1988

• Message for the 21st World Day of Peace (January 1, 1988)

• Address to the Plenary Assembly of the Pontifical Council for Culture (January 15, 1988)

• Address to the Pontifical Ecclesiastic Academy (January 18, 1988)

• Message for the 22nd World Communications Day (January 24, 1988)

• Apostolic Letter Euntes in mundum (January 25, 1988)

• Address to the Tribunal of the Roman Rota (January 25, 1988)

• Address on the 10th anniversary of the foundation of IFAD (January 26, 1988)

• Message for Lent (February 9, 1988)

• Address to the Plenary Assembly of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications (March 3, 1988)

• Message for the 3rd World Youth Day 1988

• Letter to Priests for Holy Thursday (March 25, 1988)

• Chrism Mass (March 31, 1988)

• Message for the World Day for Vocations (1988)

• Pastoral Visit to Uruguay, Bolivia, Paraguay and Lima (Peru) (7-19 May 1988)

• Inauguration of the Dono di Maria shelter in the Vatican, entrusted to Mother Teresa's Missionary Sisters of Charity (May 21, 1988)

• Letter to all consecrated persons belonging to religious communities and secular institutes on the occasion of the Marian Year (May 22, 1988)

• Message for the World Day for Missions (May 22, 1988)

• Address to the 6th Plenary Assembly of the Pontifical Council for Family (June 10, 1988)

• Holy See delegation to Moscow led by Secretary of State Cardinal Casaroli for the celebrations of the Millennium of Kievan Rus' (June 13, 1988)

• Pastoral Visit to Austria (23-27 June 1988)

• Apostolic Constitution Pastor Bonus (June 28, 1988)

• Fourth Consistory of John Paul II for the creation of 24 new Cardinals (June 28, 1988)

• Motu Proprio Ecclesia Dei (July 2, 1988)

• Apostolic Letter Mulieris dignitatem (August 15, 1988)

• Pastoral Visit to Zimbabwe, Botswana, Lesotho, Swaziland and Mozambique (10-20 September 1988)

• Pastoral Visit to the European Institutions of Strasbourg and to the Dioceses of Strasbourg, Metz and Nancy (8-11 October 1988)

• Address to the European Council (Strasbourg, 8 October 1988)

• Address to the Human Rights' Commission (Strasbourg, 8 October 1988)

• Address to the European Parliament (Strasbourg, 11 October 1988)

• Message for the 8th World Food Day (October 16, 1988)

• Apostolic Letter Vicesimus Quintus Annus (December 4, 1988)

• Apostolic Exhortation Christifideles Laici (December 30, 1988)