NOVO MILLENNIO INEUNTE
APOSTOLIC LETTER
OF POPE JOHN PAUL II
At the Close of the
Great Jubilee of the Year 2000
DILECTI AMICI
APOSTOLIC LETTER
OF POPE JOHN PAUL II
To the Youth of the World
On the Occasion of International Youth Year
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Individual Listing of English Language Encyclicals
- Centesimus Annus (On the 100th anniversary of Pope Leo XIII’s Rerum Novarum – On Capitol and Labor; On Catholic social teaching) May 1, 1991
- Dives in Misericordia (The Father of mercies and God of all comfort) November 30, 1980
- Dominum et Vivificantem (The Lord and Giver of Life) May 18, 1986
- Ecclesia De Eucharistia – (On the Eucharist in its Relationship to the Church) April 17, 2003
- Evangelium Vitae (The Gospel of Life) March 25, 1995
- Fides et Ratio (Faith and Reason) September 14, 1998
- Laborem Exercens (On Human Work) September 14, 1981
- Redemptor Hominis (The Redeemer of Man) March 4, 1979
- Redemptoris Mater (Mother of the Redeemer) March 25, 1987
- Redemptoris Missio (On the Permanent Validity of the Church’s Missionary Mandate) December 7, 1990
- Slavorum Apostoli (In commemoration of the Sts. Cyril and Methodius) June 2, 1985
- Sollicitudo Rei Socialis (On Social Concerns) December 30, 1987
- Ut Unum Sint (That they may be one – On Commitment to Ecumenism) May 25, 1995
- Veritatis Splendor (The Splendor of Truth – Regarding Certain Fundamental Questions of the Church’s Moral Teaching) August 6, 1993
Other Writings
Angelus/Regina Coeli Numerous daily Angelus speeches
A Concilio Constantinopolitano I (On the Anniversaries of the First
Council of Constantinople and the Council of Ephesus) March 25, 1981
[Apostolic Letter]
Catechesi Tradendae (Catechesis in our Time) October 16, 1979
[Apostolic Exhortation]
Christifideles Laici (The Vocation and Mission of the Lay
Faithful in the Church and in the World) December 30, 1988 [Apostolic
Exhortation]
Considerations Regarding Proposals To Give Legal Recognition To Unions
Between Homosexual Persons (From the Offices of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith)
June 3, 2003- Crossing
the Threshold of Hope 1994 [Book]
Dies Domini (On Keeping the Lord’s Day Holy) May 31, 1998
[Apostolic Letter]
Dominus Iesus (On the Unicity and Salvific
Universality of Jesus Christ and the Church) – from the Congregation for
the Doctrine of the Faith, August 6, 2000
Dilecti Amici (On the Occasion of the International Youth Year) March
31, 1985 [Apostolic Letter]
Divini Amoris Scientia (St. Therese of the Child Jesus and the
Holy Face is Proclaimed a Doctor of the Church Universal) October 19, 1997
[Apostolic Letter]
Ecclesia Dei July 2, 1988 [Apostolic Letter]
Ecclesia in Africa (On the Church in Africa) September 14, 1995
[Apostolic Exhortation]
Ecclesia in America (On the Church in the Americas) January 22,
1999 [Apostolic Exhortation]
Ecclesia in Asia (On the Church in Asia) November 6, 1999 [Apostolic
Exhortation]
Ex Corde Ecclesiae (On Catholic Universities) August 15,
1990[Apostolic Constitution]
Familiaris Consortio (The Role of the Christian Family in the Modern
World) November 22, 1981 [Apostolic Exhortation]
Fidei Depositum (On the Publication of the Catechism of the Catholic
Church) October 11, 1992 [Apostolic Constitution]
The Fourth Centenary of the Union of Brest November 12, 1996
[Apostolic Letter]
General Directory for Catechesis [From the Congregation for the
Clergy] August 7, 1997
Homilies Numerous daily homilies of the Pope- Inaestamabile Donum (The Instruction
Concerning Worship of the Eucharistic Mystery ), from the Sacred
Congregation for the Sacraments and Divine Worship), April 17, 1980
Instruction Redemptionis Sacramentum
(On certain matters to be observed or to be avoided regarding the Most
Holy Eucharist) From the Congregation for Divine Worship and the
Discipline of the Sacrament, March 25, 2004- Iuvenum Patris
(On St John Bosco as “Father and Teacher of Youth”) January 31, 1988
Letter to Families (Gratissimam Sane) February 2, 1994
Magnum Matrimonii
Sacramentum (The Great Sacrament of Matrimony) October 7,
1982 [Apostolic Constitution]
English /
Italian
Misericordia Dei – (On Certain Aspects of the
Celebration of the Sacrament of Penance) April 7, 2002 [Apostolic Letter]
Mulieris Dignitatem (Dignity and Vocation of Women) August 15, 1988
[Apostolic Letter]
Novo Millennio Ineunte – (On the Beginning of the New Millennium)
January 6, 2001 [Apostolic Letter]
Ordinatio Sacerdotalis (On Reserving Priestly Ordination of Men Alone)
May 22, 1994 [Apostolic Letter]
Orientale Lumen (A Light from the East – On the Eastern Church)
May 2, 1995 [Apostolic Letter]
Pastor Bonus (Norms for the Roman Curia) June 28, 1988
[Apostolic Constitution]
Pastores Dabo Vobis (I Will Give You Shepherds) March 25, 1992
[Apostolic Exhortation]
Pastores Gregis (On The Bishop, Servant of the
Gospel of Jesus Christ for the Hope of the World) October 16, 2003
[Apostolic Exhortation]
Reconciliatio et Paenitentia (On Reconciliation and Penance) December
2, 1984 [Apostolic Exhortation]
Redemptoris Custos (St. Joseph: Guardian of the Redeemer) August 15,
1989 [Apostolic Exhortation]
Redemptionis Donum (To Men and Women Religious on their Consecration
in the Light of the Mystery of Redemption) March 25, 1984 [Apostolic
Exhortation]
Rosarium Virginis Mariae – (On the Most Holy Rosary) October 16, 2002
[Apostolic Letter]
Sacrae Disciplinae Leges (For the Promulgation of the New Code of
Canon Law) January 25, 1983 [Apostolic Constitution]
Salvifici Doloris (The Christian Meaning of Human Suffering) February
11, 1984 [Apostolic Letter]
Sapientia Christiana (On Ecclesiastical Universities and Faculties)
April 15, 1979 [Apostolic Constitution]
Sescentesima Anniversaria (On the Occasion of the Sixth Centenary of
the “Baptism” of Lithuania) June 5, 1987 [Apostolic Letter]
Speeches Numerous daily speeches to various groups by the Pope
Tertio Millennio Adveniente (As the Third Millenium Draws Near)
November 10, 1994 [Apostolic Letter]- Theology
of the Body – Series of General Audiences
The Third Centenary Anniversary of the Union of the Greek-Catholic Church
of Romania with the Church of Rome June 20, 2000[Apostolic Letter]
The 350 Years of the Union of Uzhorod April 18, 1996 [Apostolic
Letter]
Universi Dominici Gregis (On the Vacancy of the Apostolic See
and the Election of the Roman Pontiff) February 22, 1996 [Apostolic
Constitution]
Vita Consecrata (On the Consecrated Life) March 25, 1996
[Apostolic Exhortation]
From East to West 