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1 105 | 105. The angel's Annunciation
2 43(33) | 1981), 28: AAS 74 (1982), 114.~
3 75(100)| 1993), 13: AAS 85 (1993), 1144.~
4 52 | joyful obedience (cf. Ps 119), born of and fostered by
5 75(99) | 81-82: AAS 85 (1993), 1198-1199.~
6 75(99) | 82: AAS 85 (1993), 1198-1199.~
7 96(126)| 95-101: AAS 85 (1993), 1208-1213.~
8 70(89) | 99: AAS 85 (1993), 1209-1211.~
9 96(126)| 101: AAS 85 (1993), 1208-1213.~
10 82(106)| 1993), 116: AAS 85 (1993), 1224.~
11 72(97) | Arbitrio, I, 5, 11: PL 32, 1227. ~
12 80(105)| Beatitudinibus, Oratio VII: PG 44, 1280.~
13 65(81) | February 1957): loc. cit., 129-147; Congregation of the
14 5(6) | Insegnamenti XIV, 1 (1991), 1293-1296. ~
15 5(7) | Ibid., loc.cit., p. 1294.~
16 5(6) | Insegnamenti XIV, 1 (1991), 1293-1296. ~
17 39 | quieted is my soul" (Ps 131:2; cf. Is 49:15; 66:12-13;
18 62(71) | Cf. ibid., canon 1329; also Code of Canons of
19 52(38) | Hominis Opificio, 4: PG 44, 136.~
20 62(70) | Code of Canon Law, canon 1398; cf. Code of Canons of the
21 97(129)| Insegnamenti XV, 1 (1992), 1410.~
22 62(71) | Eastern Churches, canon 1417.~
23 25(19) | Moralia in Job, 13, 23: CCL 143A, 683.~
24 20(16) | Insegnamenti, X, 3 (1987), 1446-1447. ~
25 65(80) | 1957), III: AAS 49 (1957), 145.~
26 62(70) | Eastern Churches, canon 1450, § 2.~
27 71(94) | 29 (1937): AAS 29 (1937), 159; Encyclical Letter Divini
28 59(55) | 1988), 14: AAS 80 (1988), 1686.~
29 99(134)| 1988), 18: AAS 80 (1988), 1696. ~
30 75(99) | the Catholic Church, Nos. 1753-1755; John Paul II, Encyclical
31 75(99) | Catholic Church, Nos. 1753-1755; John Paul II, Encyclical
32 102(138)| Mariae, Sermo I, 2: PL 185, 188.~
33 9(12) | the Catholic Church, Nos. 1867 and 2268. ~
34 62(66) | Radiomessaggi, VI (1944-1945), 191; cf. Address to the Italian
35 62 | periods of history. The 1917 Code of Canon Law punished
36 71(94) | Radio Message (24 December 1942): AAS 35 (1943), 9-24. ~
37 71(94) | December 1942): AAS 35 (1943), 9-24. ~
38 99(133)| the Council (8 December 1965): To Women. ~
39 101(137)| Message for the 1977 World Day of Peace: AAS
40 106 | of the Lord, in the year 1995, the seventeenth of my Pontificate.~ ~
41 71(94) | June 1941): AAS 33 (1941), 200. On this topic, the Encyclical
42 66(85) | Ep. 204, 5: CSEL 57, 320.~
43 67(87) | 14-24: AAS 76 (1984), 214-234. ~
44 53(41) | the Catholic Church, No. 2258. ~
45 8(10) | No. 2259.~
46 55(43) | the Catholic Church, Nos. 2263-2269; cf. also Catechism
47 55(44) | the Catholic Church, No. 2265.~
48 56(46) | the Catholic Church, No. 2266. ~
49 56(48) | No. 2267.~
50 9(12) | Catholic Church, Nos. 1867 and 2268. ~
51 55(43) | Catholic Church, Nos. 2263-2269; cf. also Catechism of the
52 66(84) | the Catholic Church, Nos. 2281-2283.~
53 66(84) | Catholic Church, Nos. 2281-2283.~
54 67(87) | 14-24: AAS 76 (1984), 214-234. ~
55 62(69) | Canon 2350, § 1.~
56 91(114)| the Catholic Church, No. 2372.~
57 35(26) | Exameron, VI, 75-76: CSEL 32, 260-261.~
58 35(26) | VI, 75-76: CSEL 32, 260-261.~
