The writings of the Popes during the past 160 years

Index of Contents

(click on item of interest)

Index to Papal Encyclicals and Holy See Documents(Vatican site)

Papal Encyclicals On-line
(very good non-Vatican site)

Some encyclicals of various Popes

The writings of the Popes 1831-2008

Pope John Paul II

Pope Paul VI

Photos of recent Popes

Index to Papal Encyclicals and Holy See Documents (Vatican site)

Index to Papal Encyclicals and documents of the Holy See (Vatican site)

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Papal Encyclicals On-line (very good non-Vatican site)

Papal Encyclicals Online (this is a very good non-Vatican site, with search engine)

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Some encyclicals of various Popes

Some Encyclicals of past Popes

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The writings of the Popes 1831-2008

The writings of Pope Benedict XVI (Joseph Ratzinger 2005-) (Vatican site)

The writings of Pope John Paul II (Karol Wojtyla 1978-2005) (Vatican site)
On the beatification of Pope John Paul II

The writings of Pope John Paul I (Albino Luciani 1978) (Vatican site)

The writings of Pope Paul VI (Giovanni Montini 1963-1978)

The writings of Pope John XXIII (Angelo Roncali 1958-1963)

The writings of Pope Pius XII (Eugenio Pacelli 1939-1958)

The writings of Pope Pius XI (Achille Ratti 1922-1939)

The writings of Pope Benedict XV (Giacomo della Chiesa 1914-1922)

The writings of Pope Pius X (Giuseppe Sarto  1903-1914)

The writings of Pope Leo XIII (Giacchino Pecci 1878-1903)

The writings of Pope Pius IX (Giovanni-Maria Mastai-Feretti 1846-1878)

The writings of Pope Gregory XVI (Bartolomeo Alberto Cappellari 1831-1846)

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Pope John Paul II

The life of Pope John Paul II (on video - five parts)

The writings and teachings of Pope John Paul II (Vatican site)

The Encyclicals of Pope John Paul II (with study tools - Vatican link)

John Paul II's Spiritual Testament and the biography of him left in his coffin

Fides et Ratio   (John Paul II's Encyclical on Faith and Reason)

Pope John Paul's "Mane Nobiscum Domine" (Letter for the Year of the Eucharist) (Oct. 2004)

John Paul II's Message for Mission Sunday October 2005

Pope John Paul's Easter Message of 2005

Pope John Paul's Letter to Priests for Holy Thursday 2005

Pope John Paul's Message to Youth of the Latium region

Pope John Paul's Apostolic Letter on the Media January 2005

Pope John Paul's Message for Lent 2005

The State of the World as at January 2005 according to John Paul II

Pope John Paul's Message for 2005 World Day of Prayer for Vocations

Pope John Paul's Message for World Day of Peace 2005

Pope John Paul's Letter on The Rosary (October 2002)

Pope John Paul's Message for World Day for the Sick: Christ the hope of Africa

Some of the last talks by Pope John Paul II (July 2004 to January 2005)

Pope John Paul II to Aborigines, 1986 Alice Springs

The writings and thought of John Paul II

Lenten Retreat preached to Pope John Paul II, February 2005

A book on Pope John Paul II's contribution to the idea of a culture of peace

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Pope Paul VI

Pope Paul VI's closing address at the end of Vatican II, December 7, 1965

Pope Paul VI's Encyclical Humanae Vitae (On the Regulation of Birth, July 25, 1968)

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Photos of recent Popes

Photos of recent popes

Video snapshots of Pope Paul VI

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