Catholic teaching accepts the natural truth that the family is the basic human society. On top of its natural dignity, the family has been raised by Jesus Christ -- by virtue of the Sacrament of Matrimony -- to the nature of a "Domestic Church".

The wider community of believers more commonly known as "the Church" is best understood in turn to be the "Family of God", a communion of persons with God as Father, we as children (through, with and in Jesus Christ His Son), and with a divinely appointed mother, Mary the mother of Jesus.

Buhay-Pagtatanggol refers to the last of five main segments of family life formation adopted by the Simbahayan sa Maynila. The family and human life itself has come under siege. Pope John Paul II himself has warned against the "culture of death" and "conspiracy against life" and urges one and all to vigorously promote a "civilization of life". The following is your jumping board to specific subject areas on defending life and the family, examined from the perspectives of faith, science, and experience.

Counselling and all forms of assistance to alleviate persons and families in distress fall under Buhay-Paghihilom. Research, advocacy, political action, and all forms of defense fall under Buhay-Pagtatanggol.

FIELD		SPECIAL SUBJECT AREA
S2	DEFENDING THE FAMILY	General Pro-Life Orientation PRINCIPLES * We Belong to God * Conspiracy Against Life * "Ensoulment" * Life Issues ABORTION (Birth Control) * Abortion Q&A * In Early Christian Teaching * Birth Control in Church Tradition * Declaration on Abortion * Dr Nathanson's Confession * The Hard Truth * Advocacy for Disabled * Prayer for Aborted Babies * Spiritual Adoption FAMILY PLANNING * Contraception Leads to Abortion * Second Contraceptive Revolution * NFP: Creative Continence * NFP: The Golden Mean POPULATION CONTROL * Definitions * Motives for Global Depopulation * National Security * Population Propaganda * Background Slides * U.N. Retraction CAPITAL PUNISHMENT * Moral Progress & Death Penalty STERILIZATION * Mutilation & Sterilization * Sterilization: The Case of India EUTHANASIA * Declaration on Euthanasia * What is Euthanasia? * No Right to Die * End-of-Life Issues (online book) BIOTECHNOLOGIES * Vatican Instruction on The Gift of Life * Contraceptive Research * Biotechnologies * Human Genome Project * Human Cloning USEFUL LINKS * www.prolifeinfo.org |
		Sexually Transmitted Diseases * STDs * Chancroid * Chlamydia * Gonnorhea * Hepatitis-B * Herpes Simplex * Syphillis * Pubic Lice & Scabies * Trichomona * Venereal Warts |
		Pre-Marriage Counselling Process * Education in Sexuality * Kasal Flowchart * Tools: Inventory * Tools: Genogram [ Visit our BUHAY-PAGMAMAHAL Menu ]
		Pastoral Instructions on Family Defense * John Paul II: Defend Life * John Paul II to Filipino Bishops * CBCP Letter: Love & Life * CBCP: Defense of Life and Family * CBCP: Culture of Peace - Respecting Life & Human Rights * Simbahayan Resolutions 1994 |
		Basic Bioethics for Laypersons * Center for Bioethics and Human Dignity * American Bioethics Advisory Commission * Linacre Centre for Health Care Ethics |
		Social Ethics and Public Morals * John Paul II on Family & Society |
		Social Teachings of the Church * Catholic Social Teaching * The Value of a Democracy * Human Society: Male & Female * Catholic Social Principles - 1 | 2 | * Catholic Catechism on Social Doctrine * Catholic Social Teaching (Links) * The Catholic Social Justice Tradition * Catholic Social Teaching Between Right & Left |
		Monitoring Anti-Family Orgs * The Overall Strategy * PopOrgs in the Philippines * The PPMP Orgs * The PLCPD * Population Issues * USAID-PHN * UNFPA * UNIFEM in Asia * International Planned Parenthood Federation * Margaret Sanger International * Marie Stopes International * Rockefeller Foundation: Population Science * Rockefeller Foundation: Health Science * Rockefeller Foundation: Special Interests * Johns Hopkins U - CCP * C.A.R.E. * Center for Reproductive Law & Policy * PATH * Ford Foundation * DLSU: Task Force on Social Science & Reproductive Health * ReachOut AIDS Foundation * World Economic Forum * WOTW |