59 98(130)| 1967), 15: AAS 59 (1967), 265.~
60 72(95) | April 1963), II: loc. cit., 271. ~
61 71(94) | 1963), II: AAS 55 (1963), 273-274. The internal quote
62 2(3) | 1979), 10; AAS 71 (1979), 275.~
63 2(4) | Cf. ibid., 14: loc.cit., 285.~
64 72(96) | Theologiae I-II, q. 93, a. 3, ad 2um.~
65 66(85) | Ep. 204, 5: CSEL 57, 320.~
66 55(43) | Council of Trent III, §§ 327-332.~
67 55(43) | Council of Trent III, §§ 327-332.~
68 75(100)| Tractatus, 41, 10: CCL 36, 363; cf. John Paul II, Encyclical
69 98(132)| 1994), 4: AAS 86 (1994), 386-387.~
70 98(132)| 4: AAS 86 (1994), 386-387.~
71 9(13) | Abel, II, 10, 38: CSEL, 32, 408.~
72 17(15) | 1993, II, 3: AAS 86 (1994), 419.~
73 65(81) | June 1972): AAS 64 (1972), 432-436; Second Vatican Ecumenical
74 65(81) | 1972): AAS 64 (1972), 432-436; Second Vatican Ecumenical
75 62(67) | 1961), 3: AAS 53 (1961), 447.~
76 8(11) | Noe, 26:94-96: CSEL 32, 480-481.~
77 8(11) | 26:94-96: CSEL 32, 480-481.~
78 52(40) | 1968), 13: AAS 60 (1968), 489.~
79 62(72) | 1968), 14: AAS 60 (1968), 490.~
80 63(75) | 22 October 1983), article 4b: Vatican Polyglot Press,
81 87(113)| Matthaeum, Hom. L, 3: PG 58, 508.~
82 66(84) | 1980), I: AAS 72 (1980), 545; Catechism of the Catholic
83 65(79) | Bona, III: AAS 72 (1980), 547-548.~
84 65(79) | III: AAS 72 (1980), 547-548.~
85 65(77) | Ibid., IV: loc. cit., 551.~
86 65(81) | December 1940): AAS 32 (1940), 553-554; Paul VI, Message to
87 65(81) | 1940): AAS 32 (1940), 553-554; Paul VI, Message to French
88 42(29) | 1987), 34: AAS 80 (1988), 560.~
89 62(65) | 1930), II: AAS 22 (1930), 562-592.~
90 93(121)| 1987), 38: AAS 80 (1988), 565-566.~
91 93(121)| 38: AAS 80 (1988), 565-566.~
92 43(31) | August 1950): AAS 42 (1950), 574.~
93 43(32) | August 1950): AAS 42 (1950), 575.~
94 62(65) | II: AAS 22 (1930), 562-592.~
95 62 | 62. The more recent Papal Magisterium
96 63 | 63. This evaluation of the
97 67 | 67. Quite different from this
98 25(19) | in Job, 13, 23: CCL 143A, 683.~
99 101(137)| of Peace: AAS 68 (1976), 711-712.~
100 101(137)| Peace: AAS 68 (1976), 711-712.~
101 73 | 73. Abortion and euthanasia
102 60(57) | Nos. 12-13: AAS 66 (1974), 738.~
103 61(61) | No. 7: AAS 66 (1974), 740-747. ~
104 73(98) | No. 22: AAS 66 (1974), 744.~
105 61(61) | No. 7: AAS 66 (1974), 740-747. ~
106 62(72) | December 1972): AAS 64 (1972), 777; Encyclical Letter Humanae
107 96(126)| 1991), 17: AAS 83 (1991), 814; Encyclical Letter Veritatis
108 91(115)| No. 15: AAS 85 (1993), 819.~
109 96(127)| 1991), 24: AAS 83 (1991), 822.~
110 62(66) | No. 2: AAS 43 (1951), 838.~
111 84 | 84. To celebrate the Gospel
112 42(28) | 38: AAS 83 (1991), 840-841.~
113 80(103)| Haereses: IV, 34, 1: SCh 100/2, 846-847.~
114 80(103)| IV, 34, 1: SCh 100/2, 846-847.~
115 70(88) | 1991), 46: AAS 83 (1991), 850; Pius XII, Christmas Radio
116 84(109)| Divine Names, 6, 1-3: PG 3, 856-857.~
117 84(109)| Names, 6, 1-3: PG 3, 856-857.~
118 87 | 87. By virtue of our sharing
119 6(8) | 1994), 4: AAS 86 (1994), 871.~
