Encyclicals

Recommended Encyclicals of the Popes

Pope St. Pius X

AD DIEM ILLUMLAETISSIMUM: On the Immaculate Conception
E SUPREMI: On the Restoration of All Things in Christ

Pope St. Pius XI

QUAS PRIMAS:  On the Feast of Christ the King
UBIARCANO DEICONSILIO:  On the Peace of Christ in the Kingdom of Christ

CARITATECHRISTI COMPULSI:  On the Sacred Heart
MISERENTISSIMUSREDEMPTOR: On Reparation to the Sacred Heart 
CASTI CONNUBII: On Christian Marriage 
MORTALIUM ANIMOS: On Religious Unity by Pope Pius XI 
AD CATHOLICI SACERDOTII by Pope Pius XI 

Pope Leo XIII

TAMETSIFUTURA PROSPICIENTIBUS: On Jesus Christ the Redeemer
ANNUMSACRUM: Consecration to the Sacred Heart
EXEUNTE IAM ANNO: On the Right Ordering of Christian Life
IMMORTALE DEI: On the Christian Constitution of States
LIBERTASPRÆSTANTISSIMUM: On the Nature of Human Liberty
SAPIENTIAE CHRISTIANAE: On Christians as Citizens 
HUMANUM GENUS: On Freemasonry by Pope Leo XIII 
APOSTOLICAECURAE by Pope Leo XIII 
QUAMQUAMPLURIES: ST. JOSEPH by Pope Leo XIII 
SUPREMI APOSTOLATUS OFFICIO: On Devotion to the Rosary 
AUSPICATO CONCESSUM:  On St. Francis 

Pope St. Pius IX

INEFFABILISDEUS: Dogma of the Immaculate Conception
THE SYLLABUS OF ERRORS Condemned by Blessed Pope Pius IX

Pope Pius XII

DEIPARAEVIRGINIS MARIAE: On the Blessed Virgin Mary
MUNIFICENTISSIMUSDEUS: Dogma of the Assumption
INGRUENTIUMMALORUM: On Reciting the Rosary
AD CAELI REGINAM: On Procaliming the Queenship of Mary
HAURIETISAQUAS: On Devotion to the Sacred Heart 
MIT BRENNEDERSORGE: Written in large part by Pope Pius XII for Pope Pius XI
SUMMIPONTIFICATUS: On the Unity of Human Society
MYSTICI CORPORIS: The Mystical Body of Christ
HUMANI GENERIS by Ven. Pope Pius XII 
MEDIATOR DEI by Pope Pius XII
MENTI NOSTRAE by Pope Pius XII
MUSICAESACRAE by Pope Pius XII
ADSINARUM GENTEM: On the Supranationality of the Church
ANNISACRI: [On Combating Atheistic Propaganda
LEPELERINAGE DE LOURDES: Warning Against Materialism
MIRABILEILLUD: Crusade of Prayer for Peace
MIRANDAPRORSUS: On Motion Pictures, Etc.
OPTATISSIMAPAX: On Prescribing Public Prayers for Peace
SERTUMLAETITIAE: On the 150th Anniversary of the American Hierarchy
SACRAMENTUM ORDINIS: Apostolic Constitution on the Sacrament of Order
QUEMADMODUM: [On Care of the World's Destitute Children] 

Pope Gregory XVI

MIRARI VOS: On Liberalism and Religious Indifferentism by Pope Gregory XVI 

Pope St. Pius V

SACRAMCOMMUNIONEM: On the Laws of Fasting and Evening Mass
QUO PRMUM by Pope St. Pius V

Pope Benedict XV

SACRA PROPEDIEM: On the Third Order of St. Francis

Pope John Paul II

REDEMPTORISCUSTOS: ST. JOSEPH by Pope John Paul II

EVANGELIUM VITAE: On the Value and Inviolability of Human Life

Pope Francis

LUMEN FIDEI: On Faith

Recommended Reading

The Encyclicals of John Paul II: An Introduction and Commentary
The Great Encyclical Letters of Pope Leo XIII, 1878-1903: Or a Light in the Heavens

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