1996

• Message for the 29th World Day of Peace (January 1, 1996)

• Address to the Diplomatic Corps accredited to the Holy See (January 13, 1996)

• Address to the Tribunal of the Roman Rota (January 22, 1996)

• Message for the 30th World Communications Day (January 24, 1996)

• Message for the World Day for Vocations (1996)

• Message for the 4th World Day of the Sick (February 11, 1996)

• Pastoral Visit to Guatemala, Nicaragua, El Salvador and Venezuela (5-12 February 1996)

• Apostolic Constitution Universi Dominici gregis (February 22, 1996)

• Address to the Plenary Assembly of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications (March 7, 1996)

• Message for the 11th World Youth Day, 1996

• Letter to Priests for Holy Thursday (March 17, 1996)

• Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation Vita consecrata (March 25, 1996)

• Way of the Cross at the Colosseum: meditations prepared by Cardinal Vinko Pulijc, Archbishop of Vrhbosna, Sarajevo (April 5, 1996)

• Pastoral Visit to Tunis (April 14, 1996)

• Apostolic Letter commemorating the 350 years of the Union of Uzhorod (April 18, 1996)

• Letter for the Seminar on World Youth Days in Czestochowa (May 8, 1996)

• Pastoral Visit to Slovenia (17-19 May 1996)

• Message for the World Day for Missions (May 28, 1996)

• Pastoral Visit to Germany (21-23 June 1996). Historic speech at the gate of Brandeburg, and the announcement of the new Synod for Europe

• The celebration of the Divine Liturgy in the Byzantine-Ukraine rite at the Vatican Basilica, on the occasion of the 400th Anniversary of the Union of Brest (July 7, 1996)

• Message for the World Migration Day 1996-1997 (August 21, 1996)

• Pastoral Visit to Hungary (6-7 September 1996)

• Pastoral Visit to France (19-22 September 1996)

• The Holy Father celebrates Holy Mass at St. Peter’s Basilica on the 50th anniversary of his priestly ordination with the diocese of Rome (November 1, 1996)

• Solemn Eucharistic Celebration in St Peter’s Basilica, John Paul II celebrates mass with the Cardinals, Bishops and priests consecrated in the year 1946 (November 10, 1996)

• The Holy Father addresses the opening of the UN World Food Summit organized by FAO (UN Food and Agricultural Organization) in Rome (November 13, 1996)

• Presentation of the Holy Father’s book entitled Gift and Mystery - on the Fiftieth Anniversary of My Priestly Ordination (November 15, 1996)

• John Paul II presides over the first vespers celebrated in St. Peter’s Basilica on the solemn occasion of the beginning of the three year preparation for the Great Jubilee Year of 2000 - Announcement of the Holy Door opening for 24 December 1999 (November 15, 1996)

• Apostolic Letter Operosam Diem (December 1, 1996)

• Visit of the Archbishop of Canterbury and Primate of the Anglican Communion, Dr. George Leonard Carey to the Holy Father and the Church of Rome. Signing of the Joint Declaration (3-6 December 1996)

• John Paul II receives the Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of all Armenian’s, His Holiness Karekin I. Signing of the Joint Declaration (10-14 December 1996)

• John Paul II receives in audience the President of PLO and the Palestinian Authority, Yasser Arafat (December 19, 1996)