120 100(135)| 1994), 5: AAS 86 (1994), 872.~
121 43(31) | 1994), 9: AAS 86 (1994), 878; cf. Pius XII, Encyclical
122 88 | 88. All of this involves a
123 89 | 89. Agencies and centres of
124 98(131)| 1994), 13: AAS 86 (1994), 892.~
125 91 | 91. Today an important part
126 92 | 92. Within the "people of life
127 52(39) | Orthodoxa, 2, 12: PG 94, 920.922, quoted in Saint Thomas
128 92(120)| Insegnamenti XII, 2 (1989), 945. Children are presented
129 61(63) | the Christians, 35: PG 6, 969. ~
130 84 | life. Even if we should abandon Life, because of its overflowing
131 17 | the ?Cains' who kill the ?Abels'; no, they are scientifically
132 67 | intuition of his heart when he abhors and repudiates the absolute
133 25 | Eucharist drinks this blood and abides in Jesus (cf. Jn 6:56) is
134 54 | murderer has eternal life abiding in him" (1 Jn 3:15).~From
135 56 | limited way or even that it be abolished completely. The problem
136 61 | women who have recourse to abortifacient medicines, because children,
137 13 | contraceptives, really act as abortifacients in the very early stages
138 58(54) | World Gaudium et Spes, 51, "Abortus necnon infanticidium nefanda
139 44 | with the promise made to Abraham: "Look towards heaven, and
140 73 | to overturn or completely abrogate a pro-abortion law, an elected
141 100 | is growing and producing abundant fruit (cf. Mk 4:26-29).
142 72 | and results in shameful abuse".95 This is the clear teaching
143 71 | protect itself against the abuses which can occur in the name
144 22 | of creation which must be ac- knowledged, or a plan of
145 98 | established the Pontifical Acad- emy for Life, assigning
146 88 | life, and in supporting and accompanying every family in its mission
147 62 | and thus includes those accomplices without whose help the crime
148 29 | particular, the capacity to "accomplish" this truth perfectly (cf.
149 87 | promotion of human life must be accomplished through the service of charity,
150 79 | and we are called to act accordingly.~We have been sent. For
151 49 | The Prophets point an accusing finger at those who show
152 72 | with the possibility of achieving the common good. Consequently,
153 71 | recognize human rights or acted in violation of them, would
154 95 | united ethical effort to activate a great campaign in support
155 92 | children to authentic freedom, actualized in the sincere gift of self,
156 99 | of motherhood makes you acutely aware of the other person
157 72(96) | Theologiae I-II, q. 93, a. 3, ad 2um.~
158 48 | The good to be done is not added to life as a burden which
159 88 | communities for treating drug addiction, residential communities
160 3 | weak and defenceless. In addition to the ancient scourges
161 37 | 6:68-69). Jesus himself, addressing the Father in the great
162 37 | eternal life". Here the adjective does more than merely evoke
163 26 | individuals and groups which, with admirable dedication and sacrifice,
164 87 | service to life which evoke admiration from all unbiased observers.
