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Perhaps one day we will be able to thank adequately Catholics Committed to Support the Pope, their president, Mr. George P. Morse, and his associates. For the time being, we will probably have to settle for whatever modest approbation of their work comments such as these provide.
While I have perused the entire series, Précis of Official Catholic Teaching, this fifth volume, The Sanctity of Human Life, is especially close to my heart and should be welcomed gratefully by all who are committed to the protection and enhancement of human life.
It is particularly helpful to have in one place the three documents of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, respectively, on abortion, euthanasia and technological reproduction. Of these three, Donum Vitae, on technological reproduction, holds special interest for those interested in the rich moral-doctrinal teaching of Pope Pius XII whose teaching so inspired the Second Vatican Council and which is continued in the work of Pope John Paul II.
I personally use the volumes of the Précis series in my own preaching, teaching and writing, and would recommend it highly to preachers, religious teachers, catechists and all who wish a better grasp of our faith. I would like to see it in every home, and I hope in a special way that those devoted to the pro-life movement will come to know this particular volume inside out.
John Cardinal O’Connor