Pope John Paul II
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
When was he pope?
Pope John Paul II was pope from October 16, 1978 to April 2, 2005.
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WHAT WAS SIGNIFICANT ABOUT HIS REIGN?
- HE WAS THE FIRST NON-ITALIAN POPE IN MORE THAN 450 YEARS.
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SUCCESSES AND FAILURES
- Firmly upheld traditional positions on matters like contraception, abortion,
- divorce, the celibacy of priests, and impossibility of women's ordination.
- The innovations of his New Code of Canon Law gave for more attention
- to the duties and rights of lay people.
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WHAT WAS THE PAPACY LIKE WHEN HE STARTED?
- Upon becoming pope, he faced difficult situations throughout the church.
- Dissent and difections had weakened Catholic life.
- Resistance to Papal and episcopal authority was entrenched.
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ENCYCLICALS
- Centesimus Annus (On the 100th anniversary of Pope Leo XIII's Rerum Novarum -
- on Capitol and Labor; On Catholic social teaching) May 1, 1991
- Dives in Misericordia (The Father of mercies and God of all comfort) November 30, 1980
- Dominum et Vivificantem (The Lord and Giver of Life) May 18, 1986
- Ecclesia De Eucharistia - (On the Eucharist in its Relationship to the Church) April 17, 2003
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ENCYCLICALS (CONT.)
- Ecclesia De Eucharistia - (On the Eucharist in its Relationship to the Church) April 17, 2003
- Redemptoris Mater (Mother of the Redeemer) March 25, 1987
- Fides et Ratio (Faith and Reason) September 14, 1998
- Redemptoris Missio (On the Permanent Validity of the Church's Missionary Mandate) December 7, 1990
- Redemptor Hominis (The Redeemer of Man) March 4, 1979
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ENCYCLICALS (CONT.)
- Slavorum Apostoli (In commemoration of the Sts. Cyril and Methodius) June 2, 1985
- Sollicitudo Rei Socialis (On Social Concerns) December 30, 1987
- Ut Unum Sint (That they may be one - On Commitment to Ecumenism) May 25, 1995
- Laborem Exercens (On Human Work) September 14, 1981
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ENCYCLICALS (CONT.)
- Veritatis Splendor (The Splendor of Truth ) August 6, 1993
- -expresses the position of the Catholic Church regarding fundamentals
- of the Church's role in moral teaching.
- Evangelium Vitae (The Gospel of Life) March 25, 1995
- -expresses the position of the Catholic Church regarding the value and inviolability of human life
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