| The Encyclopedia of World History. 2001. |
| 1994, April 15 | |
| The Vatican began allowing girl altar servers to assist Roman Catholic priests during services. | 1 |
| 1995, March 30 | |
| The pope made a strong encyclical statement against abortion, birth control, in vitro fertilization, genetic manipulation, and euthanasia. | 2 |
| July 10 | |
| The pope issued an informal letter condemning bias against women and apologizing for the Church's own history of sex discrimination. | 3 |
| The Encyclopedia of World History, Sixth edition. Peter N. Stearns, general editor. Copyright © 2001 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Maps by Mary Reilly, copyright © 2001 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. | |
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