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Pope John Paul II
1978 - 2005

Ecclesia de Eucharistia - (On the Eucharist in its Relationship to the Church) April 17, 2003

Fides et Ratio (Faith and Reason) September 14, 1998

Ut Unum Sint (That they may be one - On Commitment to Ecumenism) May 25, 1995

Evangelium Vitae (The Gospel of Life) March 25, 1995

Veritatis Splendor (The Splendor of Truth - Regarding Certain Fundamental Questions of the Church's Moral Teaching) August 6, 1993

Centesimus Annus (On the 100th anniversary of Pope Leo XIII's Rerum Novarum - On Capitol and Labor; On Catholic social teaching) May 1, 1991

Redemptoris Missio (On the Permanent Validity of the Church's Missionary Mandate) December 7, 1990

Sollicitudo Rei Socialis (On Social Concerns) December 30, 1987

Redemptoris Mater (Mother of the Redeemer) March 25, 1987

Dominum et Vivificantem (The Lord and Giver of Life) May 18, 1986

Slavorum Apostoli (In commemoration of the Sts. Cyril and Methodius) June 2, 1985

Laborem Exercens (On Human Work) September 14, 1981

Dives in Misericordia (The Father of mercies and God of all comfort) November 30, 1980

Redemptor Hominis (The Redeemer of Man) March 4, 1979

Pope Paul VI
1963 - 1978

Christi Matri (Mother of Christ) September 15, 1966

Ecclesiam Suam (Paths of the Church) August 6, 1964

Humanae Vitae (On the Regulation of Human Births) July 25, 1968

Mense Maio (In the Month of May) April 30, 1965

Mysterium Fidei (Mystery of Faith - On the Doctrine and Worship of the Eucharist) September 3, 1965

Populorum Progressio (On the Progression of Peoples) March 26, 1967

Sacerdotalis Caelibatus (On Priestly Celibacy) June 24, 1967

Signum Magnum (The Great Sign - On Devotion to the Most Blessed Mary) May 13, 1967

Pope John XXIII
Oct 28, 1958 - Jun 3, 1963

Ad Petri Cathedram (On Truth, Unity and Peace in a Spirit of Charity) June 29, 1959

Aeterna Dei Sapientia (The Eternal Wisdom of God and Pope Leo I) November 11, 1961

Grata Recordatio (Miscellaneous Thoughts) September 26, 1959

Mater Et Magistra (Church as Mother and Teacher of All Nations) May 15, 1961

On Promoting Devotion to the Most Precious Blood June 6, 1960

Pacem In Terris (Peace on Earth) April 11, 1963

Paenitentiam Agere (Penance for One's Sins) July 1, 1962

Princeps Pastorum (The Pope as Christ's Prince of Shepherds) November 28, 1959

Religiosorum institutio - (Instruction on the Careful Selection And Training Of Candidates For The States Of Perfection And Sacred Orders) Sacred Congregation For Religious February 2, 1961

Sacerdotii Nostri Primordia (St. John Vianney) August 1, 1959

Veterum Sapientia (On the Promotion of the Study of Latin) Apostolic Constitution, February 22, 1962
 

Pope Pius XII
Mar 2, 1939 - Oct 9, 1958

Ad Apostolorum Principis (Communism and the Church in China) June 29, 1958

Ad Caeli Reginam (Proclaiming the Queenship of Mary) October 11, 1954

Ad Sinarum Gentem (On the Supranationality of the Church) October 7, 1954

Anni Sacri (Combating Atheist) March 12, 1950

Auspicia Quaedam (Prayers for World Peace and the Solution of the Problems in Palestine) May 1, 1948

Communium Interpretes Doloraum (Ending the 2nd World War) April 15, 1945

Datis Nuperrime (Lamenting the Sorrowful Events in Hungary & Condemning the Ruthless Use of Force) November 5, 1956

Deiparae Virginis Mariae (Should We Define the Assumption?) May 1, 1946

Divino Afflante Spiritu (On Sacred Scripture) September 30, 1943

Doctor Mellifluus (On St. Bernard of Clairvaux, Last of the Fathers) May 24, 1953

Ecclesiae Fastos (St. Boniface) June 5, 1954

Evangelii Praecones (Promotion of Catholic Missions) June 2, 1951

Fidei Donum (Catholic Missions, especially in Africa) April 21, 1957

Fulgens Corona (Proclaiming a Marian Year) September 8, 1953

Fulgens Radiatur (Brilliant Light of St. Benedict) March 21, 1947

Haurietis Aquas (Draw Refreshing Water From the Sacred Heart) May 15, 1956

Humani Generis (On Human Origin) August12, 1950

In Multiplicibus Curis (Prayers for Peace in Palestine) October 24, 1948
Ingruentium Malorum (On Reciting the Rosary) September 15, 1951

