John Paul II

Biography ▸

264th Pope of the Catholic Church

Beginning Pontificate	16,22.X.1978
End Pontificate	2.IV.2005
Secular Name	Karol Wojtyła
Birth	Wadowice (Kraków)
Website	http://www.vatican.va/content/john-paul-ii/en.html

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John Paul II

Letters 2000

Letter to H. Em. Card. Giacomo Biffi, on the 50th anniversary of priesthood (December 22, 2000)

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Letter to the Patriarch of Antioch, His Beatitude Grégoire III (December 9, 2000)

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Letter to the Roman Union of the Order of St Ursula (November 28, 2000)

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Letter to H. Em. Card. Bernardin Gantin, Special Delegate to the National Eucharistic Congress of Haiti (November 23, 2000)

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Letter to H. Em. Card. Jorge A. Medina Estévez, Special Delegate at the opening celebrations of the Concilio Plenario de Venezuela (November 18, 2000)

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Letter to H. Em. Card. Darío Castrillón Hoyos, Special Delegate to the National Eucharistic Congress of Chile (November 16, 2000)

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Letter to H. Em. Card. Jaime Lucas Ortega y Alamino, Archbishop of La Habana, Special Delegate to the National Eucharistic Congress of El Salvador (November 16, 2000)

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Letter to H. Em. Card. Jean-Marie Lustiger, Archbishop of Paris, Special Delegate at the celebrations of the 150th anniversary of the diocese of Basse-Terre and Pointe-à-Pitre (Guadeloupe) (November 11, 2000)

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Letter on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the foundation of the Benedictine Sisters of Reparation of the Holy Face (October 21, 2000)

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Letter on 50th Anniversary of the foundation of the Missionaries of Charity (October 17, 2000)

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Letter to H.Em. Card. Nicolás de Jesús López Rodríguez, Special Delegate to the IV National Eucharistic Congress of Uruguay (October 6, 2000)

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Letter to H.Em. Card. Maurice Michael Otunga, on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of priesthood (October 3, 2000)

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Letter to H.Em. Card. Camillo Ruini, Special Delegate to the conclusion of the Synod of Dioceses in Byelorussia (September 22, 2000)

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Letter to H.Em. Card. Wu Cheng-Chung, Special Delegate at the celebrations of the National Missionary Congress of Philippines (September 19, 2000)

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Letter to H.Em. Card. Angelo Sodano, on the 50th anniversary of priesthood (September 19, 2000)

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Letter to Msgr. Poulain on the 4th centenary of priesthood of Saint Vincent of Paul (September 19, 2000)

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Letter to H.Em. Card. Franciszel Macharski, Special Delegate to the National Eucharistic Congress of Slovakia (September 15, 2000)

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Letter to H.Em. Card. Jorge Arturo Medina Estévez, Special Delegate to the 20th International Marian-Mariological Congress (September 6, 2000)

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Letter to Card. Schotte for the Consecration of the Cathedral of Irkutsk (September 5, 2000)

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Letter to the National Eucharistic Congress of Peru (September 4, 2000)

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Letter to H.Em. Card. Castillo Lara, Special Delegate to the National Eucharistic Congress of Argentina (August 28, 2000)

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Letter to H.Em. Card. Achille Silvestrini, on the solemn jubilee celebration of the Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary (August 24, 2000)

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Letter to the Archimandrite Emiliano Fabbricatore, on the solemn jubilee celebration of the Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary (August 24, 2000)

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Letter to Bishop Mario Paciello for the third centenary of the death of Pope Innocent XII (August 23, 2000)

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Letter to H.Em. Card. Andrzej Maria Deskur, on the 50th anniversary of priesthood (August 22, 2000)

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Letter to H.Em. Card. Bernard F. Law, Archbishop of Boston, Pontifical Legate at the celebrations of the National Eucharistic Congress of Peru (August 17, 2000)

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Letter to H.Em. Card. Angelo Sodano, Pontifical Legate at the celebrations of the millennium of Saint Stephen of Hungary (August 10, 2000)

