Casti Cannubii, literally "Chaste Wedlock." Pope Pius XI wrote this encyclical on Christian marriage on December 31st, 1932, and in the process laid the groundwork for the Pope Paul VI's Humanae Vitae and Pope John Paul II's Evangelium Vitae. If you want to understand the Church's teaching on human sexuality, read these documents.
Humanae Vitae, literally "Of Human Life." In the wake of the debates on whether or not the Catholic Church would change her teaching (as if that were possible) on the use of artificial contraceptives, on the 25th of July, 1968, Pope Paul VI didn't just say, "no, they're still evil." Far more helpfully than that, he very clearly explained why they are harmful to human life and prophesied about the results of widespread contraceptive use, practically all of which has now come true. If you want to understand why the Church refuses to endorse the contraceptive mandate of our current society, read this document.
Evangelium Vitae, literally "The Gospel of Life." The third in a trinity of papal encyclicals on the Church's position on marriage, sexuality, and God's plan for human love, on March 25th, 1995, Pope John Paul II cemented the Gospel of Life and explained why and how it is "at the heart of Jesus' message," and as such is likewise at the very heart of the Church's mission. This encyclical is longer than Casti Cannubii and Humanae Vitae combined, but there is little else that can more completely explain what is at the heart of the Church's opposition to the contraceptive culture that has lead to over 54 million American babies slaughtered and the HHS Mandate that is now threatening the very heart of American society as we've known it for over two and a quarter centuries now.
Evangelium Vitae, literally "The Gospel of Life." The third in a trinity of papal encyclicals on the Church's position on marriage, sexuality, and God's plan for human love, on March 25th, 1995, Pope John Paul II cemented the Gospel of Life and explained why and how it is "at the heart of Jesus' message," and as such is likewise at the very heart of the Church's mission. This encyclical is longer than Casti Cannubii and Humanae Vitae combined, but there is little else that can more completely explain what is at the heart of the Church's opposition to the contraceptive culture that has lead to over 54 million American babies slaughtered and the HHS Mandate that is now threatening the very heart of American society as we've known it for over two and a quarter centuries now.
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