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Encyclical

Presently Encyclical means a letter sent by the Pope to all Roman Catholic bishops, usually a statement of policy or announcing a new initiative. Originally it was a letter or epistle for general circulation. The word comes from Latin "encyclia" meaning "general" or "encircling", which is also the origin of the word "encyclopedia".

Important encyclicals

• Pope Leo XIII
  • Rerum Novarum (1891)
• Pope Pius X
  • Vehementer nos (1905)
• Pope Benedict XV
• Pope Pius XI
  • Casti Connubii 1930
  • Quadragesimo Anno 1931
  • Mit Brennender Sorge 1937
• Pope Pius XII
• Pope John XXIII
  • Ad Petri Cathedram (1959)
  • Sacerdotii Nostri Primordia (1959)
  • Grata Recordatio (1959)
  • Princeps Pastorum (1959)
  • Mater et Magistra 1961
  • Aeterna Dei Sapientia (1961)
  • Poenitentiam Agere (1962)
  • Pacem in Terris ( 1963)
• Pope Paul VI
  • Ecclesiam Suam ( 1964)
  • Mense Maio ( 1965)
  • Mysterium Fidei (1965)
  • Christi Matri (1966)
  • Populorum Progressio (1967)
  • Sacerdotalis Caelibatus (1967)
  • Humanae Vitae 1968
• Pope John Paul I
• Pope John Paul II
  • Redemptor Hominis (1979)
  • Dives in Misericordia (1980)
  • Laborem Exercens (1981)
  • Slavorum Apostoli (1985)
  • Dominum et Vivificantem (1986)
  • Redemptoris Mater (1987)
  • Sollicitudo Rei Socialis ( 1987)
  • Redemptoris Missio (1990)
  • Centesimus Annus (1991)
  • Veritatis Splendor (1993)
  • Evangelium Vitae (1995)
  • Ut Unum Sint (1995)
  • Fides et Ratio (1998)
  • Ecclesia de Eucharistia (2003)

See also John Paul II Encyclicals from Vatican

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