The Weekly Benedict (Nov. 19, 2011)

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APOSTOLIC EXHORTATION: Africae Munus: Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation on the Church in Africa in Service to Reconciliation, Justice and Peace (November 19, 2011)

ANGELUS: Angelus, 13 November 2011

AUDIENCE: 9 November 2011, Psalm 119 (118)

MESSAGE: Message on the occasion of the Second National Family Conference [Ecuador, 9-12 November 2011] (1 November 2011)

SPEECH: To participants in the International Conference promoted by the Pontifical Council for Culture (November 12, 2011)

APOSTOLIC JOURNEY TO BENIN . . .

INTERVIEW: Meeting of His Holiness Benedict XVI with journalists during the flight to Benin (Papal Flight, 18 November 2011)

SPEECH: Welcome Ceremony at Cardinal Bernardin GantinInternational Airport of Cotonou (November 18, 2011)

SPEECH: Visit to the Cathedral of Cotonou (November 18, 2011)

SPEECH: Meeting with Government members, representatives of the Institutions of the Republic, Diplomatic Corps and representatives of the major religions gathered in the Presidential Palace of Cotonou (November 19, 2011)

SPEECH: Meeting with priests, seminarians, men and women religious and lay faithful gathered in the Courtyard of St Gall Seminary (Ouidah, 19 November 2011)

SPEECH: Visit at the Basilica of the Immaculate Conception of Mary of Ouidah and signing of the Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation (November 19, 2011)

Author: Jimmy Akin

Jimmy was born in Texas, grew up nominally Protestant, but at age 20 experienced a profound conversion to Christ. Planning on becoming a Protestant seminary professor, he started an intensive study of the Bible. But the more he immersed himself in Scripture the more he found to support the Catholic faith, and in 1992 he entered the Catholic Church. His conversion story, "A Triumph and a Tragedy," is published in Surprised by Truth. Besides being an author, Jimmy is the Senior Apologist at Catholic Answers, a contributing editor to Catholic Answers Magazine, and a weekly guest on "Catholic Answers Live." View all posts by Jimmy Akin