Catholic Teaching

Excerpts from Church documents on selected topics:
Chastity• 
Children as gift • 
Conjugal love • 
Contraception/
sterilization & abortion
• 
Family • 
Human sexuality • 
Life as a gift from God • 
Marriage as a sacrament • 
Natural Family Planning • 
Openness to life • 
Responsible Parenthood • 
Reproductive technologies • 
Rights and Duties of Parents • 
Role of the conscience • 
Unitive & procreative nature of intercourse • 

Abbreviations

The following abbreviations are cited in the excerpts from Church teachings:

AA - Apostolic am actuositatem
CIC - Codex Iuris Canonici
EV - Evangelium vitae
FC - Familiaris consortio
GE - Gravissimum educationis
GS - Guadium et spes
HV - Humanae vitae
LG - Lumen gentium


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