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Letter to Father Giacomo Bini (July 11, 2000)

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Letter to H.Em. Card. Vinko Puljic (July 8, 2000)

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Letter to Bishop Joseph Fiorenza, President of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops (July 6, 2000)

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Letter to H.Em. Card. Lucas Moreira Neves, on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of priesthood (June 26, 2000)

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Letter to H.E. Msgr. Jorge María Mejía, Archivist and Librarian of the Roman Church, for the presentation of the Exhibition "The Gospels of Peoples" (June 21, 2000)

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Letter to H.Em. Card. Edward Idris Cassidy, Special Delegate to the Millennium celebrations of Christianity in Iceland (June 21, 2000)

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Letter to H.Em. Card. Edmuns Casimir Szoka, Special Delegate to the Millennium celebrations of the Archdiocese of Wroclaw (June 12, 2000)

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Letter to H.Em. Card. Vinko Puljic, Special Delegate to the 2nd National Eucharistic Congress of Lithuania (May 22, 2000)

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Letter to the President of the World Movement of Christian Workers (May 12, 2000)

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Letter to H.Em. Card. Castillo Lara, Special Delegate to the celebration of the 2nd Regional Eucharistic Congress of the Antilles (May 8, 2000)

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Letter to H.Em. Card. Danneels, Special Delegate to the celebration of the 150th anniversary of the reorganization of the Catholic Hierarchy in England and Wales - London, May 4, 2000 (April 27, 2000)

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Letter to H.Em. Card. Medina Estévez, Special Delegate to the National Eucharistic Congress in Mexico (April 25, 2000)

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Letter to Sister Carola Thomann, President of the Franciscan Family Conference (April 8, 2000)

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Letter to H.Em. Card. Franciszek Macharski, on the 50th anniversary of priesthood (April 1, 2000)

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Letter to the Congregation of Saint Joseph on the first centenary of the Death of the founder (April 1, 2000)

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Letter to Priests for Holy Thursday 2000 (March 23, 2000)

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Letter to H.Em. Card. Angelo Sodano, Pontifical Legate at the celebrations of the 5th centenary of the evangelization of Brazil (April 15, 2000)

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To the Archbishop of Split-Makarska, Mons. Ante Juric, on the celebration of the third centenary of the Minor Seminary in Split (March 20, 2000)

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Letter to H.Em. Card. Eduardo Martínez Somalo, on the 50th anniversary of priesthood (March 18, 2000)

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Letter to H.Em. Card. Joachim Meisner on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of his episcopal ordination (March 11, 2000)

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Letter to H.Em. Card. Angelo Sodano, Pontifical Legate at the celebrations of the Millennium of the Archdiocese of Gniezno (March 12, 2000)

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Letter to Father Czeslaw Drazek SJ, director of the Polish Edition of the "L'Osservatore Romano" (February 22, 2000)

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Letter to H.Em. Msgr. Marcello Zago, Special Delegate to the celebration of the centenary of the first three Apostolic Prefectures in the Peruvian Amazon (January 25, 2000)

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Letter to Chiara Lubich named honorary citizen of Rome (January 22, 2000)

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The Holy See

Letters 2000

Letter to H. Em. Card. Giacomo Biffi, on the 50th anniversary of priesthood (December 22, 2000)

Letter to H. Em. Card. Bernardin Gantin, Special Delegate to the National Eucharistic Congress of Haiti (November 23, 2000)

Letter to H. Em. Card. Jorge A. Medina Estévez, Special Delegate at the opening celebrations of the Concilio Plenario de Venezuela (November 18, 2000)

Letter to H. Em. Card. Darío Castrillón Hoyos, Special Delegate to the National Eucharistic Congress of Chile (November 16, 2000)

Letter to H. Em. Card. Jaime Lucas Ortega y Alamino, Archbishop of La Habana, Special Delegate to the National Eucharistic Congress of El Salvador (November 16, 2000)

