(Click on the name of a document to go to a page where you can download it, or read summaries and commentaries on it.)
- 4 March 1979: Encyclical Letter
Redemptor Hominis
On the Redeemer of Man
- 30 November 1980: Encyclical Letter
Dives in Misericordia
On God the Father, Rich in Mercy
- 14 September 1981: Encyclical Letter
Laborem Exercens
On Human Work on the 90th Anniversary of Rerum Novarum
- 18 May 1986: Encyclical Letter
Dominum et Vivificantem
On the Holy Spirit in the Life of the Church and the World
- 25 March 1987: Encyclical Letter
Redemptoris Mater
On the Blessed Virgin Mary in the Life of the Pilgrim Church
- 6 August 1993: Encyclical Letter
Veritatis Splendor
Regarding Certain Fundamental Questions of the Church's Moral Teaching
- 25 March 1995: Encyclical Letter
Evangelium Vitae
On the Gospel of Life
- 14 September 1998: Encyclical Letter
Fides et Ratio
On the Relationship Between Faith and Reason
- 22 January 1999: Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation
Ecclesia in America
On the Encounter with the Living Jesus Christ: The Way to Conversion, Communion and Solidarity in America
