Paul VI (1963-1978)

 

The index below attempts to indicate the basic content of references to the Blessed Virgin Mary by Paul VI during his papacy. Major documents are highlighted below.

For digital documents see the Vatican site, which continues to be a work in progress. The Vatican's official mode of publication is Acta Apostolicae Sedis; commentarium officiale, Vatican City: Libreria editrice vaticana, 1909-. English documents are often unofficial translations by various publishers, including L'Osservatore Romano.

 

NOTE:  Vatican web link to Angelus & Regina Coeli Reflections

                             Vatican web link to General Audiences

                             Vatican web link to Speeches

 

For Angelus/Regina Coeli, General Audience Teachings, & Speeches, not every mention of Mary in these categories is indexed below.

 

The Mary Page welcomes additions & corrections. For instance, it is possible that an audience, letter, or homily was given for a private gathering (such as a religious institute) that has not been previously published.

   

Abbreviations, Bibliography, and Compendiums below

1963

 

Speech "Message to the human family"

22 June 1963

Marian Text: [entrusting pontificate to the protection of the BVM, Mother of God and our mother]

Published in

Vatican web links [Italian, Latin]

 

Coronation Homily  "Ea quae"

30 June 1963

Marian Text: [While discussing the papal office, duties, his own resolutions regarding pertinent issues, begs Mary’s intercession for the Church]

Published in (Latin, Italian, French, English, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Polish and Russian).  (AAS 55, 1963, 618-625)

 

Coronation Speech of His Holiness Paul VI

30 June 1963

Marian Text: [Genetrix; included in greeting to Portugal: land of "Santa Maria," Fatima]

Vatican web link [Latin]

 

Speech "Address to the President of Ireland

2 July 1963

Marian Text: [We pray that God and Mary love them, and ever prosper and protect the Irish nation. ]

Published in

Vatican web link [English]

 

Speech To the Captains Regent of the Republic of San Marino
3 July 1963

Marian Text: [Mary's intercession]

Vatican web link [Italian]

 

Speech To the directors of Catholic Action

5 July 1963

Marian Text: [those qualified to lead Catholic Action are to imitate Mary at Cana in her gentleness, goodness, and coutesy]

Vatican web link [Italian]

 

Address (in French) to the Third International Dominican Congress on the Rosary "Nous nous adressons"

13 July 1963

Marian Text: [The rosary and pastoral action; its pastoral value. The rosary as a popular form of Church devotion]

Published in (OR 7,14,63)

 

Letter (in Italian) to Bishop Luigi Novarese, Superior of Rome’s Center for Volunteers in Suffering  "Il fervore operoso"

20 July 1963

Marian Text: [Message for the infirm priests on pilgrimage to Lourdes in which he notes their contribution to the Christian Apostolate]

Published in (OR 7,28,63)

 

Address (in Italian) to general audience at Castel Gandolfo "Diamo a tutti"

14 August 1963

Marian Text: [Mary, model of the Christian life, guiding us to Christ]

Published in (OR 8,15,63)

 

Homily (in Italian) "Questo istante"

Visit to the Parish of Castel Gandolfo on the Solemnity of the Assumption of Mary

15 August 1963

Marian Text: [The Assumption, outcome of Mary’s earthly life, a summons to us in our own earthly journeys]

Published in (OR 8,17-18,63)

Vatican web link [Italian]

 

Speech Address (in Italian) to members of the Pontifical Collegio de Propaganda Fide at Castel Gandolfo

15 August 1963

Marian Text: [Mary, model and guarantee of consecration to God]

Published in (OR 9,13,63)

Vatican web link [Italian]

 

Speech at the visit to the summer residence of the English College

22 August 1963

Marian Text: [Immaculate Heart; assistance of Holy Mary]

Vatican web link [Italian]

 

Document focuses on Mary

Celebration of the 4th centenary of the Marian Congregations

Address (in French) to the Fourth International Congress of Marian Congregations "Nous sommes heureux"

12 September 1963

Marian Text: [Marian devotion in the congregations. Pedagogical efficacy of marian devotion in the formation of modern Christians]

Published in (OR 9,13,63)

Vatican web link [French]

 

Speech to the Slovak pilgrims

14 September 1963

Marian Text: [the Sorrowful Mother whom the Slovaks lovingly consider their heavenly Patroness]

