Responsible Parenthood in the Writings of Pope Paul VI and Pope John Paul II

Papal Responses to the Holocaust: Contrast between Pope Pius XII and Pope John Paul II

Humanae Vitae (1968), by Pope Paul VI

The ?Humanae Vitae,? meaning ?Of Human Life? and subtitled ?On the Regulation of Birth,? was an encyclical promulgated in Rome, Italy, on 25 July 1968 by Pope Paul VI [6]. This encyclical defended and reiterated the Roman Catholic Church?s stance on family planning [7] and reproductive issues such as abortion [8], sterilization [9], and contraception [10]. The document continues to have a contr...

Pope John Paul Ii Lecture Series in Bioethics the Biological Revolution and the Myth of Prometheus

Next to the scientific revolution itself, the biological revolution is the greatest of all the purely human revolutions thus far. I say "purely human revolutions" because the greatest of all revolutions was that affected by Christianity. But since the latter consisted of Christ entering human history, it was revolution by Divine intervention and therefore belongs in a class by itself. I shall, ...

Lessons from Pope John Paul II: 'theology of the body' underpins health care.

In recognition of the fifteenth anniversary of Pope John Paul II’s encyclical

In recognition of the fifteenth anniversary of Pope John Paul II’s encyclical Veritatis splendor, this issue of the Josephinum Journal of Theology opens with five essays touching upon the theme of moral action, which was perhaps the central concern of the encyclical. In particular, Veritatis splendor responded to a post conciliar situation in which traditional moral doctrines, such as the teach...