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Pope John Paul II

  • Apostolic Letter Novo Millennio Ineunte, at the close of the Great Jubilee of the Year 2000 (January 6, 2001)
    • Topics: marriage as part of God’s original plan, signs of the times
  • Homily during the Jubilee of Families (October 15, 2000) : see nos. 2, 3
    • Topics: persons as relational, marital communion requires body and soul
  • Letter to Women (June 29, 1995) : see nos. 7-8
  • Letter to Families (February 2, 1994) : see nos. 6-12 and 17
  • Apostolic Letter Mulieris dignitatem (August 15, 1988) : see nos. 6-7
  • Apostolic Exhortation Familiaris consortio (November 22, 1981) : see nos. 3, 45-46, and 81
  • See also John Paul II’s Wednesday audiences (Sept. 5, 1979 – Nov. 28, 1984) collectively known as “the theology of the body.” Available online at EWTN’s website and at the Vatican website (includes all of John Paul II’s audiences).
    • The most recent critical English translation is Man and Woman He Created Them: A Theology of the Body, trans. Michael Waldstein (Boston: Pauline Books & Media), 2006.