The fundamental and official words of the Pastors of the Church on the family and life: a heritage of six centuries of the Church‘s authoritative reflection is available to all online.
ECUMENICAL COUNCILS
Council of Florence
- Decretum pro Armenis, 1439; nos. 1310, 1327 Council of Trent
- Decreto Tametsi, 1563; nos. 1797-1816 Second Vatican Council
- Lumen Gentium, 1964; nos. 11, 12, 35 - Gaudium et spes, 1965; nos. 46-52, 93 - Apostolicam Actuositatem, 1966; n. 11 - Gravissimum Educationis, 1965; n. 3
Code of Canon Law, 1983; can. 834–848, 1055–1165 Catechism of the Catholic Church, 1992; nos. 1601–1666, 1691–1698, 2331–2359, 2360–2400, 2514–2533
PAPAL MAGISTERIUM
Leo XIII
- Arcanum Divinae, 1880Pius XI
- Casti Connubii, 1930Pius XII
- Message to the participants at the International Conference on the Family, 1958John XXIII
- Mater et Magistra, 1961; nos. 32, 33, 144, 173, 180, 182, 229 Paul VI
- Humanae vitae, 1968 - Discourse to the Movement «Equipes Notre-Dame», 1970 - Discourse to the Pilgrims of the «Equipes Notre-Dame», 1976John Paul II
- Familiaris consortio, 1981 - Mulieris dignitatem, 1988 - Gratissimam sane, 1994 - Ad paucos dies, 1994 - Evangelium Vitae, 1995 - To each one of you, 1995
Benedict XVI
- Considerations Regarding Proposals to Give Legal Recognition to Unions Between Homosexual Persons 2003 - Letter to the Bishops of the Catholic Church on the Collaboration of Men and Women in the Church and in the World, 2004 - To the Participants in the Plenary Assembly of the Pontifical Council for the Family, 2006 - To the Participants in the Plenary Assembly of the Pontifical Council for the Family on the theme: "Grandparents: their witness and presence in the family", 2008 - Clarification on procured abortion, 2009 - Note on the banalization of sexuality Regarding certain interpretations of "Light of the World", 2010 - To Participants in the 19th Plenary Assembly of the Pontifical Council for the Family, 2010 - To Participants of the Plenary Assembly of the Pontifical Council for the Family, 2011
DOCUMENTS OF THE HOLY SEE
Pontifical Council for the Family
- Charter of the Rights of the Family, 1983 - In the Service of Life, 1992 - The Church and the International Year of the Family, 1993 - Ethical and Pastoral Dimensions of Population Trends, 1994 - The Truth and Meaning of Human Sexuality. Guidelines for Education within the Family, 1995 - Preparation for the Sacrament of Marriage, 1996 - Vademecum for Confessors Concerning Some Aspects of the Morality of Conjugal Life, 1997
Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
- Persona humana, 1975 - Donum Vitae, 1987 - Annus Internationalis, 1994 - Instruction Dignitas Personae on Certain Bioethical Questions, 2008
Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts
- Declaration on CCL can. 915, 2000 MEETINGS WORLD OF FAMILIES
- Theological Pastoral Congress - Discourses of the Holy Father
OTHER DOCUMENTS OF THE PCF
- The Sexual Exploitation of Children, 1992 - The Natural Methods for the Regulation of Fertility, 1992 - The Rights of the Family and the Media, 1993 - The Rights of the Family on the Threshold of the Third Millennium, 1993 - The Institutes for the Family and for Bioethics, 1993 - 25th Anniversary of Humanae Vitae, 1993 - The Rights and Care of the Elderly, 1993 - Family and Adoption, 1994 - The Family and the Cairo Conference, 1994 - Marriage and the Family in the World, 1994 - May The Domestic Church be the Sanctuary of Life, 1995 - The Family and the Economy in the Future of Society, 1996 - The Dignity of the family and Life in American Politics, 1996 - The Family and Demography in Europe, 1996 - The Family: Gift and Commitment, 1996 - Liberalization of Drugs?, 1997 - The Pastoral Care of the Divorced and Remarried, 1997 - Families of Children with Cerebral Impairments, 1997 - The Family - Rio de Janeiro, 1997 - Declaration on the decrease of fertility in the world, 1998 - Human Rights and the Rights of the Family, 1998 - The Family and Human Rights on the 50th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 1999 - The Family and Life in Europe Today, 1999 - The Family and Human Rights, 1999 - Declaration on the Resolution of the European Parliament, which Equates the Family with "de facto" Unions, Including Same Sex Unions, 2000 - Family, marriage and "de facto" unions, 2000 - Cloning: the disappearance of direct parenthood and denial of the family, 2003 - Family values versus "safe sex", 2003