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John Paul II on the American Experiment
In receiving the credentials of the Honorable Lindy Boggs as Ambassador to the Holy See on December 16, 1997, Pope John Paul II offered some pointed comments on the...
Theories of Evolution
Address to the Pontifical Academy of Sciences, October 22, 1996 1. In celebrating the sixtieth anniversary of the academy’s refoundation, I would like to recall the intentions of my...
The Economics of Human Freedom
Editors’ Note: The following is a condensation of Centesimus Annus (“The Hundredth Year”), Pope John Paul II’s ninth encyclical. Words added for continuity are in square brackets. 1. The...