Vatican web link [English]

 

Speech To the Roman Curia

21 September 1963

Marian Text: [Mary's intercession]

Vatican web link [Italian]

 

Speech at the beginning of the Second Session of the II Vatican Council

29 September 1963

Marian Text: [two references to Mary]

Vatican web links [Italian, Latin, Portuguese]

 

Address (in Italian) at St. Mary Major on the first anniversary of the opening of Vatican II "Diremo soltanto perche" 

11 October 1963

Marian Text: [entreats Mary’s intercession for the Church and the world]

Published in (AAS 55, 1963, 872-874)

 

Speech Message to the Mexican people

12 October 1963

Marian Text: [Our Lady of Guadalupe]

Vatican web link [Spanish]

 

Apostolic Letter (in Latin) on the Occasion of the Fourth Centenary of the Establishment of Seminaries by the Council of Trent "Summi Dei Verbum"

4 November 1963

Marian Text: [one reference to "loving care" of Joseph & Mary]

Vatican web links [English, Italian, Latin]

 

Motu Proprio Pastorale munus
30 November 1968

Marian Text: [in blindness or infirmity may recite (5-decade) rosary (or other prayers) in place of reading hours]

Published in (AAS 56 (1964), pp. 5-12)

Vatican web link [Italian, Latin]

 

Speech Solemn celebration for the conclusion of the second session of the Second Vatican Council

4 December 1963

Marian Text: [two references to Mary]

Vatican web links [Italian, Latin, Portuguese]

 

Address (in Italian) at the Basilica of the Twelve Apostles

7 December 1963

Marian Text: [Mary and the Council]

Published in (OR 12,9-10,63)

 

Radio message (in Portuguese) to the people of Brazil on National Family Day "Este ano, pela"  

8 December 1963

Marian Text: [The rosary in family life]

Published in (AAS 56, 1964, 54-55) 

Vatican web link [Portuguese]

 

1964

 

Homily (in French) at Nazareth "A Nazareth, Notre"

5 January 1964

Marian Text: [Homage to Mary] 

Published in (AAS 56, 1964, 166-170)

 

Address (in Italian) to the Italian agency handling travel arrangements for the sick on pilgrimage to Lourdes

4 February 1964

Marian text: [Lourdes, center of conversion and marian devotion (summary)]

Published in (OR 2,6,64)

 

Address (in Italian) at the Pontifical Roman Major Seminary "Pax huic domui"

8 February 1964 Feast of Our Lady of Confidence

Marian Text: [Marian devotion grounded in tradition, instrumental in priestly formation; the intercession of Mary in the plan of salvation]

Published in (OR 2,9,64)

[Italian]???

 

Address (in Italian) at St. Peter’s Square "Diletti figli, vogliamo"

3 May 1964

Marian Text: [True marian devotion during May]

Published in (OR 5,4-5,64)

 

Address (in Italian) to the Children of the Living Rosary "E primi salutati"

10 May 1964

Marian Text: [The rosary, a group prayer, means to an evangelical life. Asks them to pray the rosary for his intentions]

Published in (OR 5,11-12,64)

 

Letter (in Latin) to Emmanuel Cardinal Gonçalves Cerejeira, legate to a congress of marian studies, on the first centenary of the marian shrine of Sameiro "Lusitania inclita regio"

20 May 1964

Marian Text:  [The role of marian shrines in the lives of Christians]

Published in (AAS 56, 1964, 562-563)

 

Radio message (in Latin) to pilgrims at the Polish marian shrine at Piekary "Nominatum et universe"

25 May 1964

Marian Text: [Confidence in Mary] 

Published in (OR 6,3,64)

 

Letter (in Latin) to Paolo Cardinal Marella, legate to the eighth centennial of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris "Sacrosancta ecclesia Parisiensis"

27 May 1964

Marian Text: [The role of Notre Dame of Paris in the history of France]  

Published in (AAS 56, 1964, 426-428)

 

Address (in Italian) to general audience "Daremo in questa"

27 May 1964

Marian Text: [Mary and the Church–ideal figure of the Church, mother of the Church]  

Published in (OR 5,31,64)

 

