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1978

To Italian Catholic Action (December 30, 1978)
[English, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish]

To members of the Federation of the Institutes of Educational Activity - FIDAE (December 29, 1978)
[English, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish]

To the Italian Catholic Doctors Association (December 28, 1978)
[English, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish]

To the youth gathered at the Vatican Basilica (December 27, 1978)
[English, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish]

To the Mayor and the City Council of Rome (December 23, 1978)
[English, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish]

To the staff of the Pontifical Apartments (December 23, 1978)
[English, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish]

To members of Italian Catholic Action Youth (December 23, 1978)
[English, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish]

To the Sacred College of Cardinals, the Papal Household, the Curia and the Roman Prelature (December 22, 1978)
[English, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish]

To the Charity Commission of Credito Artigiano (December 21, 1978)
[English, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish]

To the Ambassador of Panama accredited to the Holy See on the occasion of the presentation of Credentials (December 21, 1978)
[English, Spanish]

To young people gathered in the Vatican Basilica (December 20, 1978)
[English, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish]

To members of the Council of the European Episcopal Conferences (December 19, 1978)
[English, French, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish]

To the Central Security Force of Vatican City State (December 18, 1978)
[English, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish]

To St Paul's Vocational School (December 17, 1978)
[English, Italian, Spanish]

To the Council of the General Secretariat of the Synod of Bishops (December 16, 1978)
[English, Italian, Latin, Portuguese, Spanish]

To the Plenipotentiary Minister of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta (December 14, 1978)
[English, French, Spanish]

To young people gathered in the Vatican Basilica (December 13, 1978)
[Italian, Portuguese, Spanish]

To the Bulgarian Minister of Foreign Affairs (December 13, 1978)
[French, Italian, Spanish]

Message to the Presidents of Argentina and Chile (December 12, 1978)
[English, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish]

To the Ambassador of Ireland accredited to the Holy See on the occasion of the presentation of Credentials (December 12, 1978)
[English, Spanish]

To the Apostolic Movement for the Blind (December 9, 1978)
[English, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish]

To a group of Italian Christian Workers (December 9, 1978)
[English, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish]

To athletes of the Bologna soccer team (December 9, 1978)
[English, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish]

To the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart (December 8, 1978)
[English, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish]

To the Ambassador of Nicaragua accredited to the Holy See on the occasion of the presentation of Credentials (December 7, 1978)
[English, Spanish]

To young people gathered in the Vatican Basilica (December 6, 1978)
[English, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish]

To the Ambassador of Turkey accredited to the Holy See on the occasion of the presentation of Credentials (December 4, 1978)
[English, French, Spanish]

To the Secretary General of the United Nations (December 2, 1978)
[English, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish]

To the Ambassador of Senegal accredited to the Holy See on the occasion of the presentation of Credentials (December 2, 1978)
[English, French, Spanish]

To the Congregation of St. Joseph (December 1, 1978)
[English, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish]

To young people gathered in the Vatican Basilica (November 29, 1978)
[English, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish]

To the Pontifical Council Cor Unum (November 28, 1978)
[English, French, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish]

To pilgrims from Austria (November 27, 1978)
[English, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish]

To participants in the Certamen Vaticanum (November 27, 1978)
[English, Italian, Latin, Portuguese, Spanish]

To Italian pilgrims from Seregno (November 25, 1978)
[English, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish]

To Italian Catholic Jurists (November 25, 1978)
[English, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish]

To Superiors General of Men's Religious Orders (November 24, 1978)
[English, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish]

To American Bishops of Eastern Rite on their ad Limina visit (November 23, 1978)
[English, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish]

To Bishops from Honduras on their ad Limina visit (November 23, 1978)
[English, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish]

To young people gathered in the Vatican Basilica (November 22, 1978)
[English, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish]

To the Secretariat for Promoting Christian Unity (November 18, 1978)
[English, French, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish]

To Bishops from Canada on their ad Limina visit (November 17, 1978)
[English, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish]

To the International Union of Superior Generals of Women's Congregations - UISG (November 16, 1978)
[English, French, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish]

To Cadets of the Fire Brigade Schools in Rome (November 15, 1978)
[English, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish]

To young people gathered in the Vatican Basilica (November 15, 1978)
[English, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish]

To religious and faithful from Ernakulam - India (November 14, 1978)
[English, Italian, Portuguese]

To Bishops from New Zealand on their ad Limina visit (November 13, 1978)
[English, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish]

Greetings to faithful gathered in the Square of Saint John Lateran in Rome (November 12, 1978)
[Spanish]

To the Mayor of Rome (November 12, 1978)
[English, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish]

To the Pontifical Commission Iustitia et Pax (November 11, 1978)
[English, French, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish]

To Women Religious of the Diocese of Rome (November 10, 1978)
[English, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish]

To the Clergy of Rome (November 9, 1978)
[English, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish]

To the Bishops from the United States on their ad Limina visit (November 9, 1978)
[English, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish]

To the Italian youth (November 8, 1978)
[English, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish]

Visit to the Basilica of Santa Maria sopra Minerva in Rome (November 5, 1978)
[English, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish]

Visit to the Basilica of Saint Francis of Assisi (November 5, 1978)
[English, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish]

To a delegation of students and teachers of the Catholic University of Lublin (November 4, 1978)
[Italian]

To the Sacred College of Cardinals on the feast of Saint Charles Borromeo (November 4, 1978)
[English, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish]

Message to the International Catholic Film Organization (October 30, 1978)
[English, French, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish]

To participants in the 3rd International Congress on the Family (October 31, 1978)
[English, French, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish]

Visit to the Marian Shrine of the 'Mother of Grace' at Mentorella (October 29, 1978)
[English, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish]

To the International Council of Catholic Men (October 28, 1978)
[French, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish]

Message for the Fiftieth Anniversary of UNDA (October 25, 1978)
[English, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish]

Greetings during the visit to Castel Gandolfo (October 25, 1978)
[Portuguese]

Message to the Archdiocese of Krakow (October 23, 1978)
[English, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish]

To Heads of State and members of the Extraordinary Missions (October 23, 1978)
[French, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish]

To delegations of non-Catholic Christian Churches (October 22, 1978)
[English, French, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish]

Address at the beginning of the Pontificate (October 22, 1978)
[English, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish]

To journalists (October 21, 1978)
[English, French, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish]

To Diplomatic Corps accredited to the Holy See (October 20, 1978)
[English, French, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish]

To the Sacred College of Cardinals (October 18, 1978)
[English, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish]

First Urbi et Orbi Radiomessage (October 17, 1978)
[English, German, Italian, Latin, Portuguese, Spanish]

First address of Pope John Paul II to faithful (October 16, 1978)
[Italian, Portuguese, Spanish]

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