Invicti Athletae (St. Andrew Bobola) May 16, 1957

Laetamur Admodum (Pray for Peace in Poland, Hungary, and the Middle East) November 1, 1956

Le Pelerinage De Lourdes (Against Materialism on the Centenary of the Apparitions at Lourdes) July 2, 1957
Luctuosissimi Eventus (Prayers for Peace and Freedom of Hungary) October 28, 1956

Mediator Dei (On the Sacred Liturgy) November 20, 1947

Meminisse Iuvat (Prayers for the Persecuted Church) June 14, 1958

Mirabile Illud (Crusade for Prayers for Peace) December 6, 1950

Miranda Prorsus sometimes referred to as "Utterly Wonderful" (On the Communication Fields: Movies, Television, and Radio) September 8, 1957

Musicae Sacrae (Sacred Music) December 25, 1955

Mystici Corporis (The Mystical Body of Christ, the Church) June 29, 1943

Optatissima Pax (Prescribing Public Prayers for Social and World Peace) December 18, 1947

Orientales Omnes Ecclesias (250th Anniversary of Reunion of the Ruthenian Church with Rome) December 23, 1945

Orientalis Ecclesiae (On St. Cyril, Patriarch of Antioch) April 9, 1944

Quemadmodum (Pleading for Care for the World's Destitute Children) January 6, 1946

Redemptoris Nostri Cruciatus (On Holy Places in Palestine) April 15, 1949

Sacra Virginitas (On Holy Virginity) March 25, 1954

Saeculo Exeunte Octavo (On the Eighth Centenary of the Independence of Portugal) June 13, 1940

Sempiternus Rex Christus (On the the Council of Chalcedon) September 8, 1951

Sertum Laetitiae (150th Anniversary of the Establishment of the Hierarchy in the USA) November 1, 1939

Summi Maeroris (A Call For Public Prayers for Peace) July 19, 1950
Summi Pontificatus (On the Unity of Human Society) October 10, 1939
 

Pope Pius XI
Feb 6, 1922 - Feb 10, 1939

Acerba Animi (On the Persecution of the Church in Mexico) September 29, 1932

Ad Catholici Sacerdotii (On the Catholic Priesthood) December 20, 1935

Ad Salutem (On St. Augustine) April 30, 1930

Caritate Christi Compulsi (On the Sacred Heart) May 3, 1932

Casti Connubii (On Christian Marriage) December 31, 1930

Dilectissima Nobis (On the Persecution of the Church in Spain) June 3, 1933

Divini Illius Magistri (On Christian Education) December 21, 1929

Divini Redemptoris (On Atheistic Communism) March 19, 1937

Ecclesiam Dei (On St. Jehosophat) November 12, 1923

Ingravescentibus Malis (On the Rosary) September 29, 1937

Iniquis Afflictisque (On the Persecution of the Church in Mexico) November 18, 1926

Lux Veritatis (On the Council of Ephesus) December 25, 1931

Maximam Gravissimamque (On French Diocesan Association) January 18, 1924
Mens Nostra (Promotion of the Spiritual Exercises) December 20, 1929

Miserentissimus Redemptor (Reparation to the Sacred Heart) May 8, 1928

Mit Brennender Sorge (On the Church and the German Reich) March 14, 1937

Mortalium Animos (On Religious Unity) January 6, 1928

Non Abbiamo Bisogno (Catholic Action in Italy) June 29, 1931

Nos Es Muy Conocida (On the Religious Situation in Mexico) March 28, 1937

Nova Impendet (On the Economic Crisis) October 2, 1931

Quadragesimo Anno (Reconstruction of the Social Order) May 15, 1931

Quas Primas (Introducing the Feast of Christ the King) December 11, 1925

Quinquagesimo Ante (On his Sacred Jubilee) December 23, 1929

Rappresentanti In Terra (On Christian Education) December 31, 1929

Rerum condicio: October 4, 1927 A.D. (Apostolic Constitution reforming the Rule of the Third Order Regular) English / Latin

Rerum Ecclesiae (On Catholic Missions) February 8, 1926

Rerum Omnium Perturbationem (St. Francis De Salles) January 26, 1923

Rerum Orientalium (On the Promotion of Oriental Studies) September 8, 1928

Rite Expiatis (On St. Francis of Assisi) April 13, 1926

Studiorum Ducem (On St. Thomas Aquinas) June 29, 1923

Ubi Arcano Dei Consilio (On the Peace of Christ in HIs Kingdom) December 23, 1922

