SEXUAL ETHICS BIBLIOGRAPHY - University of San Francisco

Magisterial Documents on Sexual Ethics
. Donum vitae (Instruction on Respect for Human Life in Its Origin and on the Dignity of
Procreation). 22 February 1987. AAS 80 (1988): 70-102; Origins 16 (19 March 1987): 697-;
699-711.
. Haec sacra congregatio (Sterilization in Catholic Hospitals) 13 March 1975. In Vatican
Council II. More Post-Conciliar Documents, ed. Austin Flannery, O.P., (Collegeville: The
Liturgical Press, 1982): 454-455.
. . Homoexualitatis problema. Letter to Bishops on the Pastoral Care of Homosexual Persons.
1 October 1986. AAS 79 (1987): 543-554; Origins 16 (13 November 1986): 377; 379-382.
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61001_homosexual-persons_en.html
. Personae humanae (Declaration on Certain Problems of Sexual Ethics). 29 December 1975.
AAS 68 (1976): 77-96; in Vatican Council II. More Post-Conciliar Documents, ed. Austin
Flannery, O.P., (Collegeville: The Liturgical Press, 1982): 486-499.
http://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/cfaith/documents/rc_con_cfaith_doc_1
9751229_persona-humana_en.html
This document corresponds very closely with a chapter from Cardinal Pietro Palazzini's Vita
e virtù cristiane, (Roma, 1975).
For a helpful commentary on some of the problems associated with the drafting of this
document see James McManus, C.Ss.R., "Moral Theology Forum: The `Declaration on
Certain Questions concerning Sexual Ethics', a Discussion [with Sean O'Riordan, C.Ss.R.
and Henry Stratton]." The Clergy Review 61 (1976): 231-237. For “official” Commentaries
published by the Vatican see Declaration on Sexual Ethics: Commentaries. Washington,
D.C.: United States Catholic Conference, 1977.
. Questio de abortu (Declaration on Procured Abortion) 18 November 1974. In Vatican
Council II. More Post-Conciliar Documents, ed. Austin Flannery, O.P., (Collegeville: The
Liturgical Press, 1982): 441-453.
. "Responses on Uterine Isolation and Related Matters." 31 July 1993.
Latin text published in L'Osservatore Romano; English translation found in Origins 24 (1
September 1994): 211-212.
The CDF replied that a hysterectomy could not be performed to avert future pregnancy even
if it is probably foreseen that such a pregnancy might endanger the life or health of the
mother, since this would amount to a case of direct sterilization, which is always illicit.
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