Letter to H. Em. Card. Jean-Marie Lustiger, Archbishop of Paris, Special Delegate at the celebrations of the 150th anniversary of the diocese of Basse-Terre and Pointe-à-Pitre (Guadeloupe) (November 11, 2000)

Letter to H.Em. Card. Nicolás de Jesús López Rodríguez, Special Delegate to the IV National Eucharistic Congress of Uruguay (October 6, 2000)

Letter to H.Em. Card. Maurice Michael Otunga, on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of priesthood (October 3, 2000)

Letter to H.Em. Card. Camillo Ruini, Special Delegate to the conclusion of the Synod of Dioceses in Byelorussia (September 22, 2000)

Letter to H.Em. Card. Wu Cheng-Chung, Special Delegate at the celebrations of the National Missionary Congress of Philippines (September 19, 2000)

Letter to H.Em. Card. Franciszel Macharski, Special Delegate to the National Eucharistic Congress of Slovakia (September 15, 2000)

Letter to H.Em. Card. Jorge Arturo Medina Estévez, Special Delegate to the 20th International Marian-Mariological Congress (September 6, 2000)

Letter to H.Em. Card. Castillo Lara, Special Delegate to the National Eucharistic Congress of Argentina (August 28, 2000)

Letter to H.Em. Card. Achille Silvestrini, on the solemn jubilee celebration of the Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary (August 24, 2000)

Letter to the Archimandrite Emiliano Fabbricatore, on the solemn jubilee celebration of the Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary (August 24, 2000)

Letter to H.Em. Card. Andrzej Maria Deskur, on the 50th anniversary of priesthood (August 22, 2000)

Letter to H.Em. Card. Bernard F. Law, Archbishop of Boston, Pontifical Legate at the celebrations of the National Eucharistic Congress of Peru (August 17, 2000)

Letter to H.Em. Card. Angelo Sodano, Pontifical Legate at the celebrations of the millennium of Saint Stephen of Hungary (August 10, 2000)

Letter to H.Em. Card. Vinko Puljic (July 8, 2000)

Letter to H.Em. Card. Lucas Moreira Neves, on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of priesthood (June 26, 2000)

Letter to H.E. Msgr. Jorge María Mejía, Archivist and Librarian of the Roman Church, for the presentation of the Exhibition "The Gospels of Peoples" (June 21, 2000)

Letter to H.Em. Card. Edward Idris Cassidy, Special Delegate to the Millennium celebrations of Christianity in Iceland (June 21, 2000)

Letter to H.Em. Card. Edmuns Casimir Szoka, Special Delegate to the Millennium celebrations of the Archdiocese of Wroclaw (June 12, 2000)

Letter to H.Em. Card. Vinko Puljic, Special Delegate to the 2nd National Eucharistic Congress of Lithuania (May 22, 2000)

Letter to H.Em. Card. Castillo Lara, Special Delegate to the celebration of the 2nd Regional Eucharistic Congress of the Antilles (May 8, 2000)

Letter to H.Em. Card. Medina Estévez, Special Delegate to the National Eucharistic Congress in Mexico (April 25, 2000)

Letter to H.Em. Card. Franciszek Macharski, on the 50th anniversary of priesthood (April 1, 2000)

Letter to H.Em. Card. Angelo Sodano, Pontifical Legate at the celebrations of the 5th centenary of the evangelization of Brazil (April 15, 2000)

Letter to H.Em. Card. Eduardo Martínez Somalo, on the 50th anniversary of priesthood (March 18, 2000)

Letter to H.Em. Card. Joachim Meisner on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of his episcopal ordination (March 11, 2000)

Letter to H.Em. Card. Angelo Sodano, Pontifical Legate at the celebrations of the Millennium of the Archdiocese of Gniezno (March 12, 2000)

Letter to Father Czeslaw Drazek SJ, director of the Polish Edition of the "L'Osservatore Romano" (February 22, 2000)

Letter to H.Em. Msgr. Marcello Zago, Special Delegate to the celebration of the centenary of the first three Apostolic Prefectures in the Peruvian Amazon (January 25, 2000)