		Countering Euthanasia * Declaration on Euthanasia * Position on Euthanasia (HLI) * Decision-Making at the End of Life * Preparation for Death * Hospice & Palliative Medicine |
		Christian Feminism vs. Radical Feminism * John Paul II on Women's Rights * The Pope's New Feminism * Dignity of Women * Pope's Letter to Women * Mother Teresa's Letter to Beijing Conference * Intro to Radical Feminism * Beijing Conference Doublespeak * ???? * Center for Reproductive Law & Policy * Holy See Position on Beijing Conference * Women and Gender |
		The Geopolitics of Population Control * Population Theories * Five Lessons on Demography * Three Levels of Control * Population Control * Motives for De-Population * Depopulation in the Philippines * Population NGOs in the Philippines * Philippine Contraception Census * International Organizations (Glendon) * Depopulation Propaganda * Population Facts * UN Bucharest Conference * www.africa2000.com * NSSM 200 * Family Defense Slides | DOWNLOAD: De-population Projects in the Philippines |
		Moral Assessment of Globalization * War of The Powerful vs The Weak * Causes of Political Crisis |
		Anti-Life Technologies * Birth Control R&D * RU-486 * "Emergency Contraception" * Anti-Fertility Vaccines * IUD * Pills * Injectibles * Implants * Spermicides * Condoms * National Center for Human Reproduction * Partial Birth Abortion * Fetal Tissue Research * In-Vitro Fertilization * Cloning1 * Cloning2 |
		Countering Global Biopiracy * Indigenous Peoples Coalition Against Biopiracy * 2 * 3 * Biopiracy in Philippines * Philippine Laws on Biodiversity |
		Pornography & Commercialized Sex * LUST * STUDIES ON EFFECTS OF PORN * Intro: The Threat * Perversions * Harmful Effects * Defenders of Porn * Media: Soft-Core Porn Peddlers * Porn & Child Molesters * Report on Porn Industry * Penal Code vs Porn * Porn & HIV/AIDS * Anti-Porn Resources * Pledge to Decency * Declaration of Principles Against Porn * S.T.O.P. Guidelines * Morality in Media * National Obscenity Law Center * Anti-Obscenity Law & Cases * Brief: National Law Center for Children & Families * Workplace Porn * Internet Porn * Internet Porn Statistics * Library Filtering * Pornoviolence in the Philippines * MTRCB * Philippine Cinema * Vatican Instruction vs Porn * CBCP Pastoral vs Porn |
		Laws Protecting Life & Family * Charter on the Rights of the Family * Philippine Constitution * Summary of Philippine Laws * Civil Code of the Philippines * Family Code of the Philippines * Law on Abortion |
		The Political Life of the Family * Philippine Constitution * Religion & Public Life * Political & Economic Risk * |
		Monitoring the Executive Department * GOV.PH * Malacañang * ERAP * VP * OPS * DOH * NEDA * DSWD * NSCB * Provincial Governors * City Mayors * Municipal Mayors * Presidential Action Center |
		Monitoring the Legislative Department * Legislative Process * FLAME * HOUSE * Hearings * SENATE * Basics * PLCPD * Reprocen * * * Directory of the 12th Congress |
		Monitoring the Judiciary * 1987 Constitution * The Supreme Court * Judicial Power * Hierarchy of Courts * Jurisdictions * Rules of Court * 1985 Rules on Criminal Procedure * Law Library |
		National Electoral Processes * COMELEC * CBCP Prayer |
		Socio-Political Advocacy * The Constitution |
		Peaceful Non-Violence * Historical Study on Resistance * Gandhi on Nonviolence * Philosophy of Nonviolence * Martin Luther King Papers * "Love your enemies" |
		Family Studies * John Paul II Institute for Studies on Marriage and the Family * John Paul II National Institute * Comillas Pontifical U * Focus on the Family Institute * Maryland U * Central Michigan U |

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