON THE MYSTERY AND WORSHIP OF THE EUCHARIST
Ordinatio Sacerdotalis OF JOHN PAUL II TO THE BISHOPS OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH ON RESERVING PRIESTLY ORDINATION TO MEN ALONE
Mystici Corporis Christi ENCYCLICAL OF POPE PIUS XII ON THE MISTICAL BODY OF CHRIST TO OUR VENERABLE BRETHREN, PATRIARCHS, PRIMATES, ARCHBISHOPS, BISHIOPS, AND OTHER LOCAL ORDINARIES ENJOYING PEACE AND COMMUNION WITH THE APOSTOLIC SEE
Mediator Dei ENCYCLICAL OF POPE PIUS XII ON THE SACRED LITURGY TO THE VENERABLE BRETHREN, THE PATRIARCHS, PRIMATES, ARCHBISHOPS, BISHIOPS, AND OTHER ORDINARIES
IN PEACE AND COMMUNION WITH THE APOSTOLIC SEE
Misericordia Dei ON CERTAIN ASPECTS OF THE CELEBRATION OF THE SACRAMENT OF PENANCE
Sacerdotalis caelibatus Priestly celibacy has been guarded by the Church for centuries as a brilliant jewel, and retains its value undiminished even in our time when the outlook of men and the state of the world have undergone such profound changes.
The sacrament of the Eucharist I  The Eucharist-Source and summit of ecclesial life II What is this sacrament called?.......
PRAYERS
Psalms

150 Psalms

Prayers The sign of the cross; Prayer to the holy spirit......
YOUNGS
Message 2008 Message to the Youth on the XXIII World Youth day
Message 2002 Message to the Youth on the XVII World Youth day
young  ADDRESS OF JOHN PAUL II TO THE YOUNG PEOPLE OF ROME IN PREPARATION FOR THE CELEBRATION OF WORLD YOUTH DAY 
young

MEETING WITH YOUNG PEOPLE ADDRESS OF THE HOLY FATHER                            Lviv (Sykhiv Square)

young

 YOUTH MEETING AT THE GREEK-CATHOLIC CATHEDRAL - DAMASCUS          ADDRESS OF JOHN PAUL II

FAMILY
Considerations Considerations Regarding Proposals To Give Legal Recognition To Unions Between Homosexual Persons
Family THE FAMILY: GIFT AND COMMITMENT, HOPE FOR HUMANITY
Family CHARTER OF THE RIGHTS OF THE FAMILY
Family

PONTIFICAL COUNCIL FOR THE FAMILY CONCLUSIONS OF THE THEOLOGICAL-PASTORAL CONGRESS

Family CONCLUSIONS OF A VATICAN CONFERENCE  ON THE FAMILY AND INTEGRATION OF THE DISABLED
Family "FAMILY AND LIFE, FIFTY YEARS AFTER THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS"
Family Declaration on the Decrease of Fertility in the World
Family Declaration by the Pontificate Council for the Family regarding "Embryonic Reduction"
Family FAMILY, MARRIAGE AND “DE FACTO” UNIONS
Family THE TRUTH AND MEANING OF HUMAN SEXUALITY
Family PREPARATION FOR THE SACRAMENT OF MARRIAGE
Family Declaration of the Pontifical Council for the Family regarding the Resolution of the European Parliament dated March 16, 2000, making de facto unions, including same sex unions, equal to the family
Family THE FAMILY AND HUMAN RIGHTS
Family THE FAMILY, GIFT AND COMMITMENT, HOPE FOR HUMANITY
Women

LETTER OF POPE JOHN PAUL II TO WOMEN

Concerning uterine isolation..

CONGREGATION FOR THE DOCTRINE OF THE FAITH: RESPONSES TO QUESTIONS PROPOSED CONCERNING "UTERINE ISOLATION" AND RELATED MATTERS