165 21 | before the Lord that man can admit his sin and recognize its
166 96 | gift and a duty. Only by admitting his innate dependence can
167 97 | to offer, especially to adolescents and young adults, an authentic
168 31 | points to a trusting and adoring acknowledgment of the "mystery": "
169 57 | embryo, an infant or an adult, an old person, or one suffering
170 74 | reasonable hopes of career advancement. In other cases, it can
171 64 | death. Today, as a result of advances in medicine and in a cultural
172 64 | culture of death", which is advancing above all in prosperous
173 45 | children who reveal the advent of the Messianic age: in
174 60 | Right from fertilization the adventure of a human life begins,
175 50 | delivered to the derision of his adversaries and into the hands of his
176 99 | friendly and expert help and advice of other people, and as
177 54 | the suffering, they are advocates of the rich and unjust judges
178 4 | this disturbing state of affairs, far from decreasing, is
179 19 | of a profound sharing of affection. In this case it is force
180 62 | The excommu- nication affects all those who commit this
181 80(103)| novitatem attulit, semetipsum afferens, qui fuerat annuntiatus",
182 43 | biology of generation. In affirming that the spouses, as parents,
183 67 | what is lacking in Christ's afflictions for the sake of his Body,
184 62 | abortion and who in the aforementioned consultation, albeit dispersed
185 50 | Gospel of life.~In the early afternoon of Good Friday, "there was
186 | Afterwards
187 89 | manipulators of life, or even agents of death. In the face of
188 18 | conditioning, cause and aggravate situations of injustice
189 15 | compassion. All this is aggravated by a cultural climate which
190 65 | decision to forego so-called "aggressive medical treatment", in other
191 57 | of criminals and unjust aggressors, the commandment "You shall
192 5 | analogy: "Just as a century ago it was the working classes
193 88 | care and relief centres for AIDS patients, associations for
194 49 | see the fruit of the trav- ail of his soul and be satisfied" (
195 9 | kindness to one which was more akin to the rude existence of
196 3 | threats are emerging on an alarmingly vast scale.~The Second Vatican
197 18 | moral sensitivity, more alert to acknowledging the value
198 2 | believer and non-believer alike-because it marvellously
199 84(110)| Paul VI, Pensiero alla Morte, Istituto Paolo VI,
200 31 | Revelation progressively allows the first notion of immortal
201 51 | being, but it also seems to allude to the "gift of the Spirit",
202 32 | cripple who daily sought alms at the "Beautiful Gate"
203 55(45) | II-II, q. 64, a. 7; Saint Alphonsus De' Liguori, Theologia Moralis,
204 19 | marked by a mistaken sense of altruism and human compassion, it
205 52 | humanity. It gives rise to amazement and gratitude in the person
206 82 | refuse any compromise or ambiguity which might conform us to
207 58 | there is a widespread use of ambiguous terminology, such as "interruption
208 91(115)| General Conference of Latin American Bishops in Santo Domingo (
209 49 | the dust of the earth" (Amos 2:7); "they have filled
210 43 | This is why the Bishop Amphilochius extolled "holy matrimony,
211 46 | of life too, it would be anachronistic to expect biblical revelation
212 65 | effectively by using the analgesics which medicine provides.
213 20 | the face of other people's analogous interests, some kind of
214 5 | attention to this striking analogy: "Just as a century ago
215 105 | 105. The angel's Annunciation to Mary is
216 43(32) | Animas enim a Deo immediate creari
217 80(103)| semetipsum afferens, qui fuerat annuntiatus", Adversus Haereses: IV,
218 82 | task of emphasizing the anthropological reasons upon which respect
219 88 | out in accordance with an anthropology consistent with the Christian
220 61 | Tertullian affirms: "It is anticipated murder to prevent someone
221 25 | victory over sin is a sign and anticipation of the definitive victory
222 47(37) | Saint Ignatius of Antioch, Letter to the Ephesians,
223 9 | as for many peoples of antiquity, blood is the source of
224 61(64) | Apologeticum, IX, 8: CSEL 69, 24.~
225 61(63) | Apologia on behalf of the Christians,
226 8 | instead of showing remorse and apologizing, arrogantly eludes the question: "
227 54 | serious sins-along with apostasy and adultery-and required
228 78 | received it through the Apostles, sent by Christ to the whole
229 74 | freedom of others or by appealing to the fact that civil law
230 26 | Increasingly, there are appearing in many places groups of
231 72 | first and most immediate application of this teaching concerns
232 89 | experimentation, research or applications which disregard the inviolable
233 61(60) | born I consecrated you; I appointed you a prophet to the nations'" (
234 97 | moral values. An honest appraisal of their effectiveness should
235 32 | of it without ever having appreciated its real meaning: "Fool!