Address (in Italian) on the closing of the month of May

30 May 1964

Marian Text: [Begs Mary’s intercession in behalf of Christian unity and the needs of mankind (Summary)]

Published in (OR 5,31,64)

 

Letter (in Spanish) to Jose Maria Cardinal Bueno Monreal, Archbishop of Seville, concerning the crowning of Our Lady of Hope of Macarena, patroness of Sevile "Hoy fiesta"

31 May 1964

Marian Text: [Marian devotion (coronation) and the spiritual life]

Published in (AAS 56, 1964, 598-599)

 

Radio message (in French) to French Catholics on the eighth centennial of the Cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris "A l’occasion du"

31 May 1964

Marian Text: [Cathedral of Our Lady]

Published in (AAS 56, 1964, 591-594)

 

Radio message (in Portuguese) to Portuguese Catholics on the closing of Portugal’s marian centennial "Portugal, filho bem"

6 July 1964

Marian Text: [Mary and Portugal]

Published in (AAS 56, 1964, 594-596)

 

Visit to the Marian Basilica of Trastevere (Rome)

Homily (in Italian) in the Church of Santa Maria in Trastevere, Rome

15 July 1964

Marian Text: [Home to Mary (Summary)]

Published in (OR 7,17,64)
Vatican web link [Italian]

 

Encyclical"Ecclesiam Suam"

6 August 1964

Marian Text: [¶ 57 Mary, a most loving teacher; model of human perfection]

 Published in (AAS 56, 1964, 609-659)

Vatican web link [English, French, Italian, Latin, Portuguese, Spanish]

 

Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Homily (in Italian) at Castel Gandolfo "Al vangelo"

15 August 1964

Marian Text: [Mary’s place in the Church: why we honor her, how we honor her]

Published in (OR 8,17-18,64)

 Vatican web link [Italian]

 

Feast of the Nativity of Mary

Address (in Italian) to women religious on the feast of Mary’s nativity "E motivo per Noi"

8 September 1964

Marian Text: [Mary in the plan of salvation]

Published in  (OR 9,9,64)

 Vatican web link [Italian]

 

Angelus Address (in Italian)

15 November 1964

Marian Text: [asking Mary’s help for the Council (Summary)]

Published in (OR 11,16-17,64)

 

Audience Address (in Italian) "Il saluto"

18 November 1964

Marian Text: [The Church as envisioned by the Council. Mary’s relation to the Church–mother of Christians, mother of the Church]  

Published in (OR 11,20,64)

 

Address (in Latin) at the closing of the third session of the Council. (Promulgation of the Constitution on the Church)

"Post duos menses" "Exploring the Mystery of the Church"

21 November 1964

Marian text: [Mary, mother of the Church. The bond between Mary and mankind. Mary, completely dependent upon God, means of union with Christ]

Published in (AAS 56, 1964, 1007-1018)

 

Address (in English) at the shrine of Mount Mary to members of the seminary of Bandra, India "We cannot conclude"

5 December 1964

Marian Text: [Homage to Mary] 

Published in (AAS 57, 1965, 129)

 

1965

 

Angelus Address (in Italian)

31 January 1965

Marian Text: [The Feast of Mary’s Purification (Partial text)] 

Published in (OR 2,1-2,65)

 

Feast of the Presentation of the Lord in the Temple

Address (in Italian) during the ceremony of candles on the Feast of the Presentation "La cerimonia dell’offerta"

2 February 1965

Marian Text: [Marian devotion and teaching as an introduction to the plan of salvation; their Christocentric and ecclesiological orientation. Mary, mother of Christians, mother of unity. 

Published in (AAS 57, 1965, 248-253)

 Vatican web link [Italian

 

Document focuses on Mary

Letter (in Latin) to Raul Cardinal Silva Henriquez, legate to the International Mariological and Marian Congress in Santo Domingo "In Dominicana Republica"

2 February 1965

Marian Text: [Mary’s maternity. The practice of marian devotion] 

Published in (AAS 57, 1965, 376-379)

 

Document focuses on Mary

Address (in Italian) on the Feast of the Purification  "The Mind of the Council on Mary"

2 February 1965

Marian Text: [significant document]

Published in (OR Feb 3, 65)

 

Angelus Address (in Italian)

21 February 1965

Marian Text: [A prayer to the Queen of Peace ] 

