Pope John Paul II Encyclicals

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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 [English, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish] 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]