Apostolic Voyages

[Updated: 11.01.2005]

Totale Visits outside Italy (in 129 different nations) [Italian] 104 Visits in Italy outside Rome and Castelgandolfo [Italian] 146 Visits to the Diocese and to the City of Rome and to the Municipality of Castelgandolfo [Italian] 748 of which to the Parishes of Rome (on a total of 333 parishes) (*) (**) 301 Visits to the Bodies of the Holy See and of Vatican City State [Italian] 54 Cumulative, global and specified statistics concerning the Apostolic Voyages [English, Italian]

(*) "(...) Dear brothers and sisters of the Parish of St María Josefa of the Heart of Jesus! The joy of being with you today is particularly strong. It is the delight of being able to visit the 300th parish community of the beloved Church of Rome. From the beginning of my Pontificate, I have made a priority of exercising the ministry of Bishop of Rome, even by visiting the parish communities of the Diocese.(...)" [Homily of the Holy Father during Holy Mass on the occasion of the Pastoral Visit to the Parish of Santa Maria Josefa del Cuore di Gesù, in the East sectorof the Diocese of Roma, the 300th visit of John Paul II in the Parish of His Diocese - Sunday 16 December 2001].

(**) Since December 2002, the parishes of Rome meet the Holy Father in the Vatican. To date, 16 parishes have visited the Holy Father, bringing the total of Roman parishes meeting the Pope to 317.

Principal documents

[Updated: 25.02.2005]

Ecyclical Letters of John Paul II

[Updated: 17.04.2003]

Title Date of signature Date of publication 1 Redemptor hominis

Jesus Christ, "the Redeemer of man" 04.03.1979 15.03.1979 2 Dives in misericordia

It is "God, who is rich in mercy" whom Jesus Christ has revealed to us as Father 30.11.1980 02.12.1980 3 Laborem exercens

On Human Work on the ninetieth yearsversary of Rerum novarum 14.09.1981 14.09.1981 4 Slavorum Apostoli

The Apostles of the Slavs, Saints Cyril and Methodius, are remembered with the great work of evangelization after eleven centuries 02.06.1985 02.07.1985

[This is an Epistola Enciclica, not an Encyclical Letter] 5 Dominum et vivificantem

On the Holy Spirit in the Life of the Church

and the World 18.05.1986 30.05.1986 6 Redemptoris Mater

On the Blessed Virgin Mary in the life of the Pilgrim Church 25.03.1987 25.03.1987 7 Sollicitudo rei socialis

The social concern of the Church, directed towards an authentic development of man and society for, the twentieth yearsversary of

"Populorum progressio" 30.12.1987 19.02.1988 8 Redemptoris missio

On the permanent validity of the Church's missionary mandate 07.12.1990 22.01.1991 9 Centesimus annus

On the Centenary of the promulgation of the Encyclical "Rerum novarum" 01.05.1991 02.05.1991 10 Veritatis splendor

Jesus Christ, the true light that enlightens everyone 06.08.1993 05.10.1993 11 Evangelium vitae

The Gospel of life is at the heart of Jesus' message 25.03.1995 30.03.1995 12 Ut unum sint

The call for Christian unity 25.05.1995 30.05.1995 13 Fides et ratio

Faith and reason are like two wings on which the human spirit rises to the contemplation of truth 14.10.1998 15.10.1998 14 Ecclesia de Eucharistia

The Church draws her life from the Eucharist 17.04.2003 17.04.2003

Social Encyclicals of the most recent Pontificates

[Updated: 17.04.2003]

Title Date of signature Pontiff RERUM NOVARUM

on capital and labor 15 May 1891 LEO XIII QUADRAGESIMO ANNO

on Reconstruction of the Social Order, on the fortieth anniversary of Rerum novarum 15 May 1931 PIO XI MATER ET MAGISTRA

on Christianity and Social Progress 15 May 1961 JOHN XXIII PACEM IN TERRIS

on establishing universal peace in truth, justice, charity and liberty 11 April 1963 JOHN XXIII POPULORUM PROGRESSIO

on the development of peoples 26 March 1967 PAUL VI OCTOGESIMA ADVENIENS

Apstolic Letter on occasion of the eightieth anniversary of Rerum novarum 14 May 1971 PAUL VI LABOREM EXCERCENS

on Human Work on the ninetieth anniversary of Rerum novarum 14 September 1981 JOHN PAUL II SOLLICITUDO REI SOCIALIS

on the twentieth anniversary of Populorum progressio 30 December 1987 JOHN PAUL II CENTESIMUS ANNUS

on the hundredth anniversary of Rerum novarum 1 May 1991 JOHN PAUL II

Beatification and Canonization Ceremonies

[Updated: 05.01.2005]

Beatifications and Canonizations in the Pontificate of John Paul II Ceremonies Martyrs Confessors Total Beatification Ceremonies 147 1.032 306 1.338 Canonization Ceremonies 51 402 80 482 Statistics: Ceremonies in Rome - Ceremonies in Italia outside of Rome - Ceremonies outside of Italy during Apostolic Voyages [Italian]

