Hereditary diseases and contraception
Pope Pius XII adresses moral questions on hereditary diseases and contraception.
Pope Pius XII
Pope Pius XII (2 March 1876 – 9 October 1958), born Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Pacelli, pope from 2 March 1939 to his death in 1958.
In this section, documents, speeches, letters and messages relevant for health care and medical ethics are shown.
Analgesia
Pope Pius XII answers to three questions, which relate to the religious implications and morality of analgesia in relation to the natural law, and especially to the Christian doctrines.
Fertility and sterility
Pope Pius XII speaks about fertility, sterility, artificial reproduction and their relationships with marriage.