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To Honor Mary is to Go to Jesus General Audience Pope John Paul II November 15, 1995 1. After following in our previous catecheses how the Christian community's reflection on the figure and role of the Blessed Virgin in salvation history to

Mary Cooperates in God's Saving Plan Pope John Paul II General Audience January 12, 2000 The Blessed Virgin's cooperation is founded on Christ's unique mediation and her sharing in his work takes nothing from him as the unique Mediator. At the General Audience of Wednesday, 12 January, the Holy Father continued his reflection on Mary's place in our journey to the Father,...

Address to the Conference Studying the Implementation of the Second Vatican Council Pope John Paul II February 27, 2000 Your Eminences, Venerable Brothers in the Episcopate and the Priesthood, Dear Brothers and Sisters, 1. I am very pleased to meet you at the end of the conference that has been held these days in the Vatican on the truly demanding and stimulating...

His Heart is the Heart of the Church Message for the Centenary of the Consecration of the Human Race to the Sacred Heart of Jesus Pope John Paul II June 11, 1999 Dear Brothers and Sisters! 1. The 100th anniversary of the Consecration of the Human Race to the Divine Heart of Jesus, prescribed for the whole Church by my Predecessor Leo...

Ingruentium Malorum Encyclical Letter Pope Pius XII on Reciting the Rosary September 15, 1951 To Our Venerable Brethren, Patriarchs, Primates, Archbishops, Bishops, and other Ordinaries having Peace and Communion with the Apostolic See. Venerable Brethren, Greetings and Apostolic Benediction. Ever since We were raised, by the design of Divine Providence, to the supreme Chair of Peter, We have never ceased, in the...

Supremi Apostolatus Officio Encyclical Pope Leo XIII on Devotion of the Rosary September 1, 1883 To all the Patriarchs, Primates, Archbishops and Bishops of the Catholic World in the Grace and Communion of the Apostolic See. Venerable Brethren, Health and the Apostolic Benediction. The supreme Apostolic office which we discharge and the exceedingly difficult condition of these times, daily warn and almost...