John Paul II

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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

Messages Pontifical Messages 2003

Message to the Patriarch of Venice, Cardinal Angelo Scola, on the occasion of the inauguration of the Canon Law Institute San Pio X (December 8, 2003)

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Message to Chiara Lubich, Foundress of the Focolare Movement (December 4, 2003)

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Message for the beginning of the Holy Year in Santiago de Compostela (November 30, 2003)

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Message to the General Assembly of the Conference of International Catholic Organizations (November 28, 2003)

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Message to His Holiness Bartholomew I on the Feast of St Andrew (November 26, 2003)

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Message to Hon. Mr Pier Ferdinando Casini, President of the Chamber of Deputies (November 26, 2003)

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Message to Bishops, Friends of the Focolari Movement (November 25, 2003)

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Message on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of foundation of ARIS (November 24, 2003)

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Message on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of Holodomor in Ukraine (November 23, 2003)

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Message to the participants in the 52nd General Assembly of the Italian Episcopal Conference (November 14, 2003)

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Message to participants in the eighth Session of the Pontifical Academies (November 3, 2003)

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Message to H.Em. Card. Walter Kasper on the occasion of the Plenary of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity (November 3, 2003)

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Message to the participants in the Convention promoted in Lviv (Ukraine), on the 150th anniversary of the birth of Vladimir Soloviev (October 28, 2003)

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Message on the occasion of the commemorative Convention on Leo XIII and the historical studies promoted by the Pontifical Committee for Historical Sciences (October 28, 2003)

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Message on the occasion of the Second American Missionary Congress (October 25, 2003)

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Message to Msgr. Walter Brandmüller, President of the Pontifical Committee of Historical Sciences on the 14th centenary of the death of St Gregory the Great (October 22, 2003)

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Message to the Italian Capuchins (October 22, 2003)

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Message to the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem (October 16, 2003)

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Message to participants in the March for Peace Perugia-Assisi (October 11, 2003)

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Message to participants in the Congress of Catholic Laity of Eastern Europe (October 4, 2003)

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Message to H.Em. Card. Joseph Ratzinger for the Symposium on "The anthropology of moral theology according to the Encyclical "Veritatis Splendor" (September 24, 2003)

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Message to participants in the International Thomistic Congress (September 20, 2003)

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Message to participants in the Extraordinary Assembly of the Italian Catholic Action (September 13, 2003)

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Message to H.E. Msgr. Gastone Simoni, Bishop of Prato for the 350th anniversary of the institution of the Diocese of Prato (September 8, 2003)

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Message to Card. Roger Etchegaray for the 17th International Meeting of Prayer for Peace in Aachen (September 5, 2003)

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Message to Card. Walter Kasper (August 28, 2003)

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Message to the Ursuline Sisters of Mary Immaculate (August 27, 2003)

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Message to the participants in the 24th Meeting for Friendship among Peoples held in Rimini (August 24, 2003)

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Message to Card. Crescenzio Sepe, Special Envoy in Mongolia (August 22, 2003)

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Message for the 750th anniversary of the death of Saint Clare, foundress of the Order of the Poor Clares (August 9, 2003)

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Message to the Guide and Scout of Europe gathered in the sixth European Jamboree (July 30, 2003)

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Message to the Catholic Guide and Scout Association of Italy (AGESCI) (July 28, 2003)

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Message to Card. Józef Glemp, Card. Marian Jaworski and Card. Lubomyr Husar (July 7, 2003)

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Message to members of the Vatican Foundation Centesimus Annus - Pro Pontifice (July 5, 2003)

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Message to H.E. Msgr. Youhanna Fouald El-Hage, President of Caritas Internationalis (July 4, 2003)

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Marian celebration to conclude the month of May (May 31, 2003)

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Message to His Holiness Bartholomaios I, Ecumenical Patriarch (May 27, 2003)

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Message to H.E. Msgr. Lucien Fruchaud, Bishop of Saint-Brieuc et Tréguier (France) for the celebrations of the 7th centenary of the birth of Saint Yves (May 13, 2003)

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Message to Rev. Giacomo Bini, Minister General of the Order of the Friars Minor (May 10, 2003)

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Message to Professor Giuliana Cavallini of the Missionaries of the School (April 26, 2003)

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Message to Rev. Camilo Maccise, Father General of the Discalced Carmelite Order (April 21, 2003)

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Message to Fr Giuseppe Fiorini Morosini, Superior General of the Order ofMinims (March 29, 2003)

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Message to the Military Chaplains (March 24, 2003)

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Message to Rev. Roberto Simionato, Director General of the Little Work of Divine Providence (March 8, 2003)

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Message to UNITALSI (February 26, 2003)

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Message to the Minister General of the Friars Minor Conventual (February 22, 2003)

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Message to the President of IFAD, Mr. Lennart Båge, on the 25th anniversary of institution of the Fund (February 19, 2003)

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Message to the Italian Catholic Action (February 19, 2003)

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Message to UNESCO´s Director-General, M. Koichiro Matsuura, on the occasion of the United Nations Literacy Decade (13 February 2003)

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Message to the Archbishop of Canterbury (February 13, 2003)

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Message to His Beatitude Christodoulos, Archbishop of Athens and Primate of Greece (February 8, 2003)

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Message to the young people of the Pontifical Society of the Holy Childhood (January 6, 2003)

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Message for the opening of the Campaign of Brotherhood in Brazil [March 5, 2003] (4 January 2003)

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The Holy See

Messages Pontifical Messages 2003

Message to UNESCO´s Director-General, M. Koichiro Matsuura, on the occasion of the United Nations Literacy Decade (13 February 2003)