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FROM THE CATHOLIC MAGISTERIUM
Pius VII
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1820-08-16 Decree of Approval for the Work "Elements of Astronomy" by Giuseppe Settele, in support of the Heliocentric System
Vatican Council I
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1870 Dogmatic Constitution "Dei Filius"
Leo XIII
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1879 The Relevance of Philosophy and the Heritage of Aquinas for the Work of Theologians

Encyclical Aeterni Patris
Excerpts from Documents of the Catholic Church on Specific Issues
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1893-1964 Sacred Scripture and Scientific Results
1963-2009 On Scientific Progress and Human Development
Pius XII
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1943-02-21 Discourse to the Plenary Session of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences: "The Laws that Govern the World"
1950-08-12 From the Encyclical Humani Generis: "On Evolution and Monogenism"
1951-11-22 The Proofs for the Existence of God in the Light of Modern Natural Science

 
1955-04-24 The Structure of the Matter of the Created World as a Manifestation of the Wisdom and Goodness of God
Vatican Council II
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1965-12-07 Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World: "Gaudium et Spes"
Paul VI
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1965-12-08 Second Vatican Council's Address to Men of Thought and Science
1966-04-23 Address to the Plenary Session and to the Study Week on the Subject ‘Molecular Forces’
1969-07-23 General Audience, On the Sunday Following the Landing of the Man On the Moon
1970-07-22 General Audience on Faith and Reason
Catechism of the Catholic Church
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1997 Key-points concerning Faith, Reason and Scientific Knowledge
Benedict XVI
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2005-11-09 God's Revelation in the Cosmos
2005-11-25 Address 
at the Inauguration of the Academic Year 
at the Catholic University of The Sacred Heart
2005-2013 Reading the Book of Nature: from the Teachings of Benedict XVI
2006-02-27 Address to the Participants at the 12th General Assembly of the Pontifical Academy for Life and Congress on “The Human Embryo in the Pre-Implantation Phase”
2006-09-12 "Faith, Reason and the University. Memories and Reflections", Speech delivered at the Meeting with The Representatives of Science, University of Regensburg
2006-11-06 Address to the Pontifical Academy of Sciences during a Conference on Predictability in Science
2007-04-22 Meeting with the Representatives of the World of Culture in the University of Pavia
2007-10-05 Address to Members of the International Theological Commission
2008-01-17 Lecture Prepared for the Visit to the University “La Sapienza”, Rome
2008-01-28 Address to Participants in an Interacademic Conference on "The Changing Identity of the Individual" Organized by the "Académie Des Sciences" of Paris and by the Pontifical Academy of Sciences
2008-04-17 Speech delivered at the Catholic University of America, Washington
2008-10-16 Address on the 10th anniversary of the Encyclical Fides et Ratio
2008-10-31 Discourse to the Plenary Session of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences on “Scientific Insights into the Evolution of the Universe and of Life”
2009-06-29 Technology and the Development of Peoples, according to the Encyclical “Caritas in veritate”, nn. 68-79
2009-12-08 Message for the Celebration of the World Day of Peace
2010-03-24 General Audience: "Saint Albert the Great"
2010-05-27 Address for the 61st General Assembly of the Italian Episcopal Conference
2010-06-16 Thomas Aquinas and the New Synthesis between Philosophy and Theology
2010-09-18 Discourse and Homily for the Beatification of Cardinal John Henry Newman
2010-09-30 Word, Logos, Creation: nn. 8-13 Apostolic Exhortation "Verbum Domini"
2011-04-23 Homily for the Easter Vigily: "Creative Reason is the Source of Everything"
2011-05-21 Via Satellite connection with the International Space Station Astronauts
2011-09-21 Reflections on the Foundations of Law, Visit to the Bundestag
2012-11-21 The Reasonableness of Faith in God
2013-01-09 General Audience: "He became a man"
2013-02-06 I believe in God: Creator of Heaven and Earth, Creator of the human being
Francis
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2013-11-24 What "Evangelii Gaudium" Says about Science?
2014-06-26 Address to Participants in the Summer Course of the Vatican Observatory
2015-05-24 Ecology and Technology from "Laudato si'"
2017-12-8 Apostolic Constitution Veritatis Gaudium (Foreword, 4-5)
2018-11-12 Address to Partecipants in the Plenary Session of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences
2019-11-04 Address to Participants at the conference "New Frontiers for University Leaders"
2020-02-02 Post-synodal apostolic exhortation "Querida Amazonia" (nn. 41-60)
FROM OTHER INSTITUTIONS RELATED TO THE CATHOLIC CHURCH
Congregation for the Doctrine of Faith
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1987-02-22 Instruction "Donum Vitae" on respect for Human Life in its Origin 
and on the Dignity of Procreation
2008-09-08 Instruction "Dignitas Personae" on Certain Bioethical Questions
Comece - The Catholic Church in the European Union
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2001-11-23 Towards a Strategic Vision of Life Sciences and Biotechnology
2016-01 Opinion of the Reflection Group on Bioethics on Synthetic Biology
2019-01 Robotisation of Life: Ethics in View of New Challenges
Pontifical Council for Culture and Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue
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2003-02-03 A Christian Reflection on the "New Age"
Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace
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2004 On Safeguarding the Environment, from the “Compendium
 of the Social Doctrine
 of the Church"
Pontifical Academy for Life
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2003-02-26 Concluding Communiqué on the 
"Ethics of Biomedical Research 
for a Christian Vision"
Secretariat for Non Believers
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1981-04-03 Declaration on Modern Science and Non Believing
Documents from Bishop Delegations and Conferences
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1977 Message of the U.S. Delegation to the 1977 Synod of Bishops on The Relationship between the Church and the Scientific Community
International Theological Commission
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2004 Communion and Stewardship. Human Persons Created in the Image of God
Statements from the Pontifical Academy of Sciences
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2001 Final Statement of the Workshop "The Challenges of Science, Education for the 21st Century"
2008 Why the Concept of Death is Valid as a Definition of Brain Death
2009-01-24 On Current Scientific Knowledge on Cosmic Evolution and Biological Evolution
2012-11-10 Statement of the Working Group on Neurosciences and the Human Person
2014-05 Final Statement of the Workshop on "Sustainable Humanity, Sustainable Nature: Our Responsibility"
2014-05-06 Document on "Sustainable Humanity, Sustainable Nature: Our Responsibility"
2014-10-01 Final Statement of the Plenary Session on Evolving Concepts of Nature
2016-11-29 Science and Sustainability: Impacts of Scientific Knowledge and Technology on Human Society and its Environment
2016-12-01 Final Statement of the Workshop: Power and Limits of Artificial Intelligence
2017-03-01 Biological Extinction How to Save the Natural World on Which We Depend
2017-10-24 Workshop on Cell Biology and Genetics: Summary Statement
2018-11-15 Final Statement of the Workshop on Climate Change, Health of the Planet and Future of Humanity