Encyclicals and Vatican Documents

Listed in this section are very important Papal Encyclicals and Papal letters. They are weighty evidence that the Church has always been opposed to classroom sex education. The footnotes are interactive, a feature not found in many online copies of Papal works. Excerpts of thes documents appear everywhere on the Veil site.

	Divini Illius Magistri Illius Magistri ENCYCLICAL LETTER OF POPE PIUS XI ON THE CHRISTIAN EDUCATION OF YOUTH December 31, 1929 By divine providence, to the Patriarchs, Primates, Archbishops, Bishops and other Ordinaries in peace and communion with the Apostolic…
	Casti Connubi CASTI CONNUB ENCYCLICAL LETTER OF POPE PIUS XI ON CHRISTIAN MARRIAGE December 31, 1930 To the Venerable Brethren, Patriarchs, Primates, Archbishops, Bishops and other Local Ordinaries enjoying Peace and Communion with the Apostolic See….
	Humanae Vitae ENCYCLICAL OF POPE PAUL VI ON THE REGULATION OF BIRTH JULY 25, 1968  To His Venerable Brothers the Patriarchs, Archbishops, Bishops and other Local Ordinaries in Peace and Communion with the Apostolic See, to the Clergy and Faithful…
	Familiaris Consortio Apostolic Exhortation – Familiaris Consortio Regarding the Role of the Christian Family in the Modern World of His Holiness Pope John Paul II To The Episcopate, to the Clergy and To the Faithful of the Whole Catholic Church Outline Introduction 1….

The Truth and Meaning of Human Sexuality

THE TRUTH AND MEANING OF HUMAN SEXUALITY Guidelines for Education within the Family December 8. 1995 Introduction The Situation and the Problem 1. Among the many difficulties parents encounter today, despite different social…