Vehementer exultamus hodie: (Bull of Canonization of Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus and the Holy Face) May 17, 1925

Vigilanti Cura (On Motion Pictures) June 29, 1936
 

Pope St Pius X
Aug 4, 1903 - Aug 20, 1914

Acerbo Nimis (On Teaching Christian Doctrine) April 15, 1905

Ad Diem Illum Laetissimum (On the Immaculate Conception) February 2, 1904

Communium Rerum (On St. Anselm of Aosta) April 21, 1909
Divino Afflatu [Apostolic Constitution] Reform of the Roman Breviary November 1, 1911 [Latin]

Dogma of the Immaculate Conception December 12, 1904. [Anniversary Allocution]
E Supremi (On the Restoration of All things in Christ) October 4, 1903

Editae Saepe (On St. Charles Borromeo) May 26, 1910

Fiftieth Anniversary of the Delaration of the Dogma of the Immaculate Conception December 12, 1904

Gravissimo Officii Munere (On French Associations of Worship) August 10, 1906

Haerent Animo August 4, 1908 [Apostolic Exhortation]

Iamdudum (On the Law of Separation in Portugal) May 24, 1911

Il Fermo Proposito (On Catholic Action in Italy) June 11, 1905

Iucunda Sane (On Pope Gregory the Great) March 12, 1904

Lacrimabili Statu (On the Indians of South America) June 7, 1912

Lamentabili Sane July 3, 1907

Notre Charge Apostolique [Apostolic Letter] (Our Apostolic Mandate) August 15, 1910

The Oath Against Modernism September 1, 1910

Pascendi Dominici Gregis (On the Doctrine of the Modernists) September 8, 1907 [English] [Spanish]

Pieni L'animo (On the Clergy in Italy) July 28, 1906

Praestantia Scripturae (On the Bible Against the Modernists) November 18, 1907

Quam Singulari August 8, 1910 [Sacred Congregation]

Septimo Iam: October 4, 1909 A.D. (Resolving certain controversies among the Orders of Friars Minor) Latin/English parallel texts

Singulari Quadam (On Labor Organizations) September 24, 1912

Tra Le Sollectiudini - (On Sacred Music) November 22, 1903 [Motu Proprio]

Tribus Circiter (On the Miravites: Mystic Priests of Poland) April 5, 1906

Une Fois Encore (On the Separation of Church and State) January 6, 1907

Vehementer Nos (On the French Law of Separation) February 11, 1906
 

Pope Leo XIII
Feb 20, 1878 - Jul 20, 1903

Ad Extremas (Seminaries for Native Clergy) June 24, 1893

Adiutricem (On the Rosary) September 5, 1895

Aeterni Patris (On the Restoration of Christian Philosophy) August 4, 1879

Affari Vos (On the Manitoba School Question) December 8, 1897

Annum Sacrum (Consecration to the Sacred Heart) May 25, 1899

Apostolicae Curae (On the Nullity of Anglican Orders) September 15, 1896 [Bull]

Arcanum (On Christian Marriage) February 10, 1880

Au Milieu Des Sollicitudes (On the Church and State in France) February 16, 1892

Augustissimae Virginis Mariae (On the Confraternity of the Holy Rosary) September 12, 1897

Auspicato Concessum (On St. Francis of Assisi) September 17, 1882

Caritatis Studium (On the Church in Scotland) July 25, 1898

Catholicae Ecclesiae (On Slavery in the Missions) November 20, 1890

Christi Nomen (On Propogation of the Faith and Eastern Churches) December 24, 1894

Constanti Hungarorum (On the Church in Hungary) September 2, 1893

Cum Multa (On Conditions in Spain) December 8, 1882

Custodi Di Quella Fede (On Freemasonry) December 8, 1892

Dall'alto Dell'apostolico Seggio (On Freemasonry in Italy) October 15, 1890

Depuis Le Jour (On the Education of the Clergy) September 8, 1899

Diuturni Temporis (On the Rosary) September 5, 1898

Diuturnum (On the Origin of Civil Power) June 29, 1881

Divinum Illud Munus (On the Holy Spirit Divinum) May 9, 1897

Dum Multa (Marriage Legislation) December 24, 1902
Etsi Cunctas (On the Church in Ireland) December 21, 1888

