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

Speeches 2004 December

To the members of the Roman Curia and Prelature for Christmas (December 21, 2004)

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To the young people of the Italian Catholic Action (December 20, 2004)

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To the participants in the Assembly of the "Forum of Family Associations" (December 18, 2004)

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To the Prime Minister of Hungary (December 18, 2004)

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Tribute to the Statue of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary (December 8, 2004)

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To the members of a delegation of the Anti-Defamation League (December 17, 2004)

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To the artists performing at the "Christmas Concert at the Vatican" (December 17, 2004)

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To the Ambassador of Kenya to the Holy See (December 16, 2004)

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To the Ambassador of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg to the Holy See (December 16, 2004)

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To the Ambassador of the Republic of Malawi to the Holy See (December 16, 2004)

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To the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Norway to the Holy See (December 16, 2004)

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To the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Thailand to the Holy See (December 16, 2004)

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To the new Ambassadors accredited to the Holy See on the occasion of the presentation of Credentials (December 16, 2004)

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To the participants in the Seventh International Pastoral Congress for Circus and Fairground People (December 16, 2004)

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To the Sons and Daughters of the Cross (December 13, 2004)

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To the Ambassador of Croatia to the Holy See (December 11, 2004)

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To the participants in the pilgrimage from the Diocese of Tarbes and Lourdes (France) (December 11, 2004)

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To the Bishops of Minnesota, South Dakota and North Dakota (U.S.A.) on their “ad Limina” visit (December 10, 2004)

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To the Ambassador of Peru to the Holy See (December 7, 2004)

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To the members of the Delegation of the "World Federation of Scientists" (December 7, 2004)

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To the Ambassador of the Republic of Lithuania to the Holy See (December 6, 2004)

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To the Bishops of the ecclesiastical Provinces of Louisville, Mobile and New Orleans (U.S.A.) on their “ad Limina” visit (December 4, 2004)

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To the participants in the Congress of the Vatican Foundation "Centesimus Annus-Pro Pontifice" (December 4, 2004)

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To the participants in the Assembly of the Italian Federation of Catholic Weeklies (December 3, 2004)

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To the President of the Equatorial Guinea (December 2, 2004)

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To the members of the Secular Institute "Servants of Suffering" (December 2, 2004)

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The Holy See

Speeches 2004 December