Message for the 19^th World Day of Peace (January 1, 1986)

Message for the World Day for Vocations (1986)

Address to the Plenary Assembly of the Pontifical Council for Culture (January 13, 1986)

Message for the 20^th World Communications Day (January 24, 1986)

Address to the Tribunal of the Roman Rota  (January 30, 1986)

Pastoral Visit to India (31 January-10 February 1986)

Address to the Plenary Assembly of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications (February 27, 1986)

Letter to Priests for Holy Thursday (March 16, 1986)

Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith publishes the Instruction Libertatis conscientia (April 5, 1986)

John Paul II makes a visit to Rome's main Synagogue (April 13, 1986)

Message for the World Day for Missions (May 18, 1986)

Encyclical Letter Dominum et vivificantem (May 18, 1986)

Address to the Pontifical Ecclesiastic Academy (June 2, 1986)

Pastoral Visit to Colombia and St Lucia (1-8 July 1986)

Apostolic Letter Augustinum Hipponensem (August 28, 1986)

Pastoral Visit to France (East-Central region) (4-7 October 1986)

Letter to the Superior General of the Society of Jesus (Paray le Monial, 5 October 1986)

Address to the 4^th Plenary Assembly of the Pontifical Council for Family (October 10, 1986)

Message for the 6th World Food Day (October 13, 1986)

Pastoral Visit to Perugia and Assisi (October 1986)

Address to the Representatives of the Christian Churches and Ecclesial Communities and of the World Religions for the World Day of Prayer in Assisi (October 27, 1986)

Ecumenical Prayer with the Representatives of other Christian Churches and Ecclesial Communities at the Cathedral of St Rufino in Assisi (October 27, 1986)

Address to the Representatives of the Christian Churches and Ecclesial Communities and of the World Religions for the World Day of Prayer at the Basilica of St Francis in Assisi (October 27, 1986)

Letter to the Episcopate of the United States of America (November 4, 1986)

Address to the Pontifical Commission for the Catechism (November 15, 1986)

Pastoral Visit to Bangladesh, Singapore, Fiji Islands, New Zealand, Australia and Seychelles (18 November-1 December 1986)

Prayer on the solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary (December 8, 1986)

Address to the Roman Curia at the exchange of Christmas wishes (December 22, 1986)

Midnight Mass (December 24, 1986)

“Urbi et Orbi” Message (December 25, 1986)