The Catholic Bishops of Pennsylvania periodically release formal statements on important issues of faith, morality, and the Church’s teaching about issues being debated in the public square. The full text of these documents is available on the Pennsylvania Catholic Conference website.
Many statements are also available in booklet or pamphlet form at cost plus postage/shipping. To order, call 717-238-9613 or email name, shipping and billing address, document title, and quantity to info@pacatholic.org or download an order form and price list to print and fax your order.
(Permission to copy is granted provided that: (1) proper attribution is given to the Catholic Bishops of Pennsylvania as authors, and (2) the document text is reproduced unedited, in its entirety.)
- Saint Thomas More A joint statement of the Pennsylvania Catholic Bishops on the Tenth Anniversary of the Apostolic Letter of Pope John Paul II proclaiming St. Thomas More as the patron of statesmen, politicians and lawyers, 2010
- LIVING WILL AND HEALTH CARE POWER OF ATTORNEY What You Should Know about Advance Health Care Directives, 2007
En Español – Testamento en Vida y Poder de Cuidado de la Salud Lo que debe saber acerca de las DIRECTIVAS RELATIVAS AL CUIDADO DE LA SALUD POR ADELANTAD - Questions and Answers about Stem Cell Research, 2005
En Español – Preguntas y respuestas sobre LA INVESTIGACIÓN CON CÉLULAS MADRE, 2005 - Human Sexuality, Marriage and Same-Sex Unions: Questions and Answers, 2004
En Español – Sexualidad Humana, Matrimonio Y Las Uniones Del Mismo Sexo: Preguntas y respuestas, 2004 - Catholic Conscience and Public Policy, 2004
En Español – Conciencia católica y política pública, 2004 - A Guide to the Sacrament of Penance, 2002
En Español – Guia Sobre El Sacramento de la Penitencia, 2002 - Your Catholic Faith on Campus, 2001
- The Death Penalty: Choose Life, 2001
En Español – A pena de muerte: Elige la vida, 2001 - Questions and Answers on the Eucharist, 2000
En Español – Preguntas y respuestas sobre la Eucaristia, 2000 - Living Together: Questions and Answers Regarding Cohabitation and the Church’s Moral Teaching, 1999
En Español – Vivir juntos: Preguntas y respuestas acerca de la cohabitacion y la ensananza moral de la Iglesia, 1999 - Expanding Gambling: A Needless Gamble for Pennsylvania or a Good Idea?, 1995
- Nutrition and Hydration: Moral Considerations, 1991 (Revised 1999)
For a list of out-of-print, archived statements, click here.
