December 1981

• To participants in the Yaoundé Meeting (December 31, 1981)
  [English]

• On the occasion of the concert of the Polish Philharmonic of Zielona Góra (December 31, 1981)
  [Italian]

• To participants in the 35th Assembly of the Federation of the Institutes of Educational Activities (December 28, 1981)
  [Italian, Portuguese, Spanish]

• To the Polish community of Rome (December 24, 1981)
  [Italian, Portuguese, Polish]

• To the Roman Curia (December 22, 1981)
  [Italian, Portuguese]

• To Bishops of Tuscany on their ad Limina visit (December 21, 1981)
  [Italian, Portuguese]

• To young people of Italian Catholic Action (December 21, 1981)
  [Italian, Portuguese, Spanish]

• To the staff of the Nuovo Regina Margherita Hospital (December 20, 1981)
  [Italian, Portuguese]

• To teachers and students of the Institute for Family (December 19, 1981)
  [Italian, Portuguese]

• On the first centenary of the birth of Cardinal Augustin Bea (December 19, 1981)
  [French, Portuguese]

• To the new Ambassador of the Dominican Republic to the Holy See (December 19, 1981)
  [Portuguese, Spanish]

• To the new Ambassador of Ecuador to the Holy See (December 17, 1981)
  [Portuguese, Spanish]

• To Italian Bishops of Sardinia on their ad Limina visit (December 15, 1981)
  [Italian, Portuguese]

• To Bishops of Galicia on their ad Limina visit (December 14, 1981)
  [Italian, Portuguese, Spanish]

• To faithful gathered in prayer for Poland (December 14, 1981)
  [Italian, Spanish]

• To the Daughters of Mary Auxiliatrice (December 12, 1981)
  [Italian, Portuguese]

• To the new Ambassador of Honduras to the Holy See (December 12, 1981)
  [Portuguese, Spanish]

• To Italian Bishops of Sicily on their ad Limina visit (December 10, 1981)
  [Italian, Portuguese]

• To Italian Bishops of Calabria on their ad Limina visit (December 10, 1981)
  [Italian, Portuguese]

• To the new Ambassador of Yugoslavia to the Holy See (December 10, 1981)
  [French, Portuguese]

• Prayer on the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Rome, 8 December 1981)
  [Italian, Portuguese, Spanish]

• To participants in the 32nd National Conference of the Union of Italian Catholic Jurists (December 7, 1981)
  [Italian, Portuguese]

• To the first national Conference on pastoral care for families (December 7, 1981)
  [Italian, Portuguese]

• To the new Ambassador of Bolivia to the Holy See (December 7, 1981)
  [Portuguese, Spanish]

• To Italian Bishops of Marche and Umbria on their ad Limina visit (December 5, 1981)
  [Italian, Portuguese]

• To participants in a conference organized by the Pontifical Gregorian University (December 5, 1981)
  [Italian, Latin, Portuguese]

• To the new Ambassador of Argentina to the Holy See (December 5, 1981)
  [Portuguese, Spanish]

• To Italian Bishops of Abruzzo and Molise on their ad Limina visit (December 4, 1981)
  [Italian, Portuguese]

• On the occasion of the Étrennes Pontificales campaign (December 2, 1981)
  [French, Portuguese]
    

   

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