Declaration on Euthanasia The rights and values pertaining to the human person occupy an important place among the questions discussed today. In this regard, the Second Vatican Ecumenical Council solemnly reaffirmed the lofty dignity of the human person, and in a special way his or her right to life
Declaration on procured abortion The problem of procured abortion and of its possible legal liberalization has become more or less everywhere the subject of impassioned discussions
Human Genome and Human Rights The Holy See is convinced of the importance of this international document on the human genome and the rights of the human person.
Reflections on cloning Advances in knowledge and related developments in the procedures of molecular biology, genetics and artificial fertilization have long made it possible to experiment with and successfully achieve the cloning of plants and animals.
Notes on cloning The term 'cloning', both in thought and experimental practice, has taken on different meanings which in turn presume different procedures from the technical viewpoint as well as different aims.
Statement on the morning-after pill' Considering that the use of this product concerns fundamental human goods and values, to the point of involving the origins of human life itself, the Pontifical Academy for Life feels the pressing duty and definite need to offer some clarifications and considerations on the subject, reaffirming moreover already well-known ethical positions supported by precise scientific data and reinforced by Catholic doctrine.
Use of human embryonic stem cells This document seeks to contribute to the debate on the production and use of embryonic stem cells which is now taking place in scientific and ethical literature and in public opinion. Given the growing relevance of the debate on the limits and liceity of the production and use of such cells, there is a pressing need to reflect on the ethical implications which are present.
ILLNESS
Illness MESSAGE OF THE HOLY FATHER FOR THE WORLD DAY OF THE SICK
FOR THE YEAR 2008
Illness MESSAGE OF THE HOLY FATHER FOR THE WORLD DAY OF THE SICK
FOR THE YEAR 2007
Illness

MESSAGE OF THE HOLY FATHER FOR THE WORLD DAY OF THE SICK
FOR THE YEAR 2006

Illness

MESSAGE OF THE HOLY FATHER FOR THE WORLD DAY OF THE SICK
FOR THE YEAR 2005

Illness

MESSAGE OF THE HOLY FATHER FOR THE WORLD DAY OF THE SICK
FOR THE YEAR 2004

Illness

MESSAGE OF THE HOLY FATHER FOR THE WORLD DAY OF THE SICK
FOR THE YEAR 2002

Illness

MESSAGE OF THE HOLY FATHER FOR THE WORLD DAY OF THE SICK
FOR THE YEAR 2000

Illness MESSAGE OF THE HOLY FATHER FOR THE SIXTH WORLD DAY OF THE SICK
Illness MESSAGE OF THE HOLY FATHER  FOR THE WORLD DAY OF THE SICK 
FOR THE YEAR 2001
Illness MESSAGE OF THE HOLY FATHER FOR THE FIFTH WORLD DAY OF THE SICK
Illness MESSAGE OF THE HOLY FATHER FOR THE WORLD DAY OF THE SICK
Respect for the dignity of the dying Since the 1970s, beginning in the most developed countries of the world, there has been a persistent campaign in favour of euthanasia, understood as an act or ommission which by its nature and intention terminates the life of the seriously ill or also of malformed newborn babies. The motive usually advanced in these cases is to save the patient from undue, useless suffering.
PEACE
Peace 1979 « TO REACH PEACE, TEACH PEACE »
Peace 1980 TRUTH, THE POWER OF PEACE
Peace 1981 TO SERVE PEACE, RESPECT FREEDOM
Peace 1982 PEACE: A GIFT OF GOD ENTRUSTED TO US !
Peace 1983 DIALOGUE FOR PEACE, A CHALLENGE FOR OUR TIME
Peace 1984 " FROM A NEW HEART, PEACE IS BORN "
Peace 1985 PEACE AND YOUTH GO FORWARD TOGETHER
Peace 1986 PEACE IS A VALUE WITH NO FRONTIERS NORTH-SOUTH, EAST-WEST: ONLY ONE PEACE
Peace 1987 DEVELOPMENT AND SOLIDARITY: TWO KEYS TO PEACE
Peace 1988 RELIGIOUS FREEDOM: CONDITION FOR PEACE
Peace 1989 TO BUILD PEACE, RESPECT MINORITIES
Peace 1990 PEACE WITH GOD THE CREATOR, PEACE WITH ALL OF CREATION
Peace 1991 "IF YOU WANT PEACE, RESPECT THE CONSCIENCE OF EVERY PERSON"
Peace 1992 BELIEVERS UNITED IN BUILDING PEACE
Peace 1993 IF YOU WANT PEACE, REACH OUT TO THE POOR
Peace 1994 THE FAMILY CREATES THE PEACE OF THE HUMAN FAMILY
Peace 1995 WOMEN:TEACHERS OF PEACE
Peace 1996 LET US GIVE CHILDREN A FUTURE OF PEACE
Peace 1997 OFFER FORGIVENESS AND RECEIVE PEACE
Peace 1998 FROM THE JUSTICE OF EACH COMES PEACE FOR ALL
Peace 1999 "PEACE ON EARTH TO THOSE WHOM GOD LOVES!"
Peace 2000 "PEACE ON EARTH TO THOSE WHOM GOD LOVES!"
Peace 2001 DIALOGUE BETWEEN CULTURES FOR A CIVILIZATION OF LOVE AND PEACE
Peace 2002 NO PEACE WITHOUT JUSTICE  NO JUSTICE WITHOUT FORGIVENESS 
Peace 2003