Published in (OR 2,22-23,65) (Partial text)

 

Document focuses on Mary

Address (in Italian) to the Roman delegation to the International Mariological and Marian Congress "E una gioia"  

15 March 1965

Marian Text: [Fraternal charity and a rigorous scientific method: two indispensable elements in doctrinal research. The importance of following the method given in Chapter VIII of Lumen Gentium. Mary’s spiritual maternity] 

Published in (OR 3,17,65)

 

Document focuses on Mary

Audience Address (in Italian)  "Oggi il Nostro pensiero"

24 March 1965

Marian Text: [Concerning the International Mariological and Marian Congress. The importance of the eighth chapter of Lumen Gentium. Mary, type of the Church, mother of the Church] (OR 3,25,65)

 

Document focuses on Mary

Radio message (in Spanish) at the close of the Mariological and Marian Congress in Santo Domingo "En el mismo lugar"

25 March 1965

Marian Text: [Mary’s spiritual maternity: comfort for human anguish. Appeal for human brotherhood]

Published in (AAS 57, 1965, 400-403)

 

Address (in Portuguese) concerning the blessing of the Golden Rose for Fatima "A alegria" 

 28 March 1965

Marian Text: []

Published in (OR 3,29-30,65)

 

Angelus Address (in Italian) "Abbiamo ora benedetta"

28 March 1965

Marian Text: [Seeking the intercession of Our Lady of Fatima]

Published in (OR 3,29-30,65)

 

Document focuses on Mary

Address (in Italian) at the ceremonies concerning the restoration of Our Lady of Pompeii "Ai cari Fedeli"

23 April 1965

Marian Text: [Devotion to Mary]

Published in (OR 4,24,65)

 

Document focuses on Mary

Crowning of the image of Our Lady of Pompei

Address (in Italian) to the Third Congress of the Italian Federation of Nursing Sisters "Il Mostro paterno saluto"

23 April 1965

Marian Text: [Mary, symbol of universal charity in the Church]  

Published in (OR 4,24,65)

 Vatican web link [Italian]

 

Document focuses on Mary

Encyclical "Mense Maio"

29 April 1965

Marian Text: [Asks Mary’s intercession for the Church and for world peace, particularly during the month of May] 

Published in (AAS 57, 1965, 353-358)

Vatican web link [English, Italian, Latin, Portuguese]

 

Radio message (in Portuguese) to the people of Portugal concerning the presentation of the Golden Rose to the shrine of Our Lady of Fatima "Nesta hora" 

 13 May 1965

Marian Text: []

Published in (AAS 57, 1965, 532-33) 

 

Homily (in Italian) at the close of May devotions to Mary

31 May 1965

Marian Text: []

Published in (OR 6,6,65) (Summary)

 

Homily (in Italian) at Castel Gandolfo on the Feast of the Assumption 

15 August 1965

Marian Text: []

Published in (OR 8,17-18,65) (Summary)

 

Angelus Address (in Italian) at Castel Gandolfo "Noi vorremmo che"

15 August 1965

Marian Text: []

Published in (OR 8,17-18,65)

 

Encyclical on the Holy Eucharist "Mysterium Fidei"

3 September 1965

Marian Text: [¶ 53 born of; ¶ 75 A Final Prayer (Mary's intercession) "May the most blessed Virgin Mary, from whom Christ the Lord took the flesh that "is contained, offered, received" (81) in this Sacrament under the appearances of bread and wine, and may all the saints of God and especially those who were more inflamed with ardent devotion toward the divine Eucharist, intercede with the Father of mercies so that this common belief in the Eucharist and devotion to it may give rise among all Christians to a perfect unity of communion that will continue to flourish."]

Published in (AAS 57, 1965), 753-77400

Vatican web links [English, French, Italian, Latin, Portuguese]

 

Angelus Address (in Italian)

5 September 1965

Marian Text: [Mary, consoler of the afflicted]

Published in (OR 9,6-7,65) (Summary)

 

Audience Address (in Italian) "La vostra venuta"

8 September 1965

Marian Text: [Mary in history, the dawn of humanity. Appeal for her help in understanding and living the Council]

Published in (OR 9,9,65)

 

Address (in Latin) to the Council Fathers at Public Session. (Promulgation of documents on Divine Revelation and the Lay Apostolate) "Publica haec session"

18 November 1965

Marian Text: [Announces the erection of a church, "Mary, Mother of the Church," in order to perpetuate the memory of Vatican II]  

Published in (AAS 57, 1965, 978-984)

 

Address (in Italian) to the rectors of shrines in Italy.  Submitted by Ioannes Carolus Rocca, SSP, editor of Madre di Dio.