236 84 | rediscovery and a better appreciation of the significance of these
237 17 | society, from widespread legal approval and the involvement of certain
238 24 | they not only do them but approve those who practise them" (
239 59 | legislators who have promoted and approved abortion laws, and, to the
240 47 | beginning.~No one, however, can arbitrarily choose whether to live or
241 66 | consented to it. The height of arbitrariness and injustice is reached
242 72(97) | iusta non fuerit", De Libero Arbitrio, I, 5, 11: PL 32, 1227. ~
243 7 | account which, despite its archaic structure and its extreme
244 52 | perfection of the divine archetype".38 Called to be fruitful
245 91 | challenge facing us is an arduous one: only the concerted
246 84(109)| Pseudo- Dionysius the Areopagite, On the Divine Names, 6,
247 13 | contraception and abortion arespecifically different evils: the former
248 14 | infanticide, following the same arguments used to justify the right
249 39 | opposes the powers of death arising from sin: "God did not make
250 10 | such but in the scandalous arms trade, which spawns the
251 10 | catalogue completely the vast array of threats to human life,
252 57 | ultimate defence against the arrogance and caprice of others only
253 8 | remorse and apologizing, arrogantly eludes the question: "I
254 66 | physicians or legislators, arrogate to themselves the power
255 20 | into a tyrant State, which arrogates to itself the right to dispose
256 63(75) | Family (22 October 1983), article 4b: Vatican Polyglot Press,
257 64 | frailty, to resuscitate artifi- cially patients whose basic
258 14 | The various techniques of artificial reproduction, which would
259 23 | of the conjugal act, are artificially separated: in this way the
260 98 | technological research, of artistic creativity and of the study
261 60 | spiritual soul cannot be ascertained by empirical data, the results
262 50 | the saints who had fallen asleep were raised" (Mt 27:52).
263 31 | awareness of the threats which assail it. Faced with the contradictions
264 18 | distinguished international assemblies is a merely futile exercise
265 20 | bonds. Each one wishes to assert himself independently of
266 23 | and instrument for self-assertion and the selfish satisfaction
267 101 | when, on the one hand, it asserts values such as the dignity
268 19 | find them in an overall assessment of a cultural and moral
269 98 | Pontifical Acad- emy for Life, assigning it the task of "studying
270 22 | own existence, nor can he assimilate with genuine freedom these
271 66 | it out through so-called "assisted suicide" means to cooperate
272 102(138)| Blessed Guerric of Igny, In Assumptione B. Mariae, Sermo I, 2: PL
273 61 | ecclesiastical writers, Athenagoras records that Christians
274 8 | justify and disguise the most atrocious crimes against human beings. "
275 62 | knowledge of the penalty attached, and thus includes those
276 44 | possibility of harming, attacking, or actually denying life
277 90 | account what is realistically attainable, will lead to the re- establishment
278 52 | God himself. This life is attained through the observance of
279 73 | a legitimate and proper attempt to limit its evil aspects.~ ~
280 64 | today are able not only to attend to cases formerly considered
281 58 | abortion's true nature and to attenuate its seriousness in public
282 44 | origins in God. We see this attested in the many biblical passages
283 55 | case, the fatal outcome is attributable to the aggressor whose action
284 20 | that right in law, means to attribute to human freedom a perverse
285 80(103)| Irenaeus: "Omnem novitatem attulit, semetipsum afferens, qui
286 38(27) | Vita autem hominis visio Dei": Adversus
287 32 | Saviour the truth and the authenticity of their own existence.
288 70 | binding are held to lead to authoritarianism and intolerance.~But it
289 91 | the Second Vatican Council authoritatively encouraged. 116 It also
290 4 | from punishment but even authorization by the State, so that these
291 72 | between people. Laws which authorize and promote abortion and
292 72 | Consequently, a civil law authorizing abortion or euthanasia ceases
293 61 | Providence".63 Among the Latin authors, Tertullian affirms: "It
294 15 | in order to increase the availability of organs for transplants,
295 67 | matter".86~This natural aversion to death and this incipient
296 49 | are concerned above all to awaken hope for a new principle
297 102(138)| of Igny, In Assumptione B. Mariae, Sermo I, 2: PL
298 11 | taken into account. In the background there is the profound crisis
299 86(111)| Beatification of Isidore Bakanja, Elisabetta Canori Mora
300 10 | with the world's ecological balance, by the criminal spread
301 68 | should be compared with and balanced against other goods. It
302 20 | euthanasia are the result of a ballot in accordance with what
303 79 | Through the waters of Baptism we have been made a part
304 14 | we revert to a state of barbarism which one hoped had been
305 20 | negotiable, everything is open to bargaining: even the first of the fundamental
306 54(42) | 17; cf. Letter of Pseudo-Barnabas, XIX, 5: loc. cit., 90-93. ~
307 48 | existence of others, since the barriers guaranteeing respect for
308 23 | God, God gave them up to a base mind and to improper conduct" (
309 27 | These deeds strengthen the bases of the "civilization of
310 65 | seek to make suffering more bearable in the final stages of illness
311 32 | is conscious of being the bearer of a message of salvation
312 105 | who was slain is alive, bearing the marks of his Passion
313 42 | sheep and oxen, and also the beasts of the field, the birds
314 86(111)| Paul II, Homily for the Beatification of Isidore Bakanja, Elisabetta
315 55 | the spirit of the Gospel Beatitudes (cf. Mt 5:38-40). The sublime
316 80(105)| De Beatitudinibus, Oratio VII: PG 44, 1280.~
317 103 | for Mary to receive and beget as her children all those
318 103 | Jesus, gives him over, and begets him to the end for our sake.
