Within Catholicism in recent times, an encyclical is generally used for significant issues, and is second in importance only to the highest ranking document now issued by popes, an Apostolic Constitution. Encyclicals indicate high Papal priority for an issue at a given time. Pontiffs define when, and under which circumstances encyclicals should be issued.
Recent Encyclicals (links to Wikipedia articles):
- Pope Paul VI (1963–1978)
- Ecclesiam Suam 1964
- Mense Maio 1965
- Mysterium Fidei 1965
- Christi Matri 1966
- Populorum Progressio 1967
- Sacerdotalis Caelibatus 1967
- Humanae Vitae 1968
- Pope Blessed John Paul II (1978–2005)
- 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
- Pope Benedict XVI (2005-2013)
- Deus Caritas Est 2005
- Spe Salvi 2007
- Caritas in Veritate 2009
- Pope Francis (2013 to present)
- Lumen Fidei 2013
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