1 December 1965

Marian Text: []

Published in (Marianum 27, 1965, 422)

 

Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception - Conclusion of Second Vatican Council

Homily (in Italian) at the closing of Vatican II "Ascolterete tra poco"

8 December 1965

Marian Text: [Mary, model of human perfection and spiritual model for post-Conciliar work]   (AAS 58, 1966, 5-9)

Vatican web link [English, Italian]

 

Apostolic Brief for the Closing of the Council "In Spiritu Sancto"

8 December 1965

Marian Text: [Doc opens with: "The Second Vatican Ecumenical Council, assembled in the Holy Spirit and under the protection of the Blessed Virgin Mary, whom we have declared Mother of the Church, and of St. Joseph, her glorious spouse, and of the Apostles SS. Peter and Paul, must be numbered without doubt among the greatest events of the Church."]

Vatican web links [English, Latin, Italian, Spanish]  

 

Christmas radio and television message (in Italian) "A voi rivolgiamo"

23 December 1965

Marian Text: [The Church’s role as a messenger of peace. Mary, meeting place between God and man] 

Published in (OR 12,25,65)

 

1966

 

Feast of the Presentation of Jesus in the Temple

Homily (in Italian) on the feast of the Purification "Salutiamo il corteo"

2 February 1966

Marian Text: [The fundamental truths of the plan of salvation are manifested in Mary. Her veneration is rooted in Scripture. Mary, our model]  

Published in (OR 2,3,66)

Vatican web link [Italian]

 

Letter (in French) to Athenagoras, Patriarch of Constantinople

16 March 1966

Marian Text: [Entrusted his time of service to the Mother of the Lord, patroness]

Vatican web link [French]

 

Address (in Spanish) at the time of the blessing of the Golden Rose for the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe "Hace tiempo"

20 March 1966

Marian Text: []

Published in (OR 3,21-22,66)

 

Letter (in Latin) to Archbishop Miranda of Mexico City concerning the Golden Rose for the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe "Flores edens"

22 March 1966

Marian Text: []

Published in (AAS 58, 1966, 475-476)

 

Telegram (in Latin) to Stefan Cardinal Wyzsinsky concerning the ceremonies marking the Polish Christian millennium at the marian shrine of Czestochowa "Deipara Poloniae Regina"

30 April 1966

Marian Text: []

Published in (AAS 58, 1966, 444)

 

Letter (in Latin) to Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski, Pontifical Legate on the occasion of the celebrations of the first Millennium of Christianity in Poland (same a telegram above)

1 May 1966

Marian Text: [Marian Shrine of Czestochowa]

Published in (AAS 58, 1966, 444)

Vatican web link [Latin]

 

Address (in Italian) to the crowd in St. Peter’s Square, Rome "E’ il Mese di maggio"

8 May 1966

Marian Text: [Devotion to Mary during May]  

Published in (OR 5,9-10,66)

 

Letter (in Latin) to the Polish Episcopate on the occasion of the celebrations of the first Millennium of Christianity in Poland

15 May 1966

Marian Text: [Marian Shrine of Czestochowa]

Vatican web link: [Latin]

 

Letter to Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski on the occasion of the first celebrations of the Millennium of Christianity in Poland

15 May 1966

Marian Text: [Marian Shrine of Czestochowa]

Vatican web link: [Latin]

 

Radio message (in Italian) concerning the consecration of a shrine dedicated to the Immaculate Heart of Mary at Trieste, whose cornerstone was blessed by John XXIII September 19, 1959, "Salutiamo"

22 May 1966

Marian Text: [Mary, mother of God, type of the Church. Remembrance of Italy’s consecration to the Immaculate Heart of Mary]  

Published in (OR 5,23-24,66)

 

Radio message (in Spanish) to Mexican Catholics on the presentation of the Golden Rose to the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe "En la fiesta"

31 May 1966

Marian Text: [Mary, model of virtue]

Published in (AAS 58, 1966, 515-516)

 

Audience Address

6 July 1966

Marian Text: [Mary, mother of the Church] 

Published in (OR 7,7,66)

 

Letter (in Italian) to Bishop Luigi Novarese, Superior of the Center for Volunteers in Suffering, in which the pope blesses the infirm priests on pilgrimage to Lourdes

25 July 1966

Marian Text: ["Mary chose to voluntarily participate in the sufferings of her son, the Redeemer."]

