• Camosy: As you say, the encyclical itself was motivated in part by concern for new threats to human life that were emerging ...

(ANSA) - ROME, OCT 24 - Pope Francis on Thursday published the fourth encyclical of his pontificate. The encyclical is called Dilexit Nos - he loved us in Latin. Its full title is "Dilexit Nos ...

The pope’s encyclical on the environment carries a profoundly religious message about care for the earth, wedded to a new call for activism, say religious scholars Mary Evelyn Tucker and John Grim.

Homily delivered by Archbishop of Manila Angel Lagdameo, CBCP President, during the Mass to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Encyclical Humanae Vitae, on July 9, 2008, at the Manila Cathedral.

Blessed Paul VI's encyclical Populorum Progressio ("The Progress of Peoples") institutionalized social action efforts in the U.S. Catholic Church that continue in one form or another today.

While the vast majority of U.S. Catholics support capital punishment, Pope John Paul II has declared the Church's near total opposition to the death penalty. In his encyclical "Evangelium Vitae ...