319 43 | other earthly gifts" as "the begetter of humanity, the creator
320 73 | objection. From the very beginnings of the Church, the apostolic
321 66 | between life and death, he begs for help in freeing the
322 | Your eyes beheld my unformed substance" (
323 | behind
324 24 | having denied God and believing that they can build the
325 38 | God; and so we are. ... Beloved, we are God's children now;
326 75 | clear the absolute limit beneath which free individuals cannot
327 32 | soon he will find himself bereft of it without ever having
328 86(111)| Elisabetta Canori Mora and Gianna Beretta Molla (24 April 1994): L'
329 | besides
330 102 | life which Christ came to bestow on humanity (cf. Jn 10:10).
331 50 | wrought by Jesus is the bestowal of life and resurrection.
332 33 | Nazareth and from the manger at Bethlehem: this life which is born
333 82 | grievously irresponsible as to betray the truth and their own
334 19 | death, taken as a whole, betrays a completely individualistic
335 87 | consistent. It cannot tolerate bias and discrimination, for
336 86 | of gestures of sharing, big or small, which build up
337 89 | unflinching affirmation of life. Bio- medical research too, a
338 98 | principal problems of law and biomedicine pertaining to the promotion
339 91 | abortion in order to regulate births. The ways of solving the
340 43 | day".33 This is why the Bishop Amphilochius extolled "holy
341 59 | father of the child may be to blame, not only when he di- rectly
342 25 | like that of a lamb without blemish or spot" (1 Pt 1:18-19).
343 49 | law of freedom, joy and blessedness.~ ~
344 45 | arrival of Mary and the blessings of the Lord's presence are
345 24 | corruption and the darkest moral blindness.~And yet all the conditioning
346 56 | Church remains valid: "If bloodless means are sufficient to
347 49 | Jerusalem, calling it "the bloody city" (22:2; 24:6, 9), the "
348 77 | working of the Spirit who, blowing where he wills (cf. Jn 3:
349 81 | person, his life and his bodiliness. It is the presentation
350 35 | is flesh of his flesh and bone of his bones (cf. Gen 2:
351 86 | Christian wives and mothers have borne and continue to bear outstanding
352 77 | the requirements of God's bountiful love in Jesus Christ. "He
353 51 | It is finished'; and he bowed his head and gave up his
354 26 | accept abandoned children, boys and girls and teenagers
355 79 | Rom 6:4-5; Col 2:12), as branches which draw nourishment and
356 86 | eloquent witness of all those "brave mothers who devote themselves
357 48 | temptation: "Man does not live by bread alone, but ... by everything
358 100 | power from on high will break down the walls of lies and
359 20 | the process leading to the breakdown of a genuinely human co-
360 39 | quieted at its mother's breast; like a child that is quieted
361 50 | all this, having seen him breathe his last, the Roman centurion
362 23 | practical materialism, which breeds individualism, utilitarianism
363 71(94) | XII, Encyclical Letter Mit brennender Sorge (14 March 1937): AAS
364 84(110)| Morte, Istituto Paolo VI, Brescia 1988, 24.~
365 87 | of the least of these my breth- ren, you did it to me" (
366 57 | matter forcefully, in a brief but incisive passage. 50~
367 50 | ever more radiantly and brightly, and is revealed as the
368 86 | frequently promoted and broadcast by the media do not encourage
369 47 | the poor and to heal the brokenhearted (cf. Lk 4:18; Is 61:1).
