RE: Life Issues

Papal Letters:

• Rerum Novarum ("The Condition of Labor") - May 1961
• Quadragesimo anno ("Reconstruction of the Social Order") - May 1931
• Mater et Magistra ("Christianity and Social Progress") - May 1961
• Pacem in Terris ("Peace on Earth") - April 1963
• Gaudium et Spes ("The Church in the Modern World") - December 1965
• Popularum progressio ("The Development of People") - March 1967
• Humanae Vita ("Of Human Life") - July 1968
• Octogesima adveniens ("A Call to Action") - May 1971
• Evangelii nuntiandi ("Evangelization in the Modern World") - October 1975
• Redemptor Hominis ("Redeemer of Man") - March 1979
• Laborem exercens ("On Human Work") - 1981
• Sollicitudo rei socialis ("On Social Concern") - December 1987
• Centisimus annus ("The 100th Year") - May 1991
• Evangelium vita ("The Gospel of Life") - March 1995

US Bishops’ Letters:

• "Discrimination and Christian Conscience" - 1958
• "Statement on the National Race Crisis" - 1968
• "Justice in the World" - 1971
• "Declaration on Abortion" - 1974
• "Brothers and Sisters to Us" - 1979
• "Declaration on Euthanasia" - 1980
• "The Challenge of Peace" - 1983
• "Guidelines for Legislation on Life-Sustaining Treatment" - 1984
• "Pastoral Plan for Pro-Life Activities: A Reaffirmation" - 1985
• "Economic Justice for All" - 1986
• "Confronting a Culture of Violence" - 1994