Canonizations starting with the Pontificate of Clement VIII

[On 22 January 1588, with the Apostolic Constitution Immensa aeterni, Pope Sixtus V created the Sacred Congregation of Rites to regulate divine worship and to deal with the causes of saints] CLEMENT VIII 1592-1605 2 PAUL V 1605-1621 2 GREGORY XV 1621-1623 5 URBAN VIII 1623-1644 2 ALEXANDER VII 1655-1667 2 CLEMENT IX 1667-1669 2 CLEMENT X 1670-1676 5 ALEXANDER VIII 1689-1691 5 CLEMENT IX 1700-1721 4 BENEDICT XIII 1724-1730 10 CLEMENT XII 1730-1740 4 BENEDICT XIV 1740-1758 5 CLEMENT XIII 1758-1769 6 PIUS VII 1800-1823 5 GREGORY XVI 1831-1846 5 PIUS IX 1846-1878 52 LEO XIII 1878-1903 18 PIUS X 1903-1914 4 BENEDICT XV 1914-1922 3 PIUS XI 1922-1939 34 PIUS XII 1939-1958 33 JOHN XXIII 1958-1963 10 PAUL VI 1963-1978 84 SUB-TOTAL 302 JOHN PAUL II 482 Total number of canonizations from 1594 through 2004 784

Consistories

[Updated: 03.04.2005]

Episcopal Ordinations

conferred by John Paul II

[Updated: 09.01.2003]

Number

Ceremony Date Site Number

Ordained Bishops 1 06.01.1979 Vatican Basilica 1 2 27.05.1979 Vatican Basilica 26 3 15.09.1979 Sistine Chapel 1 4 12.11.1979 Sistine Chapel 1 5 06.01.1980 Vatican Basilica 3 6 04.05.1980 Kinshasa - Zaire (Africa) 8 7 06.01.1981 Vatican Basilica 11 8 12.04.1981 Sistine Chapel 1 9 06.01.1982 Vatican Basilica 9 10 06.03.1982 Vatican Basilica 1 11 06.01.1983 Vatican Basilica 14 12 01.11.1983 Sistine Chapel 1 13 06.01.1984 Vatican Basilica 9 14 06.01.1985 Vatican Basilica 7 15 14.09.1985 Cathedral of Albano (Italy) 1 16 06.01.1986 Vatican Basilica 7 17 16.10.1986 Vatican Basilica 1 18 06.01.1987 Vatican Basilica 10 19 17.03.1987 Vatican Basilica 1 20 05.09.1987 Vatican Basilica 3 21 07.11.1987 Vatican Basilica 1 22 06.01.1988 Vatican Basilica 10 23 04.10.1988 Vatican Basilica 1 24 06.01.1989 Vatican Basilica 13 25 20.10.1989 Vatican Basilica 4 26 06.01.1990 Vatican Basilica 12 27 05.04.1990 Vatican Basilica 4 28 06.01.1991 Vatican Basilica 13 29 06.01.1992 Vatican Basilica 11 30 26.04.1992 Vatican Basilica 7 31 17.11.1992 Vatican Basilica 1 32 06.01.1993 Vatican Basilica 11 33 25.04.1993 Scutari (Albania) 4 34 06.01.1994 Vatican Basilica 13 35 06.01.1995 Vatican Basilica 10 36 06.01.1996 Vatican Basilica 14 37 06.01.1997 Vatican Basilica 12 38 06.01.1998 Vatican Basilica 9 39 19.03.1998 Vatican Basilica 3 40 06.01.1999 Vatican Basilica 9 41 06.01.2000 Vatican Basilica 12 42 19.03.2001 Vatican Basilica 9 43 06.01.2002 Vatican Basilica 10 44 06.01.2003 Vatican Basilica 12 TOTAL ORDAINED BISHOPS 321

Baptisms by John Paul II

[Updated: 11 .04.2004]