370 105 | women ~who are victims of brutal violence, ~of the elderly
371 76 | another. The Spirit who builds up communion in love creates
372 66 | a selfish refusal to be burdened with the life of someone
373 88 | all to bear each other's burdens (cf. Gal 6:2). It requires
374 22 | kinds of technology, he busies himself with programming,
375 55(45) | Moralis, l. III, tr. 4, c. 1, dub.3.~
376 17 | forces of nature or the ?Cains' who kill the ?Abels'; no,
377 68 | approach, or one of sheer calculation, this good should be compared
378 39 | care of her child: "I have calmed and quieted my soul, like
379 103 | reach its culmination on Calvary. "Standing by the cross
380 48 | is not only the land of Canaan and the existence of the
381 86(111)| Isidore Bakanja, Elisabetta Canori Mora and Gianna Beretta
382 74 | gradually lead to further capitulation to a mentality of permissiveness.~
383 74 | relinquishing of reasonable hopes of career advancement. In other cases,
384 85 | time deserve to be given careful consideration, as occasion
385 101 | seeks the truth and which cares about the future of humanity.
386 20 | here is only the tragic caricature of legality; the democratic
387 7 | which enters the world and casts its shadow of meaninglessness
388 10 | life? It is impossible to catalogue completely the vast array
389 82 | educational activity. Teachers, catechists and theologians have the
390 54 | the Apostle John have a categorical ring: "Anyone who hates
391 54 | biblical Christian writing-categorically repeated the commandment "
392 43(32) | enim a Deo immediate creari catholica fides nos retinere iubet":
393 43(34) | Homilies, II, 1; CCSG 3, 39.~
394 79(102)| Roman Missal, prayer of the celebrant before communion. ~
395 93 | 93. The family celebrates the Gospel of life through
396 94 | sanctuary of life", as the cell of a society which loves
397 23 | possible personal growth, is "censored", rejected as useless, indeed
398 5 | after the celebration of the centenary of the Encyclical Rerum
399 13 | sexuality, and they imply a self-centered concept of freedom, which
400 53 | Donum Vitae sets forth the central content of God's revelation
401 50 | breathe his last, the Roman centurion exclaims: "Truly this man
402 25 | foundation of the absolute certitude that in God's plan life
403 100 | families who carry out their challenging mission amid so many difficulties: 135
404 105 | strangely ended! Life's own Champion, slain, yet lives to reign".141~
405 34 | which leads from indistinct chaos to the most perfect of creatures.
406 89 | doctors, pharmacists, nurses, chaplains, men and women religious,
407 60 | individual person with his characteristic aspects already well determined.
408 18 | phenomena of death which characterize it but also in the variety
409 70 | ethical relativism which characterizes much of present-day culture.
410 78 | according to their individual charisms and ministry.~This is also
411 27 | front line in providing charitable help: so many of her sons
412 63(75) | Charter of the Rights of the Family (
413 98 | insist on what defiles and cheapens human dignity. In their
414 44 | milk and curdle me like cheese? You clothed me with skin
415 13 | way by the development of chemical products, intrauterine devices
416 71 | duties are guaranteed. The chief concern of civil authorities
417 103 | pangs and "the labour" of childbirth (cf. Rev 12:2), that is
418 82 | Paul's exhortation strike a chord in all theologians, pastors,
419 80(104)| inveterascit, recedens a novitate Christi", In Psalmos Davidis Lectura:
420 61 | man already".64~Throughout Christianity's two thousand year history,
421 87 | relevant words of Saint John Chrysostom: "Do you wish to honour
422 64 | to resuscitate artifi- cially patients whose basic biological
423 48 | only ensured by the spe- cific commandment "You shall not
424 95 | believers, in intellectual circles, in the various professional
425 9 | guarantee this. And it is pre- cisely here that the paradoxical
426 71(94) | this topic, the Encyclical cites: Pius XII, Encyclical Letter
427 18 | people living together", our cities risk becoming societies
428 69 | and rights of any other citizen. On the other hand, it is
429 66(83) | Cf. Saint Augustine, De Civitate Dei I, 20: CCL 47, 22; Saint
430 87 | brother or sister is ill-clad and in lack of daily food,
431 22 | mere "thing", which man claims as his exclusive property,
432 28 | an enormous and dramatic clash between good and evil, death
433 18 | political opinion or social class.~On the other hand, these
434 44 | that you have made me of clay; and will you turn me to
435 32 | the lame walk, lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the
436 28 | obeying his voice, and cleaving to him; for that means life
