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Writings on Call to Family, Community, and Participation
Suggested Vatican and Papal Documents
Familiaris Consortio
(November 22, 1981)
Caritas in veritate
(June 29, 2009)
Apostolic Letter
Patris Corde
of the Holy Father Francis on the 150th Anniversary of the proclamation of Saint Joseph as Patron of the Universal Church (8 December 2020)
"
Gaudete et exsultate
": Apostolic Exhortation on the call to holiness in today's world (19 March 2018)
General Audience of 29 March 2006. The gift of "communion"
Sacramentum Caritatis
: Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation on the Eucharist as the Source and Summit of the Church's Life and Mission (22 February 2007)
Fratelli tutti
(3 October 2020)
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Christus vivit
": Post-Synodal Exhortation to Young People and to the entire People of God (25 March 2019)
Suggested Writings from the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB)
Called to the Joy of Love: Pastoral Framework for Marriage and Family Life Ministry
, 2021.
Marriage: Love and Life in the Divine Plan
, 2009.
Married Love and the Gift of Life
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, 2006.
Life-Giving Love in an Age of Technology
, 2009.
Forming Consciences for Faithful Citizenship
, 2007.
Economic Justice for All
, 1986.
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Letter to Families
Marriage
Christian Social Principles