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264th Pope of the Catholic Church
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16,22.X.1978
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2.IV.2005
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Karol Wojtyła
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Message to the participants in the International Congress of Catholic Action
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Message to the President of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace on the occasion of the International Seminar on "Poverty and Globalisation: Financing for Development, including the Millennium Development Goals" (July 5, 2004)
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Message to the Rector of the University of Bologna on the occasion of the conferral of the Sigillum Magnum of the Alma Mater Studiorum (July 3, 2004)
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Message to the Superior General of the Rogationists of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (June 26, 2004)
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Message to the Bishop of Rottenburg-Stuttgart and to the participants in the 95th German Katholikentag (June 10, 2004)
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Message to the Bishop of Mantua on the occasion of the 12th centenary of the Diocese (June 10, 2004)
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Message to the Chief Rabbi of Rome, Dr. Riccardo Di Segni (May 22, 2004)
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Message to the President of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace (May 21, 2004)
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Message on the occasion of the Jubilee celebrations for the 5th centenary of the birth of St Pius V (May 1, 2004)
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Message to H.E. Msgr. Mariano De Nicolò, Bishop of Rimini (April 29, 2004)
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Message to H.E. Msgr. Salvatore Boccaccio, Bishop of Frosinone-Veroli-Ferentino (Italy) (April 27, 2004)
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Message to the President of the Pontifical Committee of Historical Sciences (April 16, 2004)
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Message to the participants in the 8th International Youth Forum (March 25, 2004)
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Message to the participants in the Conference on "The business executive: social responsibility and globalization" (March 5, 2004)
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Message for the opening of the Campaign of Brotherhood in Brazil 2004 (February 25, 2004)
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Message to the Bishops, friends of the Focolare Movement (February 18, 2004)
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Message to the members of the Pontifical Academy for Life on the tenth anniversary of its foundation (February 17, 2004)
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Message to the Abbot of Montecassino (February 15, 2004)
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Message to the Presidents of the Episcopal Conferences of Chile and Argentina (February 11, 2004)
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Message to the Bishop of Terni-Narni-Amelia, for the conclusion of the 6th International Meeting of Bishops and Priests, friends of the Community of sant'Egidio (February 7, 2004)
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Message to the participants in the meeting organized by the CELAM on the 25th anniversary of the Conference of Puebla (February 5, 2004)
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Message to the participants in the International Convention on “Natural Regulation of Fertility and Culture of Life” (January 28, 2004)
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Message to the Missionary Sisters of the Catholic Apostolate (22 January 2004)
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Message to the Patriarch of Jerusalem, His Beatitude Msgr. Michel Sabbah (January 6, 2004)
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Message to the participants International Symposium on The Dignity and Rights of the Mentally Disabled Person (January 5, 2004)
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