Date Place Number of baptized Children* Adults** Total 1 14.04.1979 Easter Vigil, Vatican Basilica - 11 11 2 11.08.1979 Castel Gandolfo 1 - 1 3 23.09.1979 Pauline Chapel 4 - 4 4 02.02.1980 Pauline Chapel 6 - 6 5 05.04.1980 Easter Vigil, Vatican Basilica - 24 24 6 27.04.1980 Private Chapel 1 - 1 7 08.05.1980 Accra (Ghana) - 10 10 8 11.01.1981 Pauline Chapel 9 - 9 9 26.02.1981 Nagasaki (Japan) - 77 77 10 18.04.1981 Easter Vigil, Vatican Basilica - 20 20 11 10.01.1982 Pauline Chapel 13 - 13 12 13.02.1982 Onitsha (Nigeria) - 31 31 13 10.04.1982 Easter Vigil, Vatican Basilica - 26 26 14 28.05.1982 London (Great Britain) - 4 4 15 09.01.1983 Sistine Chapel 20 - 20 16 02.04.1983 Easter Vigil, Vatican Basilica - 22 22 17 08.01.1984 Vatican Basilica 27 - 27 18 21.04.1984 Easter Vigil, Saint Peters Square - 29 29 19 04.05.1984 Kwangju (Corea) - 72 72 20 13.01.1985 Sistine Chapel 31 - 31 21 06.04.1985 Easter Vigil, Vatican Basilica - 24 24 22 11.08.1985 Garoua (Camerun) - c. 100 c. 100 23 12.01.1986 Sistine Chapel 42 - 42 24 29.03.1986 Easter Vigil, Vatican Basilica - 39 39 25 08.05.1986 Forlì (Italy) 7 - 7 26 21.06.1986 "Centro Italiano Solidarietà" (Italian Solidarity Center), Rome 5 - 5 27 11.01.1987 Hall of Blessings 49 - 49 28 18.04.1987 Easter Vigil, Vatican Basilica - 35 35 29 10.01.1988 Hall of Blessings 42 - 42 30 02.04.1988 Easter Vigil, Vatican Basilica - 27 27 31 08.01.1989 Hall of Blessings 43 - 43 32 25.03.1989 Easter Vigil, Vatican Basilica - 15 15 33 21.05.1989 Nomadelfia (Italy) 1 - 1 34 07.10.1989 Seoul (Korea) - 12 12 35 07.01.1990 Hall of Blessings 43 - 43 36 14.04.1990 Easter Vigil, Vatican Basilica - 19 19 37 13.01.1991 Hall of Blessings 42 - 42 38 30.03.1991 Easter Vigil, Vatican Basilica - 26 26 39 12.01.1992 Hall of Blessings 42 - 42 40 18.04.1992 Easter Vigil, Vatican Basilica - 29 29 41 02.01.1993 Hall of Blessings 39 - 39 42 10.04.1993 Easter Vigil, Vatican Basilica - 32 32 43 05.09.1993 Vilnius (Lituania) - 10 10 44 09.01.1994 Vatican Basilica 41 - 41 45 02.04.1994 Easter Vigil, Vatican Basilica - 27 27 46 08.01.1995 Sistine Chapel 19 - 19 47 15.04.1995 Easter Vigil, Vatican Basilica - 12 12 48 07.01.1996 Sistine Chapel 20 - 20 49 17.02.1996 Private Chapel 1 - 1 50 06.04.1996 Easter Vigil, Vatican Basilica - 10 10 51 12.01.1997 Sistine Chapel 19 - 19 52 29.03.1997 Easter Vigil, Vatican Basilica - 10 10 53 07.07.1997 Private Chapel 1 - 1 54 23.08.1997 Paris (France) - 10 10 55 11.01.1998 Sistine Chapel 19 - 19 56 11.04.1998 Easter Vigil, Vatican Basilica - 9 9 57 10.01.1999 Sistine Chapel 19 - 19 58 03.04.1999 Easter Vigil, Vatican Basilica - 8 8 59 09.01.2000 Sistine Chapel 18 - 18 60 22.04.2000 Easter Vigil, Vatican Basilica - 8 8 61 07.01.2001 Sistine Chapel 18 - 18 62 14.04.2001 Easter Vigil, Vatican Basilica - 6 6 63 13.01.2002 Sistine Chapel 20 - 20 64 30.03.2002 Easter Vigil, Vatican Basilica 2 7 9 65 12.01.2003 Sistine Chapel 22 - 22 66 19.04.2003 Easter Vigil, Vatican Basilica - 7 7 67 10.04.2004 Easter Vigil, Vatican Basilica 1 6 7 TOTAL: 687 814 1 .501 * Newborns or babies, who receive only the sacrament of Baptism

** Children and Adults, who receive the sacraments of Baptism, Communion and Confirmation.

Synod of Bishops

[Updated: 16.10.2001]

During Pontificate Total Ordinary General Assemblies 6 10 Extraordinary General Assemblies 1 2 Special Assemblies 7 7 Particular Synods (The Netherlands) 1 1 Total 15 20 Documentation Synod of Bishops [English, French, Italian, Spanish]

Audiences and Meetings with political figures

[Updated: 25.02.2005]

More than 1.600, of which: Totale Official visits with Heads of State 38 Other audiences and meetings with Heads of State 738 Audiences and meetings with Prime Ministers 246

General Audiences

[Updated: 28.12.2005]

1.164, with a presence of more than 17.665.800 faithful from every part of the world Statistical data concerning the presence of the faithful in the Audiences of John Paul II [Italian] Speeches [English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish]

World Days

[Updated: 24.01.2005]

World Days of Fasting for Peace

asked by John Paul II

[Updated: 05.05.2003]

Monday 27 October 1986 In Assisi, World Day of Prayer for Peace Saturday 9 January 1993 In Assisi, on occasion of the special prayer meeting for peace in Europe and particularly in the Balkans

(9-10 January) Friday 21 January 1994 For peace in Bosnia Friday 14 December 2001 For a stable peace, based on justice Ash Wednesday 5 March 2003 For the cause of peace, above all in the Middle East

Pontificate of John Paul II

Dedicated Years

[Updated: 05.01.2005]