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Important encyclicals

• Pope Leo XIII
  • Rerum Novarum ( 1891)
• Pope Pius X
  • Vehementer nos ( 1905)
• Pope Benedict XV
• Pope Pius XI
  • Casti Connubii 1930
  • Quadragesimo AnnoQuadragesimo Anno is an encyclical by Pope Pius XI, issued 15 May 1931, 40 years after Rerum Novarum (thus the name, Latin for 'the fortieth year'). Written as a response to the Great Depression, it calls for the establishment of a social order based on t 19311931 is the common year starting on Thursday. see link for calendar) Events January January 4 Female aviator Elly Beinhorn begins her flight to Africa January 6 Thomas Edison submits his last patent application. January 22 Sir Isaac Isaacs sworn in as the
  • Mit Brennender SorgeMit Brennender Sorge ( German for With deep anxiety is an encyclical of pope Pius XI, published on March 10 1937 (but bearing a date of Passion Sunday, 14 March), about the condition of the Catholic Church of Germany under Hitler's Government. It contains 1937Events January January 1 Anastasio Somoza becomes President of Nicaragua January 11 The first issue of Look magazine goes on sale in the United States. January 19 Howard Hughes sets a new air record by flying from Los Angeles to New York City in 7 hours,
• Pope Pius XIIThe Venerable Pius XII born Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Eugenio Pacelli ( Rome, March 2, 1876 October 9, 1958) was the Roman Catholic pope from March 2, 1939 to 1958. He was the only pope to exercise his Extraordinary (Solemn) Magisterium (that is, to claim P
• Pope John XXIIIThis article is about Pope Blessed John XXIII of the 20th century; for the antipope of the 15th century, see: Antipope John XXIII The Blessed John XXIII ne Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli ( November 25, 1881- June 3, 1963) was Pope from 1958 to 1963. The Blessed
  • Ad Petri Cathedram ( 1959Events January-February January 1 Cultivars of plants named after this date must be named in a modern language, not in Latin. January 1 Cuba: Fulgencio Batista flees Havana when forces of Fidel Castro advance January 2 CBS Radio cuts four soap operas: Bac)
  • Sacerdotii Nostri Primordia ( 1959Events January-February January 1 Cultivars of plants named after this date must be named in a modern language, not in Latin. January 1 Cuba: Fulgencio Batista flees Havana when forces of Fidel Castro advance January 2 CBS Radio cuts four soap operas: Bac)
  • Grata Recordatio ( 1959Events January-February January 1 Cultivars of plants named after this date must be named in a modern language, not in Latin. January 1 Cuba: Fulgencio Batista flees Havana when forces of Fidel Castro advance January 2 CBS Radio cuts four soap operas: Bac)
  • 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