Published in (Marianum 29, 1967, 97-98)

 

Motu Proprio Ecclesiae Sanctae

6 August 1968

Marian Text: [These norms will begin to be in force next October 11, the feast of the Maternity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, on which day the holy Council was begun four years ago by our predecessor of venerable memory, John XXIII.]

Published in (AAS 58 (1966), pp. 757-787)

Vatican web link [English, Italian, Latin]

 

Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Homily (in Italian) on the Feast of the Assumption at the parish church of Castel Gandolfo

15 August 1966

Marian Text: [How Mary is presented to us in the exposition of great Christian truths in the light of the Council. She is, in her relationship with Christ and the Church, mother of Christ, mother of the Church, type of the Church, our model]

Published in (OR 8,17-18,66)
Vatican web link [Italian]

 

Saluation addressed (in Italian) to the pilgrims at Castel Gandolfo "Buona festa"

15 August 1966

 

Angelus Address (in Italian) at Castel Gandolfo recalling the pilgrimage of the Roman diocese to Lourdes "Il Nostro pensiero"

28 August 1966

Marian Text: []

Published in (OR 8,29-30,66)

 

Letter (in English) to H. E. Msgr Vincent Brizgys, former auxiliary bishop of Kaunas, Lithuania, titular bishop of Bosra, assigned to European Christian refugees, concerning the consecration of a Lithuanian chapel dedicated to Our Lady in the Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, Washington DC, "With paternal joy"

4 September 1966

Marian Text: [On veneration of Mary by the whole Lithuania people]

Published in (OR 10,21,66)

 Vatican web link [English]

 

Document focuses on Mary

Encyclical"Christi Matri Rosarii precibus"

15 September 1966

Marian Text: [October, month of the rosary. Urgent appeal for peace, prayer for peace. Remembrance of the pope’s trip to the United Nations. Christ, prince of peace; Mary, queen of peace, mother of the Church, our mother; final section is a pray for Mary's intercession] 

Published in (AAS 58, 1966, 745-749)

Vatican web link [English, Italian, Latin, Portuguese]

 

Document focuses on Mary

Address (in Italian) in the Vatican Basilica concerning the encyclical Christi Matri, "Non vi meraviglierete"

21 September 1966

Marian Text: [reasserts the importance of prayer for peace during the month of the rosary ]

Published in (OR 9,29,66)

 

Document focuses on Mary

Radio message (in French) to the city of Luxembourg on the 300th anniversary of its solemn vow to choose Mary as its patroness under the title "Consoler of the Afflicted," "C’est pour nous"

9 October 1966

Marian Text: []

Published in (AAS 58, 1966, 906-907)

 

Document focuses on Mary

Radio message (in Spanish) to the Christians of El Salvador on the proclamation of Mary as their national patroness "Reunido en torno"

21 November 1966

Marian Text: []

Published in (AAS 58, 1966, 1184-1185)

 

Document focuses on Mary

Address (in Italian) to the Italian Congress of Marian Congregations "La vostra presenza"

26 November 1966

Marian Text: [Mary proposed by the Council as model for the laity, Queen of the Apostles. Consecration to Mary, pivot and raison d’être of the congregations]

Published in (OR 11,27-28,66)

 

Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Homily (in Italian) at the Vatican Basilica for the numerous religious present; first anniversary of the closing of the Council "Quanti pensieri"

8 December 1966

Marian Text: [Mary, the best model for a Christian spiritual aesthetic.

