Papal Encyclical Collections

The links to the encyclicals of the last 8 Popes referenced (Pope Leo XIII to Pope John Paul II) are taken directly from the Vatican website, The Holy See (www.vatican.va)

• Blessed Gregory X (1271 - 1276) - contains 1 Encyclical
• John XXII (1316 - 1334) - contains 1 Encyclical
• Leo X (1513 - 1521) - no Encyclicals, but contains the Papal Bull officially denouncing Martin Luther and the Protestant Reformation
• Paul III (1534 - 1549) - contains 1 Encyclical
• St. Pius V (1566 - 1572) - contains 1 Encyclical
• Blessed Innocent XI (1676 - 1689) - contains 1 Encyclical
• Benedict XIV (1740 - 1758) - contains 13 Encyclicals
• Clement XIII (1758 - 1769) - contains 6 Encyclicals
• Clement XIV (1769 - 1774) - contains 4 Encyclicals
• Pius VI (1775 - 1799) - contains 2 Encyclicals
• Pius VII (1800 - 1823) - contains 1 Encyclical
• Leo XII (1823 - 1829) - contains 3 Encyclicals
• Pius VIII (1829 - 1830) - contains 1 Encyclical
• Gregory XVI (1831 - 1846) - contains 10 Encyclicals
• Blessed Pius IX (1846 - 1878) - contains 39 Encyclicals
• Leo XIII (1878 - 1903) - contains 86 Encyclicals
• Saint Pius X (1903 - 1914) - contains 16 Encyclicals
• Benedict XV (1914 - 1922) - contains 12 Encyclicals
• Pius XI (1922 - 1939) - contains 24 Encyclicals
• Pius XII (1939 - 1958) - contains 38 Encyclicals
• Blessed John XXIII (1958 - 1963) - contains 8 Encyclicals
• Paul VI (1963 - 1978) - contains 7 Encyclicals
• John Paul II (1978 - present) - contains 13 Encyclicals

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