Ioannes Paulus PP. II Veritatis splendor Splendor of Truth Pope John Paul II 1993.08.06 [dropcaps type='normal' font_size='100' color='' background_color='' border_color='']B[/dropcaps]lessing Venerable Brothers in the Episcopate, Health and the Apostolic Blessing! The splendour of truth shines forth in all the works of the Creator and, in a special way, in man, created in the...
REDEMPTORIS MATER (Mary, Mother of the Redeemer) John Paul II Encyclical Letter of John Paul II on the Blessed Virgin Mary in the Life of the Pilgrim Church promulgated on 25 March 1987 [dropcaps type='normal' font_size='100' color='' background_color='' border_color='']T[/dropcaps]he Mother of the Redeemer (Redemptoris Mater) has a precise...
APOSTOLIC LETTER DIES DOMINI OF THE HOLY FATHER JOHN PAUL II TO THE BISHOPS, CLERGY AND FAITHFUL OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH ON KEEPING THE LORD'S DAY HOLY My esteemed Brothers in the Episcopate and the Priesthood, Dear Brothers and Sisters! [dropcaps type='normal' font_size='65' color='' background_color='' border_color='']T[/dropcaps]he Lord's Day — as Sunday was called from Apostolic...
APOSTOLIC LETTER SALVIFICI DOLORIS OF THE SUPREME PONTIFF TO THE BISHOPS, TO THE PRIESTS, TO THE RELIGIOUS FAMILIES AND TO THE FAITHFUL OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH ON THE CHRISTIAN MEANING OF HUMAN SUFFERING JOHN PAUL II In the Apostolic Letter "Salvifici Doloris," the Pope speaks as the Successor of Peter, summing up Scripture and Tradition...
Ioannes Paulus PP. II Laborem exercens To His Venerable Brothers in the Episcopate to the Priests to the Religious Families to the sons and daughters of the Church and to all Men and Women of good will on Human Work on the ninetieth anniversary of Rerum Novarum 1981.09.14 Pope John Paul II [dropcaps type='normal' font_size='100' color=''...
Here are some quotes from John Paul II demonstrating that Catholic Christianity is a matter of a personal, living relationship with our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ – a relationship that is meant to grow ever deeper...
John Paul II's proclamation of Saint Thomas More as Patron of Statesmen and Politicians, an example of moral integrity, a witness to the primacy of the truth over power and a defender of the inalienable dignity of the human conscience....
APOSTOLIC LETTER SPIRITUS ET SPONSA OF THE SUPREME PONTIFF JOHN PAUL II ON THE 40TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE CONSTITUTION ON THE SACRED LITURGY "SACROSANCTUM CONCILIUM' [dropcaps type='normal' font_size='100' color='' background_color='' border_color='']T[/dropcaps]he Spirit and the Bride say "Come'. And let him who hears say, "Come'. And let him who is thirsty come, let...
APOSTOLIC LETTER ROSARIUM VIRGINIS MARIAE OF THE SUPREME PONTIFF JOHN PAUL II TO THE BISHOPS, CLERGY AND FAITHFUL ON THE MOST HOLY ROSARY INTRODUCTION [dropcaps type='normal' font_size='65' color='' background_color='' border_color='']T[/dropcaps]he Rosary of the Virgin Mary, which gradually took form in the second millennium under the guidance of the Spirit of God, is a...
APOSTOLIC LETTER ORDINATIO SACERDOTALIS Letter of Pope JOHN PAUL II TO THE BISHOPS OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH ON RESERVING PRIESTLY ORDINATION TO MEN ALONE Pope John Paul II's Letter Ordinatio Sacerdotalis, "On Reserving Priestly Ordination to Men Alone," is the definitive judgment by Pope John Paul II that, based on the...