• For a compilation of selections form Pope Benedict’s teachings on marriage and family, see Family (USCCB, 2009)
• Message on the occasion of a gathering of Latin American and Caribbean bishops responsible for the pastoral care of life and families (March 28, 2o11)
• Topics, God’s plan of love, family as a nursery of virtues
• Message to bishops of Brazil (Feb. 16, 2011)
• Topic: need for a defense of human ecology
• Address to new Austrian Ambassador (Feb. 3, 2011)
• Topics: religious freedom, families as a school of humanity
• Address to Tribunal of the Roman Rota (Jan. 22, 2011)
• Topics: the right to marry, the truth of marriage
• Address to Administrators of Rome for the Traditional New Year’s Greeting (Jan. 14, 2011)
• Topics: family as the original cell of society, educative role of the family
• Remarks upon receiving the new Hungarian ambassador (Dec. 2, 2010)
• Topics: marriage and the family as the foundation of society
• Homily at the Church of the Sagrada Familia, Spain (Nov. 7, 2010)
• Topics: marriage as the foundation of new life, need to care for families
• Address during a visit to the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela, Spain (Nov. 6, 2010)
• Topic: the interrelation of truth and freedom
• Address to families and young people during a Pastoral Visit to Palermo (Oct. 3, 2010)
• Topics: the family as fundamental for children, parents as collaborators with God
• Homily during Celebration of the Word with Social Pastoral Care Organizations, Fátima, Portugal (May 13, 2010)
• Topics: charitable work, marriage and the common good
• Encyclical Caritas in veritate (June 29, 2009): see nos. 15, 44, and 51 (on the need for a “human ecology”)
• Address to Roman Curia (December 22, 2008)
• See references to “human ecology” and marriage as a “sacrament of creation”
• Address to Participants in the Forum of Family Associations (May 16, 2008)
• Topics: truth of marriage is rooted in truth of person, family as domestic church
• Address to the Participants in the International Convention on the Theme “Woman and Man, the Humanum in its Entirety” (February 9, 2008)
• Released on the 20th anniversary of John Paul II’s encyclical Mulieris Dignitatem
• Topics: gender, man and woman as the image of God, complementarity
• Message for the Celebration of the World Day of Peace (January 1, 2008) : see nos. 2-5
• Topics: the natural family and the promotion of peace
• Apostolic Exhortation Sacramentum Caritatis (February 22, 2007) : see nos. 27-29, “The Eucharist and Matrimony.”
• Address to Participants in the International Congress on Natural Moral Law (February 12, 2007)
• Topics: the natural law, marriage as a partnership of life and love
• Angelus (February 4, 2007)
• Topics: Marriage, the protection of human life, vocations
• Address to the Members of the Tribunal of the Roman Rota (January 27, 2007)
• Topics: the danger of relativism, the inner truth of marriage
• Address to the Member of the Roman Curia at the Traditional Exchange of Christmas Greetings (December 22, 2006)
• See reflection on the Holy Father’s visit to Valencia, Spain
• Topics: demographic winter, ‘de facto’ unions, identity and gender
• Address at the Conclusion of a meeting with the Bishops of Switzerland (November 9, 2006)
• Topics: public and private ethics, freedom as autonomy
• Address to Participants in the Fourth National Ecclesial Convention in Verona (October 19, 2006) : especially the section “Civil and political responsibility of Catholics.”
• Topics: the Church’s role in the political arena, non-marital unions
• Address during the Vigil of Prayer on the Occasion of the Fifth World Meeting of Families in Valencia, Spain (July 8, 2006)
• Topics: saying ‘yes’ to one’s spouse and children, encouragement for parents
• Address to Participants in the Plenary Assembly of the Pontifical Council for the Family (May 13, 2006)
• Topics: divorce, same-sex unions, the family as the sanctuary of life
• Address to Members of the Pontifical John Paul II Institute for Studies on Marriage and Family on the 25th Anniversary of its Foundation (May 11, 2006)
• Highly recommended
• Topics: sexual difference, the truth of man, non-marital unions
• Encounter with the Youth of Rome in Preparation for the 21st World Youth Day (April 6, 2006)
• Topics: marriage in Scripture, living the truth of our human nature brings joy
• Address to the Members of the European People’s Party on the Occasion of the Study Days on Europe (March 30, 2006)
• Topics: Christianity in the public sphere, the dignity of the human person
• Address to Participants in the Ecclesial Diocesan Convention of Rome (June 6, 2005)
• Highly Recommended
• Topics: freedom as saying ‘yes’, the body as theology, sacramental marriage raises natural marriage to its fullest human expression