PACEM IN TERRIS:A PERMANENT COMMITMENT

Peace 2004 Message for the World Day of Peace 2004
Peace 2005 Message for the World Day of Peace 2005
Peace 2006 Message for the World Day of Peace 2006
Peace 2007 Message for the World Day of Peace 20067
Peace 2008 Message for the World Day of Peace 2008
IMPORTANT
Doctrinal Note Doctrinal Note on some questions regarding the participation of Catholics in political life
Ecclesia in Europa POST-SYNODAL APOSTOLIC EXHORTATION ECCLESIA IN EUROPA OF HIS HOLINESS POPE JOHN PAUL II TO THE BISHOPS MEN AND WOMEN IN THE CONSECRATED LIFE AND ALL THE LAY FAITHFUL ON JESUS CHRIST ALIVE IN HIS CHURCH THE SOURCE OF HOPE FOR EUROPE
Catechesi Tradendae APOSTOLIC EXHORTATION CATECHESI TRADENDAE OF POPE
JOHN PAUL II ON CATECHESIS IN OUR TIME
Quadragesimo anno ENCYCLICAL OF POPE PIUS XI ON RECONSTRUCTION OF THE SOCIAL ORDER TO OUR VENERABLE BRETHREN, THE PATRIARCHS, PRIMATES, ARCHBISHOPS, BISHOPS, AND OTHER ORDINARIES IN PEACE AND COMMUNION WITH THE APOSTOLIC SEE, AND LIKEWISE TO ALL THE FAITHFUL OF THE CATHOLIC WORLD.
Pascendi dominici gregis

ENCYCLICAL OF POPE PIUS X ON THE DOCTRINES OF THE MODERNISTS

Humani generi redemptionem ENCYCLICAL OF POPE BENEDICT XV ON PREACHING THE WORD OF GOD TO THE PATRIARCHS, PRIMATES, ARCHBISHOPS, BISHOPS, AND OTHER ORDINARIES IN PEACE AND COMMUNION WITH THE APOSTOLIC SEE.
Christifideles laici

POST-SYNODAL APOSTOLIC EXHORTATION CHRISTIFIDELES LAICI OF
HIS HOLINESS JOHN PAUL II ON THE VOCATION AND THE MISSION
OF THE LAY FAITHFUL IN THE CHURCH AND IN THE WORLD

Pastores dabo vobis POST-SYNODAL APOSTOLIC EXHORTATION PASTORES DABO VOBIS TO THE BISHOPS,
CLERGY AND FAITHFUL ON THE FORMATION OF PRIESTS IN THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE PRESENT DAY
Reconciliatio et paenitentia POST-SYNODAL APOSTOLIC EXHORTATION RECONCILIATION AND PENANCE OF JOHN PAUL II TO THE BISHOPS CLERGY AND FAITHFUL
ON RECONCILIATION AND PENANCE IN THE MISSION OF THE CHURCH TODAY
Redemptionis donum APOSTOLIC EXHORTATION REDEMPTIONIS DONUM OF HIS HOLINESS
POPE JOHN PAUL II TO MEN AND WOMEN RELIGIOUS ON THEIR CONSECRATION IN THE LIGHT OF THE MYSTERY OF THE REDEMPTION
Redemptoris custos

APOSTOLIC EXHORTATION REDEMPTORIS CUSTOS OF THE SUPREME PONTIFF JOHN PAUL II ON THE PERSON AND MISSION OF SAINT JOSEPH
IN THE LIFE OF CHRIST AND OF THE CHURCH

Vita consecrata POST-SYNODAL APOSTOLIC EXHORTATION VITA CONSECRATA OF THE HOLY FATHER JOHN PAUL II TO THE BISHOPS AND CLERGY RELIGIOUS ORDERS AND CONGREGATIONS SOCIETIES OF APOSTOLIC LIFE SECULAR INSTITUTES AND ALL THE FAITHFUL ON THE CONSECRATED LIFE AND ITS MISSION IN THE CHURCH AND IN THE WORLD
A future.. A future more worthy of the uman person
Ad Petri Cathedram ENCYCLICAL OF POPE JOHN XXIII  ON TRUTH, UNITY AND PEACE,  IN A SPIRIT OF CHARITY
Dies Dominem DIES DOMINI OF THE HOLY FATHER JOHN PAUL II TO THE BISHOPS, CLERGY AND FAITHFUL
OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH ON KEEPING THE LORD'S DAY HOLY
Divinis Amoris Scientia

