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Papal Encyclicals
Leo XIII to Francis
Encyclical | Pope | Year | Focus |
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Mater et Magistra | John XXIII | 1961 | Arms Buildup, Cold War, Agriculture |
Pacem in Terris | John XXIII | 1963 | Berlin/Cuba, Fragile Peace, Universal Common Good |
Gaudium et Spes | Paul VI | 1965 | Rapid Change, Smaller World, Questioning of Authority |
Populorum Progressio | Paul VI | 1967 | Space, Tech, Military, Development |
Humanae Vitae | Paul VI | 1968 | Marriage, Family, Birth Control |
Laborem Exercens | John Paul II | 1981 | Un(der)employment, Family, Emigration |
Redemptor Hominis | John Paul II | 1979 | Communism, Dignity of Human Person |
Veritatis Splendor | John Paul II | 1993 | Moral Theology |
Evangelium Vitae | John Paul II | 1995 | Abortion, Euthanasia, Contraception |
Laudato Si | Francis | 2015 | Ecology, Environmental Racism, Pollution |
Caritas in Veritate | Benedict XVI | 2009 | Human Development, Cooperation of Human Family, Development of People & Tech |
Lumen Fidei | Francis | 2013 | Faith & Reason, Common Good |
Spes Salvi | Benedict XVI | 2007 | Christian Virtue, Hope & Redemption, Eternal Life |
"Pentecost Message" | Pius XII | 1941 | War, Totalitarian Regimes |
Sollicitudo Rei Socialis | John Paul II | 1987 | Superdevelopment, Rigid Ideologies, Structures of Sin, International Organizations |
Deus Caritas Est | Benedict XVI | 2006 | Hegemony of Heterodoxy, Dictatorship of Relativism, Church vs. State |
Rerum Novarum | Leo XIII | 1891 | Work/Industrial Rev. |
Quadragesimo Anno | Pius XI | 1931 | Economic Depression, WWI |