Writings of John Paul II
Ecclesia de Eucharista
(On the Eucharist in its relationship to the Church)
Fides et ratio
(On the relationship between Faith and Reason)
Ut unum sint
(On commitment to Ecumenism)
Evangelium vitae
(On the Value and Inviolability of Human Life)
Veritatis splendor
(Regarding Certain Fundamental Questions of the Church's Moral Teaching)
Centesimus annus
(On the hundredth anniversary of Rerum Novarum)
Redemptoris missio
(On the permanent validity of the Church's missionary mandate)
Sollicitudo rei socialis
(On social concern)
Redemptoris mater
(On the Blessed Virgin Mary in the life of the Pilgrim Church)
Dominum et vivificantem
(On the Holy Spirit in the Life of the Church and the World)
Slavorum apostoli
(In Commemoration of the Eleventh Centenary of the Evangelizing Work of Saints Cyril and Methodius)
Laborem exercens
(On Human Work on the ninetieth anniversary of Rerum Novarum)
Dives in misericordia
(On the Mercy of God)
Redemptoris hominis
(On Redemption and the Dignity of the Human Race)
Mulieris dignitatem
(On the Dignity and Vocation of Women)
Salvifici doloris
(On the Christian Meaning of Human Suffering)
Letter to Women
Letter to Children
Letter to Families
Address on "Life-Sustaining Treatments and Vegetative State: Scientific Advances and Ethical Dilemmas"
For a Complete listing of John Paul II's writings, visit
the Vatican's Pope John Paul II page
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