DIVINI AMORIS SCIENTIA SAINT THÉRÈSE OF THE CHILD JESUS AND THE HOLY FACE IS PROCLAIMED A DOCTOR OF THE UNIVERSAL CHURCH

Evangelii Nuntiandi

APOSTOLIC EXHORTATION  OF HIS HOLINESS  POPE PAUL VI TO THE EPISCOPATE, TO THE CLERGY  AND TO ALL THE FAITHFUL  OF THE ENTIRE WORLD

Humani Generis ENCYCLICAL OF POPE PIUS XII CONCERNING SOME FALSE OPINIONS THREATENING TO UNDERMINE THE FOUNDATIONS OF CATHOLIC DOCTRINE TO OUR VENERABLE BRETHREN, PATRIARCHS, PRIMATES, ARCHBISHOPS, BISHIOPS, AND OTHER LOCAL ORDINARIES
ENJOYING PEACE AND COMMUNION WITH THE HOLY SEE
Novo Millennio Ineunte OF HIS HOLINESS POPE JOHN PAUL II TO THE BISHOPS CLERGY AND LAY FAITHFUL
AT THE CLOSE OF THE GREAT JUBILEE OF THE YEAR 2000
Rerum Novarum ENCYCLICAL OF POPE LEO XIII ON CAPITAL AND LABOR
Salvifici Doloris OF THE SUPREME PONTIFF JOHN PAUL II TO THE BISHOPS, TO THE PRIESTS, TO THE RELIGIOUS FAMILIES AND TO THE FAITHFUL OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH ON THE CHRISTIAN MEANING OF HUMAN SUFF
Sempiternus Rex Christus ENCYCLICAL OF POPE PIUS XII ON THE COUNCIL OF CHALCEDON TO THE VENERABLE BRETHREN, THE PATRIARCHS, PRIMATES, ARCHBISHOPS, BISHIOPS, AND OTHER ORDINARIES
IN PEACE AND COMMUNION WITH THE APOSTOLIC SEE [1]
Tertio Millennio Adveniente APOSTOLIC LETTER TERTIO MILLENNIO ADVENIENTE OF HIS HOLINESS POPE JOHN PAUL II
TO THE BISHOPS, CLERGY AND LAY FAITHFUL ON PREPARATION FOR THE JUBILEE OF THE YEAR 2000
Lent
Lent 2007 MESSAGE OF THE HOLY FATHER FOR LENT 2007
Lent 2006 MESSAGE OF THE HOLY FATHER FOR LENT 2006
Lent 2005 MESSAGE OF THE HOLY FATHER FOR LENT 2005
Lent 2004 MESSAGE OF THE HOLY FATHER FOR LENT 2004
Lent 2003 MESSAGE OF THE HOLY FATHER FOR LENT 2003
Lent 2002 MESSAGE OF THE HOLY FATHER FOR LENT 2002
Lent  2001 MESSAGE OF THE HOLY FATHER FOR LENT 2001
Lent 2000 MESSAGE OF THE HOLY FATHER FOR LENT 2000
Lent 1999 MESSAGE OF THE HOLY FATHER FOR LENT 1999
Lent 1998 MESSAGE OF THE HOLY FATHER FOR LENT 1998
Lent 1997 MESSAGE OF THE HOLY FATHER FOR LENT 1997
Church
The Church and Intenet 28 /02/2002
Ethics
Ethics in advertising PONTIFICAL COUNCIL FOR SOCIAL COMMUNICATIONS
Ethics in communications PONTIFICAL COUNCIL FOR SOCIAL COMMUNICATIONS
Ethics in internet PONTIFICAL COUNCIL FOR SOCIAL COMMUNICATIONS
Pornography and violence in the communications media PONTIFICAL COUNCIL FOR SOCIAL COMMUNICATIONS
Migration
Migration 2008 Message
Migration 2007 Message
Migration 2006 Message
Migration 2005 Message
Migration 2004 Message
Migration 2003 Message
Migration 2002 Message
Migration 2001 Message
Migration 2000 Message
Migration 1999 Message
Migration 1998 Message
Migration 1996-97 Message
Migration 1995 Message
Holiness
Holiness 2006 Message
Italy
Visit to the italian Parliament Palazzo Montecitorio in Rome