Ad Rationem

And with these words the Holy Father Pope John Paul II concludes his 26th catechesis on Man and Woman He Created Them a Theology of the Body. There are many salient points in this 26th catechesis. The Holy Father addresses concupiscence. This section is actually entitled “The Man of concupiscence”, which is a reference to […]

The Ethical and Anthropological Content of the Commandment: “You Shall Not Commit Adultery” by Pope John Paul II from his general audience on 23 April 1980. Read text via EWTN. With these words our Holy Father Pope John Paul II brings to a conclusion his 25th catechesis Man and Woman He Created Them. We are […]

Knowledge-Generation Cycle and Perspective of Death by Pope John Paul II from this General Audience on 26 March 1980. Read text via EWTN. Transcription: And with these words Pope John Paul II concludes his 22nd catechesis Man and Woman He Created Them a Theology of the Body. There are many salient points that we should […]

Mystery of Woman Revealed in Motherhood by Pope John Paul II from this General Audience on 12 March 1980. Read text via EWTN. It’s good for us to situate these words of Pope John Paul II in his 21st catechesis. We are in part I of Man and Woman He Created Them a Theology of […]

The Man-Person Becomes a Gift in the Freedom of Love by Pope John Paul II from this General Audience on 16 January 1980. Read text via EWTN. Thus far Pope John Paul II has been going through: the appeal Christ made to the beginning; the words of Christ; what is meant by the beginning; what […]

Revelation and Discovery of the Nuptial Meaning of the Body by Pope John Paul II from this General Audience on 9 January 1980. Read text via EWTN. Transcription of Commentary starting at ~14:25 of recording. In these conferences which Pope John Paul II gave on Man and Women He created them, a Theology of the […]

Creation as a Fundamental and Original Gift by Pope John Paul II from his General Audience on 2 January 1980. Read text via EWTN.

Fullness of Interpersonal Communication by Pope John Paul II from his General Audience on 19 December 1979. Read text via EWTN.

Meaning of Original Human Experiences by Pope John Paul II from his General Audience on 12 December 1979. Read text on EWTN.

MARRIAGE ONE AND INDISSOLUBLE IN FIRST CHAPTERS OF GENESIS by Pope John Paul II from his General Audience on 21 November 1979. Read text via EWTN.

MAN BECOMES THE IMAGE OF GOD BY COMMUNION OF PERSONS by Pope John Paul II from his General Audience on 14 November 1979. Read text via EWTN.

ORIGINAL UNITY OF MAN AND WOMAN by Pope John Paul II from his General Audience on 7 November 1979. Read text via EWTN.

IN THE VERY DEFINITION OF MAN, THE ALTERNATIVE BETWEEN DEATH AND IMMORTALITY by Pope John Paul II from his General Audience on 31 October 1979. Read text on EWTN.