Published in (AAS 59, 1967, 38-39)

Vatican web link [Italian]

 

Angelus Address (in Italian) "Questa volta"

8 December 1966

Marian Text: [Devotion to Mary]

Published in (OR 12,9-10,66)

 

Homily (in Italian) at St. Mary Major "Eccoci ad onorare"

8 December 1966

Marian Text: [Honoring Our Lady] (OR 12,9-10,66)

 

Audience Address (in Italian) "Questa Udienza"

21 December 1966

Marian Text: [The mystery of the Incarnation. Advent, the most appropriate liturgical season for marian devotion. Mary, the Christ-bearer, the route which takes us to the humanity of Christ. 

Published in (OR 12,22,66)

 

1967

 

Apostolic Constitution "Indulgentiarum Doctrina"

1 January 1967

Marian Text: [¶ 2 value of prayers of Mary and the saints; ¶ 7 "the only-begotten son of God...has won a treasure for the militant Church …. It is known that the merits of the Blessed Mother of God and of all the elect...add further to this treasure" Norm 10: "n. 10—The condition of praying for the [pope's] intentions is fully satisfied by reciting one "Our Father" and one "Hail Mary"; nevertheless the individual faithful are free to recite any other prayer according to their own piety and devotion toward the [pope]"]

Vatican Web link [English, French, Italian, Latin, Portuguese]

 

Apostolic Letter to the beloved sons and daughters of St. Francis de Sales "Sabaudiae gemme"

29 January 1967

Marian Text: []

Published in (AAS 59, 1967, 113-123)

Vatican web links [Italian, Latin]

 

Address (in Portuguese) concerning the blessing of the Golden Rose for the Marian Shrine of Aparecida, Brazil. "Acabamos de benzer"

5 March 1967

Marian Text: [Devotion to Mary]

Published in (AAS 59, 1967, 338-339)

 

Letter (in Latin) to Cardinal Carlos de Vasconcellos Motta, Archbishop of Aparecida, concerning the presentation of the Golden Rose to the Shrine of Aparecida, Brazil. "Celsissima Virgo Maria"

5 March 1967

Marian Text: [Devotion to Mary]

Published in  (AAS 59, 1967, 769-771)

 

Letter (in Latin) to the Papal Legate, Jose Cardinal da Costa Nunes, on the 50th anniversary of Fatima. "Gloriose dicta sunt"

15 April 1967

Marian Text: [Devotion to Mary]

Published in (AAS 59, 1967, 484-487)

 

Address to GIOIA, an Italian children’s organization

19 April 1967

Marian Text: [Devotion to Mary]

Published in (OR 4,20,67)(Summary)

 

Audience Address (in Italian) "Oggi il breve discorso"

3 May 1967

Marian Text: [Announcement of the pope’s pilgrimage to Fatima ]

Published in (AAS 59, 1967, 513-515)

 

Message for the World Social Communications Day
Theme: Church and Social Communication: First World Communication Day
7 May 1967

Marian Text: [intercession of the Blessed Virgin; note: no marian mention appeared in these messages for the successive years of this pontificate]

Vatican web link [English, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish]

 

Audience Address (in Italian) "Ai Nostri visitatori"

10 May 1967

Marian Text: [Veneration of Mary]

Published in (AAS 59, 1967, 513-515)

 

Document focuses on Mary

Apostolic Exhortation (in Latin) "Signum Magnum"

13 May 1967

Marian Text: [Major document on renewed consecration to the Blessed Virgin Mary; True Devotion]

Published in (AAS 59, 1967, 465-475)

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Pilgrimage to the Shrine of Our Lady of Fátima - Mass in the Basilica of Fátima

Homily (in Portuguese) at Fatima"Tao grande e"

13 May 1967

Marian Text: [50th anniversary of the Fatima apparitions]

Published in (OR 5,14,67)
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Address (in French) to a group of non-Catholic Christians at Fatima

13 May 1967

Marian Text: []

Published in (OR 5,14,67)(Summary)

 

Angelus Address (in Italian) on Pentecost "Reduci da Fatima"

14 May 1967

Marian Text: [Honoring the Holy Spirit through Mary]

Published in (OR 5,15-16,67)

 

Motu Proprio Sacrum Diaconatus Ordinem

18 June 1968

Marian Text: [Let the local Ordinaries, however, see to it that all the deacons: ...4) venerate and love the Virgin Mary, the Mother of God with fervent devotion. ]

Published in (AAS 59 (1967), pp. 697-704)

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Encyclical Sacerdotalis Caelibatus

