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To Doctors and Medical Personnel
"…we hold those physicians and medical personnel in the highest esteem who, in the exercise of their profession, value above every human interest the superior demands of their Christian vocation. Let them persevere, therefore, in promoting on every occasion the discovery of solutions inspired by faith
and right reason."
—Pope Paul VI, Humanae Vitae #27
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Papal Teachings
- Rerum Novarum (On Capital and Labor) 1891 Pope Leo XIII
- Casti Connubii (On Christian Marriage) 1930 Pope Pius XI
- Humanae Vitae (On the Regulation of Birth) 1968 Pope St. Paul VI
- Laborem Exercens 1981 Pope St. John Paul II
- Salvifici Doloris (On the Christian Meaning of Human Suffering) 1984 Pope St. John Paul II
- Theology of the Body 1984 Pope St. John Paul II
- Veritatis Splendor (The Splendor of Truth) 1993 Pope St. John Paul II
- Evangelium Vitae (The Gospel of Life) 1995 Pope St. John Paul II
- Delixit Nos (On the Human and Divine Love of the Heart of Jesus Christ) 2024 Pope Francis
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- Declaration on Procured Abortion 1974
- Persona Humana (Declaration on Certain Questions Concerning Sexual Ethics) 1975
- Declaration on Euthanasia 1980
- Letter to Bishops of the Catholic Church on the Pastoral Care of Homosexual Persons 1986
- Donum Vitae (Instruction on Respect for Human Life in Its Origin and on the Dignity of Procreation) 1987
- Responses to Questions Proposed Concerning “Uterine Isolation” and Related Matters 1993
- Instruction on Prayers for Healing 2000
- Considerations Regarding Proposals to give Legal Recognition to Unions between Homosexual Persons 2003
- Responses to Certain Questions of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops Concerning Artificial Nutrition and Hydration 2007
- Dignitas Personae (Instruction on Certain Bioethical Questions) 2008
- Clarification on Procured Abortion 2009
- Samaritanus Bonus (Letter on the Care of Persons in the Critical and Terminal Phases of Life) 2020
- Note on the Morality of Using Some Anti-Covid-19 Vaccines 2020
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Pontifical Academy for Life
- Statement on the So-Called “Morning-After Pill” 2000
- Declaration on the Production and the Scientific and Therapeutic Use of Human Embryonic Stem Cells 2000
- Respect for the Dignity of the Dying 2000
- The Dignity of Human Procreation and Reproductive Technologies. Anthropological and Ethical Aspects 2004
- Joint Statement on the Vegetative State 2004
- Examining “Quality of Life, Ethics of Health” 2005
- Christian Conscience in Support of the Right to Life Final Declaration by the 13th General Assembly 2007
- Moral Reflections on Vaccines Prepared from Cells Derived from Aborted Human Foetuses 2019
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United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
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National Catholic Bioethics Center (NCBC)
- Brief Statement on Transgenderism 2017
- Catholic Guide to End-of-Life Decisions Revised 2011
- Catholic Guide to POLST
- Ethical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care Institutions Revised 2018, United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB)
- Exemption Template Letters for Health Care Professionals 2024
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Local Diocesan Publications
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