Etsi Nos (On Conditions in Italy) February 15, 1882

Exeunte Iam Anno (On Right Ordering of Christian Life) December 25, 1888

Fidentem Piumque Animum (On the Rosary) September 20, 1896

Fin Dal Principio (On the Education of the Clergy) December 8, 1902

Grande Munus (On Saints Cyril and Methodius) September 30, 1880

Graves De Communi Re (On Christian Democracy) January 18, 1901

Gravissimas (On Religious Orders in Portugal) May 16, 1901

Humanum Genus (On Freemasonry) April 20, 1884

Iampridem (On Catholicism in Germany) January 6, 1886

Immortale Dei (On the Christian Constitution of States) November 1, 1885

In Amplissimo (On the Church in the United States) April 15, 1902

In Ipso (On Episcopal Reunions in Austria) March 3, 1891

In Plurimis (On the Abolition of Slavery) May 5, 1888

Inimica Vis (On Freemasonry) December 8, 1892

Inscrutabili Dei Consilio (On the Evils of Society) April 21, 1878

Insignes (On the Hungarian Millenium) May 1, 1896

Iucunda Semper Expectatione (On the Rosary) September 8, 1894
Laetitiae Sanctae (Commending Devotion to the Rosary) September 8, 1893

Libertas (On the Nature of Human Liberty) June 20, 1888
Licet Multa (On Catholics in Belgium) August 3, 1881

Litteras A Vobis (On the Clergy in Brasil) July 2, 1894

Longinqua (On Catholicism in the United States) January 6, 1895

Magnae Dei Matris (On the Rosary) September 8, 1892

Magni Nobis (On the Catholic University of America) March 7, 1889

Militantis Ecclesiae (On St. Peter Canisius) August 1, 1897

Mirae Caritatis (On the Holy Eucharist) May 28, 1902

Misericors Dei Filius: (Constitution On the Law of the Franciscan third Order secular) May 30, 1883 A. D. English / Latin

Nobilissima Gallorum Gens (On the Religious Question in France) February 8, 1884

Octobri Mense (On the Rosary) September 22, 1891

Officio Sanctissimo (On the Church in Bavaria) December 22, 1887

Omnibus Compertum (On Unity Among the Greek) July 21, 1900

Orientalium Dignitas (On the Churches of the East) November 30, 1894

Pastoralis Officii (On the Morality of Deuling) September 12, 1891

Pastoralis (On Religious Union) June 25, 1891

Paternae (On the Education of the Clergy) September 18, 1899

Pergrata (On the Church in Portugal) September 14, 1886

Permoti Nos (On Social Conditions in Belgium) July 10, 1895

Praeclara Gratulationis Publicae (The Reunion of Christendom) June 20, 1894 [External source]

Providentissimus Deus (On the Study of Holy Scripture) November 18, 1893

Quae Ad Nos (On the Church in Bohemia and Moravia) November 22, 1902

Quam Aerumnosa (On Italian Immigrants) December 10, 1888

Quam Religiosa (On Civil Marriage Law) August 16, 1898

Quamquam Pluries (On Devotion to St. Joseph) August 15, 1889

Quarto Abeunte Saeculo (On Christopher Columbus) July 16, 1892

Quod Anniversarius (On His Sacerdotal Jubilee) April 1, 1888

Quod Apostolici Muneris (On Socialism) December 28, 1878

Quod Auctoritate (Proclaiming a Jubilee) December 22, 1885

Quod Multum (On the Liberty of the Church) August 22, 1886

Quod Votis (On the Proposed Catholic University) April 30, 1902

Quum Diuturnum (On the Latin American Bishops' Plenary Council) December 25, 1898

Reputantiubus (On the Language Question in Bohemia) August 20, 1901

Rerum Novarum (On Capitol and Labor) May 15, 1891

Saepe Nos (On Boycotting in Ireland) June 24, 1888

Sancta Dei Civitas (On Mission Societies) December 3, 1880

Sapientiae Christianae (On Christians as Citizens) January 10, 1890

Satis Cognitum (On the Unity of the Church) June 29, 1896

Spectata Fides (On Christian Education) November 27, 1885
Spesse Volte (On the Suppression of Catholic Institutions) August 5, 1898

Superiore Anno (On the Recitation of the Rosary) August 30, 1884

Supremi Apostolatus Officio (On Devotion to the Rosary) September 1, 1883

Tametsi Futura Prospicientibus (On Jesus Christ the Redeemer) November 1, 1900

Testem Benevolentiae Nostrae (Virtue, Nature and Grace, and Americanism) January 22, 1899

Urbanitatis Veteris (On the Foundation of a Seminary in Athens) November 20, 1901

Vi E Ben Noto (On the Rosary and Public Life) September 20, 1887