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Encyclicals

Ad Apostolorum Principis (Communism and the Church in China) June 29, 1958
Ad Caeli Reginam (Proclaiming the Queenship of Mary) October 11, 1954
Ad Sinarum Gentem (On the Supranationality of the Church) October 7, 1954
Anni Sacri (Combating Atheist) March 12, 1950
Auspicia Quaedam (Prayers for World Peace and the Solution of the Problems in Palestine) May 1, 1948
Communium Interpretes Doloraum (Ending the 2nd World War) April 15, 1945
Datis Nuperrime (Lamenting the Sorrowful Events in Hungary & Condemning the Ruthless Use of Force) November 5, 1956
Deiparae Virginis Mariae (Should We Define the Assumption?) May 1, 1946
Divino Afflante Spiritu (On Sacred Scripture) September 30, 1943
Doctor Mellifluus (On St. Bernard of Clairvaux, Last of the Fathers) May 24, 1953
Ecclesiae Fastos (St. Boniface) June 5, 1954
Evangelii Praecones (Promotion of Catholic Missions) June 2, 1951
Fidei Donum (Catholic Missions, especially in Africa) April 21, 1957
Fulgens Corona (Proclaiming a Marian Year) September 8, 1953
Fulgens Radiatur (Brilliant Light of St. Benedict) March 21, 1947
Haurietis Aquas (Draw Refreshing Water From the Sacred Heart) May 15, 1956
Humani Generis (On Human Origin) August12, 1950
In Multiplicibus Curis (Prayers for Peace in Palestine) October 24, 1948
Ingruentium Malorum (On Reciting the Rosary) September 15, 1951
Invicti Athletae (St. Andrew Bobola) May 16, 1957
Laetamur Admodum (Pray for Peace in Poland, Hungary, and the Middle East) November 1, 1956
Le Pelerinage De Lourdes (Against Materialism and Apparitions at Lourdes) July 2, 1957
Luctuosissimi Eventus (Prayers for Peace and Freedom of Hungary) October 28, 1956
Mediator Dei (On the Sacred Liturgy) November 20, 1947
Meminisse Iuvat (Prayers for the Persecuted Church) June 14, 1958
Mirabile Illud (Crusade for Prayers for Peace) December 6, 1950
Miranda Prorsus (On the Communication Fields: Movies, Television, and Radio) September 8, 1957
Musicae Sacrae (Sacred Music) December 25, 1955
Mystici Corporis (The Mystical Body of Christ, the Church) June 29, 1943
Optatissima Pax (Prescribing Public Prayers for Social and World Peace) December 18, 1947
Orientales Omnes Ecclesias (250th Anniversary of Reunion of the Ruthenian Church with Rome) December 23, 1945
Orientalis Ecclesiae (On St. Cyril, Patriarch of Antioch) April 9, 1944
Quemadmodum (Pleading for Care for the World's Destitute Children) January 6, 1946
Redemptoris Nostri Cruciatus (On Holy Places in Palestine) April 15, 1949
Sacra Virginitas (On Holy Virginity) March 25, 1954
Saeculo Exeunte Octavo (On the Eighth Centenary of the Independence of Portugal) June 13, 1940
Sempiternus Rex Christus (On the the Council of Chalcedon) September 8, 1951
Sertum Laetitiae (150th Anniversary of the Establishment of the Hierarchy in the USA) November 1, 1939
Summi Maeroris (A Call For Public Prayers for Peace) July 19, 1950
Summi Pontificatus (On the Unity of Human Society) October 10, 1939

Other Writings

Menti Nostrae (Thoughts for the Clergy of the World) September 23, 1950 [Apostolic Exhortation]
Applied Psychology April 10, 1958 [Address to a Congress]
The States Of Perfection December 12, 1957 [Address to a Congress]
Guiding Principles Of The Lay Apostolate October 5, 1957 [Address to a Congress]
Sacram Communionem (On Laws of Fasting and the Evening Mass) March 19, 1957 [Motu Proprio]
Si Diligis - Canonisation Of St Pius X May 31, 1954
On Psychotherapy And Religion April 13,1953 [Address to a Congress]
Christus Dominus (Concerning the Discipline to be Observed with Respect to the Eucharistic Fast ) January 6, 1953 [Apostolic Constitution]
The Moral Limits Of Medical Research And Treatment September 14, 1952 [Address to a Congress]
Exsul Familia Nazarethana August 1, 1952 [Apostolic Constitution]
The Function Of Art April 8, 1952 [Audience]
The Proofs For The Existence Of God In The Light Of Modern Natural Science November 22, 1951 [Address to the Pontifical Academy of Sciences]
Address to Midwives on the Nature of Their Profession October 29, 1951 [Allocution to Italian Midwives]
Counsel To Teaching Sisters September 15, 1951 [Address to a Congress]
Munificentissimus Deus (Defining the Dogma of the Assumption) November 1, 1950 [Apostolic Constitution]
Sacramentum Ordinis (On the Sacrament of Order) November 13, 1947 [Apostolic Constitution]
Papal Directives For The Woman Of Today September 11, 1947 [Address to a Congress]
On Rural Life November 15, 1946 [Address to Farmer's Convention]
Democracy And A Lasting Peace December 25, 1944 [Christmas Message]
The Internal Order Of States And People December 25, 1942 [Christmas Message]

We are gathering together papal encyclicals and the writings of various Popes dating back to 1226 from Pope Honorius III. The first link offers some history on Pope Pius XII and the second brings you to all his encyclicals.

Some wrote prolifically and have produced many documents, and much depended on the duration of the reign of each Pope. Pope John Paul II was one of the longest reigning Popes in history and has written much.