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Anglicanorum CoetibusProviding for Personal Ordinariates for Anglicans Entering Into Full Communion With The
Catholic Church [Apostolic Constitution], November 4, 2009 [English,
Italian]
Octobri Mense(On
the Rosary) - Pope Leo XIII, September 22, 1891
Humanae Vitae
(On the Regulation of Human Births) July 25, 1968
- Pope
Paul VI, July 25, 1968
Sicut Dudum-
Against the Enslaving of Black Natives from the Canary Islands -
Pope Eugene IV January 13, 1435
Casti Connubii(On
Christian Marriage) - Pope Pius XI, December 31, 1930
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