437 64 | cultural context frequently closed to the transcendent, the
438 99(133)| Closing Message of the Council (
439 3 | body or mind, attempts to coerce the will itself; whatever
440 87 | outside where it suffers cold and nakedness".113~Where
441 70 | tragic obscuring of the collective conscience, an attitude
442 65(81) | Address to the International College of Surgeons (1 June 1972):
443 5 | the spirit of episcopal collegiality, to offer me their cooperation
444 105 | Mary is a living word of comfort for the Church in her struggle
445 73 | do as the king of Egypt commanded them, but let the male children
446 98 | contributions, capable of commanding general respect and interest
447 33 | Father, into your hands I commend my spirit!" (Lk 23:46),
448 35 | his rest, as Saint Ambrose comments with a sense of awe: "The
449 20 | say to you, every one who commits sin is a slave to sin" (
450 98 | Centres, Institutes and Committees of Bioethics.~An important
451 69 | culture of our time it is commonly held that the legal system
452 26 | sufficient attention in the communications media. Yet, how many initiatives
453 67 | above all a request for companionship, sympathy and support in
454 55 | oneself as the basis of comparison: "You shall love your neighbour
455 71 | things which are outside its competence",90 which is that of ensuring
456 67 | s earthly pilgrimage is completed. Living to the Lord also
457 38 | Saint Irenaeus qualifies and completes his praise of man: "the
458 89 | the intention is solely to comply with the patient's request.
459 24 | Letter to the Romans. It is composed "of men who by their wickedness
460 5 | yet overcome, are being compounded in many regions of the world
461 57 | Bishops, with numerous and comprehensive doctrinal and pastoral documents
462 100 | deceit: the walls which conceal from the sight of so many
463 70 | practical consequences, are concealed in this position.~It is
464 43 | with God the Creator in conceiving and giving birth to a new
465 11 | 11. Here though we shall concentrate particular attention on
466 27 | expectations are no longer concentrated so much on problems of survival
467 8 | one's neighbour there is a concession to the "thinking" of the
468 22 | the Second Vatican Council concisely states: "Without the Creator
469 99 | my own the words of the concluding message of the Second Vatican
470 | CONCLUSION~ ~
471 48 | The word of the Lord shows concretely the course which life must
472 66 | 16:13; cf. Tob 13:2).~To concur with the intention of another
473 49 | Prophet Ezekiel frequently condemns the city of Jerusalem, calling
474 16 | to give is unjustly made conditional on the acceptance of an
475 99 | person and, at the same time, confers on you a particular task: "
476 21 | him. If Cain is capable of confessing that his fault is "greater
477 37 | Peter acknowledges in his confession of faith: "Lord, to whom
478 35(25) | Confessions, I, 1: CCL 27, 1.~
479 60 | genetic science offers clear confirmation. It has demonstrated that
480 45 | New Testament revelation confirms the indisputable recognition
481 10 | of violence, hatred and conflicting interests, which lead people
482 82 | or ambiguity which might conform us to the world's way of
483 95 | because it will be able to confront and solve today's unprecedented
484 67 | human heart in the supreme confrontation with suffering and death,
485 62(72) | Address to the National Congress of Italian Jurists (9 December
486 102 | By his death Christ will conquer death and become for all
487 28 | the Risen Lord, who has conquered death; faith in the blood
488 80 | makes all things new 103 and conquers the "oldness" which comes
489 65 | if a believer, to share consciously in the Lord's Passion, such "
490 27 | consecrated and continue to consecrate their lives to God, freely
491 25 | life to men, purifying and consecrating them (cf. Ex 24:8; Lev 17:
492 66 | requested it and who has never consented to it. The height of arbitrariness
493 18 | subjective responsibility and the consequent culpability of those who
494 24 | of death", creating and consolidating actual "structures of sin"
495 73 | duty to obey legitimately constituted public authorities (cf.
496 4 | basic principles of their Constitutions, has determined not to punish
497 23 | economic efficiency, inordinate consumerism, physical beauty and pleasure,
498 61 | disorder. From its first contacts with the Greco-Roman world,
499 53 | people; but it was already contained in the original covenant
500 102 | Life".138~As the Church contemplates Mary's motherhood, she discovers
501 51 | born and increases.~The contemplation of the Cross thus brings
502 105 | defeated: "Death with life contended: combat strangely ended!