The Weekly Benedict: 27 January, 2013

This version of The Weekly Benedict covers material released in the last week from 16 January 2012 – 25 January 2013 (subscribe here; get as an eBook version for your Kindle, iPod, iPad, Nook, or other eBook reader):

Index of Source Links

List of direct document links on Vatican.va used.

Angelus

• 20 January 2013 – Angelus

General Audiences

• 16 January 2013

Letters

• 18 January 2013 – Letter to the newly elected Coptic Catholic Patriarch of Alexandria for the concession of the Ecclesiastica Communio

Messages

• 24 January 2013 – Message on the occasion of the 47th World Communications Day, 2013 – Social Networks: portals of truth and faith; new spaces for evangelization

Speeches

• 19 January 2013 – To participants in the Plenary Assembly of the Pontifical Council “Cor Unum”
• 25 January 2013 – To members of the Joint International Commission for Theological Dialogue between the Catholic Church and the Oriental Orthodox Churches

Papal Tweets

	Many false idols are held up today. For Christians to be faithful, they can’t be afraid to go against the current. @pontifex, 23 January 2013
	I join all those marching for life from afar, and pray that political leaders will protect the unborn and promote a culture of life. @pontifex, 25 January 2013
	What does Sunday, the day of the Lord, mean for us? It is a day for rest and for family, but first of all a day for Him. @pontifex, 27 January 2013