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The Dignity of a Person (Dignitas Personae)
This new instruction provides guidance on how to respect human life and human procreation in our age of rapid biotechnological advancement.
Author:Sacred Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
Publication Year: 2008
Item Type: Booklet, 80 pg.
Item Number: 0972
Price: $6.95 each

On Embryonic Stem Cell Research
This pamphlet provides insight about stem cell research based on the teachings of the Catholic Church.
Author: United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
Publication Year: 2008
Item Type: Multi-panel pamphlet
Item Number: 0874
Price: 1-249 copies, 48¢ each; 250+ copies, 46¢ each. Bulk discounts available.

Married Love and the Gift of Life
In an engaging question and answer format, the bishops explain Church teachings on conjugal love and responsible parenthood and the methods of natural family planning which support those teachings.
Author:United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
Publication Year: 2006
Item Type: Booklet
Item Number: 0626
Price: $2.00 each.

A Matter of the Heart
A statement of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops on the Thirtieth Anniversary of Roe v. Wade.
Author:United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
Publication Year: 2002
Item Type: Leaflet, 1 pg.
Item Number: 0260; en español 0261
Price: 1-99 copies, 9¢ each; 100-1000 copies, 8¢ each

Pastoral Plan for Pro-Life Activities: A Campaign in Support of Life
Response to Pope John Paul II's reminder: "What is urgently called for," he said in the Gospel of Life, "is a general mobilization of consciences and a united ethical effort to create a great campaign in support of life." The U.S. bishops call upon all the resources of the Church--its people, services, and institutions--to work together to build a culture of life. Describes comprehensive model for pursuing this goal.
Author:United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
Publication Year: 2001
Item Type: Booklet, 47 pg.
Item Number: 0111; en español 0112
Price: $2.95 each

Ethical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care Services
Ethical standards for Catholic health care facilities, flowing from Church teachings on the sanctity and dignity of human life.
Author:National Conference of Catholic Bishops
Publication Year: 2001
Item Type: Booklet, 52 pg.
Item Number: 0118
Price: $3.95 each

Living the Gospel of Life: A Challenge to American Catholics
A call to U.S. Catholics to be followers of Jesus Christ and leaders in the renewal of respect for the sanctity of life in our nation. Stresses the need to work earnestly to bring about a cultural transformation, a true renewal in our public life and institutions.
Author:National Conference of Catholic Bishops
Publication Year: 1998
Item Type: Booklet, 26 pg.
Item Number: 9825; en español 9826
Price: $3.50 each

Message from His Holiness, John Paul II
Message to Cardinal Bernard Law, Chairman of the NCCB Committee for Pro-Life Activities, on the occasion of the 25th Anniversary of Roe v. Wade.
Author:Pope John Paul II
Publication Year: 1997
Item Type: Leaflet, 1 pg.
Item Number: 9820
Price: 15¢ each

Light & Shadows: Our Nation 25 Years after Roe v. Wade
Statement released by the Bishops at their November 1997 meeting on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the Supreme Court's abortion decisions.
Author:National Conference of Catholic Bishops
Publication Year: 1997
Item Type: Leaflet, 1 pg.
Item Number: 9721; en español 9722
Price: 1-99 copies, 8¢ each; 100-1000 copies, 7¢ each

The Gospel of Life (Evangelium Vitae)
Pope John Paul II's extraordinary encyclical on the sanctity and inviolability of human life. Explores the nature of contemporary attacks against life and exhorts all to proclaim and live the Gospel of life to bring about a culture of life.
Author:Pope John Paul II
Publication Year: 1995
Item Type: Booklet, 189 pg.
Item Number: 9540; en español 9541
Price: $9.95 each

Faithful for Life: A Moral Reflection
Moral reflections on critical pro-life themes; stresses call to respect all human life and human dignity.
Author:National Conference of Catholic Bishops
Publication Year: 1995
Item Type: Booklet, 30 pg.
Item Number: 9550; en español 9551 – Out-of-Print, Text available on-line at /prolife/tdocs/FaithfulForLife.pdf
Price: $3.50 each

Human Sexuality from God's Perspective: Humanae Vitae 25 Years Later
Statement from the NCCB Committee for Pro-Life Activities issued on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of Humanae Vitae.
Author:National Conference of Catholic Bishops
Publication Year: 1993
Item Type: Leaflet, 1 pg.
Item Number: 9320
Price: 1-99 copies, 8¢ each; 100-1000 copies, 7¢ each

Statement on Euthanasia
Author:NCCB Administrative Committee
Publication Year: 1991
Item Type: Tri-fold pamphlet
Item Number: 9111; en español 9112
Price: 1-99 copies, 8¢ each; 100-1000 copies, 7¢ each

Resolution on Abortion
Statement of the U.S. Catholic bishops identifying abortion as the fundamental human rights issue of our time.
Author:National Conference of Catholic Bishops
Publication Year: 1989
Item Type: Tri-fold pamphlet
Item Number: 8908
Price: 1-99 copies, 8¢ each; 100-1000 copies, 7¢ each.

Instruction on Respect for Human Life in Its Origin and on the Dignity of Procreation (Donum Vitae)
Addresses Church teaching on the respect for and dignity of human life as it applies to biomedical research and technology.
Author:Sacred Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
Publication Year: 1987
Item Type: Booklet, 45 pg.
Item Number: 8708
Price: $4.95 each

Principles on Treatment of Handicapped Newborns
Joint statements by the staffs of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops and the American Jewish Congress.
Author:NCCB and the American Jewish Congress
Publication Year: 1984
Item Type: Leaflet, 2 pg.
Item Number: 8412
Price: 1-99 copies, 7¢ each; 100-1000 copies, 6¢ each

Declaration on Euthanasia
Author:Sacred Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
Publication Year: 1980
Item Type: Booklet, 16 pg.
Item Number: 8011
Price: $1.95 each

Declaration on Procured Abortion
Author:Sacred Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
Publication Year: 1974
Item Type: Booklet, 27 pg.
Item Number: 7412
Price: 75¢ each

Documentation on the Right to Life and Abortion
Testimony regarding a constitutional amendment to protect the unborn; includes texts of bishops' resolutions, statements, pastoral guidelines, declarations and excerpts from the Second Vatican Council's Constitution on the Church in the Modern World.
Author:National Conference of Catholic Bishops & United States Catholic Conference
Publication Year: 1973
Item Type: Booklet, 72 pg.
Item Number: 7411
Price: $1.25 each

Documentation on the Right to Life and Abortion II
Testimony regarding a constitutional amendment to protect the unborn; includes statements of Cardinal Terence Cooke and Archbishop Joseph Bernardin, as well as the text of the bishops' 1975 Pastoral Plan for Pro-Life Activities.
Author:National Conference of Catholic Bishops & United States Catholic Conference
Publication Year: 1973
Item Type: Booklet, 57 pg.
Item Number: 7612
Price: $1.25 each

On the Regulation of Birth (Humanae Vitae)
Pope Paul VI's 1968 encyclical reaffirming the Church's teaching on marriage, family, and the transmission of life.
Author:Pope Paul VI
Publication Year: 1968
Item Type: Booklet, 16 pg.
Item Number: 7611
Price: $1.25 each.