Research Guides: RLST 261: Catholic Faith and Life: Persona Humana (websites)

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People of Color and the Catholic Church

These are links to coalitions and organizations of people of color in the U.S. within the Catholic Church:

National Black Catholic Congress
A wealth of information on Black Catholics in the United States, their history, and current contributions, questions, and issues.
The official website, at www.nbccongress.org, is under construction as of Fall 2016; this link goes to the NBCC's Facebook page.
Hispanic Catholics
Sponsored by the Hispanic Affairs Committee of the U.S. Bishops.
National Council of La Raza
The largest Latino/a civil rights advocacy organization in the US. NCLR works to improve opportunities for Hispanic Americans.

Useful websites for Persona Humana

The websites listed below may be useful to you in researching issues surrounding Persona Humana:

Persona Humana
The text of the CDF 1975 Declaration on Certain Matters of Sexual Ethics.
Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate
A most useful site for gathering statistics and social science research. Check under Services (sidebar on frequently requested statistics); Publications, and Academic Research and you most likely will find what you need. There is also a Blog which has an interesting thread on young Catholics and marriage.
Busted Halo
A ministry of the Paulist Fathers and Paulist Media Works providing online information and services to spiritual seekers in their twenties and thirties.
Mary Beth Bonacci
An author and speaker on Theology of the Body and other issues relating to dating and marriage. She writes now for Catholic Match.
Black Catholic Young Adults
The young adult section of the national black Catholic congress that has a wealth of resources on contemporary issues.
Courage
A Roman Catholic website for homosexuals that fully supports church teaching.
Dignity
A group supporting the integration of sexuality and spirituality in LGBT Catholics and working for their full participation in church and society.
The Vatican on Same-Sex Marriage
Statement from the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.
Single Catholics - St. Raphael
Catholic Singles
A site providing meeting space and information.
Roman Catholic Church and Homosexuality
Women for Faith and Family
WFF represents about 50,000 women in the U.S. and abroad who affirm their loyalty to the teachings of the Roman Catholic Church. The site includes an "affirmation for Catholic Women."
Pope Francis in Assisi: Advice to Young People About Marriage
Article from the USCCB.
Women's Cultures: Equality and Difference
The Pontifical Council for Culture's 2015 Plenary was on women's cultures.
Jason King: Which Gradualism? Whose Relationships?
King, Jason. "Which Gradualism? Whose Relationships?" Horizons vol. 83 (June 2016), pp. 86-105.

2015 Documents: Laudato Si and Instrumentum Laboris

Laudato Si (PDF)
Papal Encyclical on Care For Our Common Home
Amoris Laetitia (PDF)
A post-synodal apostolic exhortation

General Catholic Church websites

New Official Vatican Website
A user friendly guide to current issues, official teachings, etc.
United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
The official site of the U.S. Bishops. This site contains national documents (for the church in the U.S.) as well as others information on education, services, etc. The various offices (family life, marriage, etc.) have a wealth of useful information.
Catechism -- American Translation
This version has a search engine
Compendium of the CCC
This on-line Vatican version presents the material of the Catechism of the Catholic Church in question and answer format. It is a quick way to find answers to specific questions you may have about doctrine. There is a table of contents, but unfortunately no internal search engine.
Synod on Young People 2018
Official website for the Synod on Young People, the Faith, and Vocational Discernment 2018

The range of Catholic opinion

The links below represent a range of widely-read conversations on issues affecting the Catholic Church, from highly conservative to centrist to highly progressive.

Commonweal
A centrist Catholic magazine that reviews politics, religion, and culture. It was organized 80 years ago by laymen and women and continues as a lay journal of import in the United States. Excellent authors and long standing history.
America
America Magazine, published by the Jesuits
National Catholic Reporter
Feature articles, commentary, profiles and interviews, religious thinking, and news of note on all aspects of the Catholic Church worldwide.
National Catholic Register
The mission of the publication is "to provide a perspective on the news of the day as seen through the eyes of the Magisterium."
Catholic Women Speak
This organization seeks to bring Catholic women’s voices into dialogue with others in the Catholic Church, with those in other churches and religious traditions, and with wider society,
Crisis Magazine
The editor says that "Crisis has conceived its mission around the Holy Father’s insights. Each day, Crisis will remind countless Catholics of their heritage, give them the confidence to defend the common good, a just society, the teachings the Church, the family, the dignity of work and the sanctity of life."
Catholic News Service
" Our mission is to report fully, fairly and freely on the involvement of the church in the world today."
Call to Action
According to their mission statement, "Call To Action educates, inspires and activates Catholics to act for justice and build inclusive communities through a lens of anti-racism and anti-oppression principle."
Catholic Answers
According to its mission statement, "Catholic Answers is one of the nation’s largest lay-run apostolates of Catholic apologetics and evangelization."
American Catholic
A service of Franciscan Media, and a platform for a variety of widely-read Catholic publications.
Catholics and Cultures
Explores the religious lives and practices of lay Catholics in particular countries and cultures around the world. Browse by countries or themes, such as Worship, Visual Culture, or Family.

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