24 June 1967

Marian Text: [Prayer to the Blessed Virgin, mother and model of the Church, for the effulgence of that vocation] 

Published in (AAS 59, 21967, 675-696)

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Letter (in Latin) to Emmanuel Cardinal Conçalves Cerejeira of Lisbon concerning the Fifth International Mariological Congress "Publicis pietatis"

16 July 1967

Marian Text: [Theological study of the Blessed Virgin] 

Published in (AAS 59, 1967, 854-856)

 

Visit to the parish church of Castel Gandolfo on the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Homily (in Italian)

15 August 1967

Marian Text: [Mary, our guide]

Published in (OR 8,20,67) (Partial text) 

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Radio message (in Spanish) to Paraguay Catholics on the patronal feast of their capitol, Asuncion "Se alegran"

15 August 1967

Marian Text: []

Published in (AAS 59, 1967, 867-869)

 

Address (in Italian) on the fifth anniversary of the opening of Vatican II "La vostra visita"

11 October 1967

Marian Text: [Mary’s maternal protection of the Church]  

Published in (OR 10,12,67)

 

Letter (in Spanish) to Cardinal José Garibi y Rivera, Archbishop of Guadalajara, for the inauguration of the new location of the Pontifical Mexican College in Rome

12 October 1967

Marian Text: [maternal assistance of the sweet Virgin of Tepeyac]  

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Motu Proprio Africae terrarum

29 October 1968

Marian Text: [ IX: African women find exemplar in Mary; XI: intercession of Mary & Joseph]

Published in ()

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Letter to Msgr. Giulio Hossu

15 November 1967

Marian Text: [asks Mary's intercession]
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Address (in Italian) on the Feast of the Immaculate Conception "Salutiamo"

8 December 1967

Marian Text: [The mystery of Our Lady]  

Published in (OR 12,9-10,67)

 

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Message for the Observance of a Day of Peace 1968
First World Day of Peace
1 January 1968

Marian Text: [We extend the invitation which We have already announced: that of dedicating to thoughts and resolutions of Peace a special observance on the first day of the civil year, January the first of the coming year. Such an observance must not change the liturgical calendar, which reserves New Year's Day for veneration of the divine motherhood of Mary and the most holy Name of Jesus; indeed, those holy and loving religious remembrances must shed their light of goodness, wisdom and hope upon the prayer for, the meditation upon, and the fostering of the great and yearned-for gift of Peace, of which the world has so much need.]

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Letter to the Cardinal Prefects of the Sacred Congregation for the Oriental Churches and for the Evangelization of Peoples on the 5th centenary of the death of George Kastrioti Skanderbeg

17 January 1968

Marian Text: [refers to Good Council and "Beatam Virginem Scodrensem"]

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Letter to Rev.mum P. Bernardum Navarro Allende, Ordinis B. Mariae Virginis de Mercede redimendis captivis

30 May 1968

Marian Text: [celebration of Mercedians' 650 years]

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Letter (in French) to Cardinal Bernard Jan Alfrink, Archbishop of Utrecht and Military Vicar of the Netherlands, on the occasion of the international military pilgrimage to the Shrine of Lourdes

12 June 1968

Marian Text: []

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Apostolic Letter in the form of Motu Proprio Solemni Hac Liturgia (Credo of the People of God)

30 June 1968

Marian Text: [7: trusting Mary's aid; 11: incarnate of VM; 14: ever virgin, free of sin, full of grace, immaculate, New Eve, Mother of Church; 29: gathered around Jesus & Mary in paradise]

Published in (AAS 10 August 1968, 433-445;) / See also The Mary Page brief outline Solemnis Professio Fidei

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Letter (in German) to H.E. Msgr. Josef Schoiswohl on the occasion of the 750th anniversary of the Diocese of Graz-Seckau

12 September1968

Marian Text: [protection of Mary, Austria's «Magna Mater Austriae»; Mariazell]

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Letter (in English) to Cardinal John Carmel Heenan, President of the "Catholic Truth Society"

18 October 1968

Marian Text: [includes thanks for Dowry of Mary pilgrimage]

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Letter to Joseph Marie Trin-Nhu-Khué, Archbishop of Hanoi, on the first centenary of the consecration of the Apostolic Vicariate of Western Tonkin to the Mother of God