The pope’s weekly audiences offer a fascinating look at topics that often aren’t covered in the major papal documents.
Unfortunately, in recent years, the folks at the Vatican web site have not been giving titles to the audiences that indicate their content. All you get (normally) is a list of dates.
To help me navigate these in the future, here is an annotated version of Pope Francis’s 2013 audiences that indicates their content, as well as Pope Benedict’s final audiences.
Although these are found in reverse-chronological order on the Vatican web site (like a blog!), I’ve put them in chronological order here, since most of them form a walk though the Apostles’ Creed for the Year of Faith.
Incidentally, papal audiences like these seem to be pre-written, way in advance.
This means that Pope Francis was almost certainly delivering texts at his Wednesday audiences that were prepared for Pope Benedict.
He clearly took liberties with them. Many passages in Pope Francis’s audiences were expressed in his own voice, rather than Pope Benedict’s.
Now that the Year of Faith is concluded, we’re likely to get our first pure taste of Pope Francis’s style of audiences in 2014.
For now, here’s a review of 2013 . . .
Pope Benedict XVI
- 2 January 2013 (Video) Christmas and the Origins of Jesus
[Arabic, English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese,Spanish] - 9 January 2013 (Video) The Incarnation of Jesus
[Arabic, English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese,Spanish] - 16 January 2013 (Video) Jesus Reveals God’s Face
[Arabic, English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese,Spanish] - 23 January 2013, “I believe in God” (Video)
[Arabic, English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese,Spanish] - 30 January 2013, I believe in God: the almighty Father (Video)
[Arabic, English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese,Spanish] - 6 February 2013 (Video) God as Creator
[Arabic, Croatian, English, French, German, Italian,Portuguese, Spanish] - 13 February 2013 (Video) Ash Wednesday/The Temptations of Jesus
[Arabic, English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese,Spanish] - 27 February 2013 (Video) Farewell Audience/Reflections on His Pontificate
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Pope Francis
- 27 March 2013 (Video) First Papal Audience/Thoughts on Holy Week
[Arabic, Croatian, English, French, German, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish] - 3 April 2013 (Video) The Resurrection of Jesus
[Arabic, Croatian, English, French, German, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish] - 10 April 2013 (Video) The Meaning and Importance of the Resurrection
[Arabic, Croatian, English, French, German, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish] - 17 April 2013, He ascended into heaven and is seated at the right hand of the Father (Video)
[Arabic, Croatian, English, French, German, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish] - 24 April 2013 (Video) Jesus’ Parables of the End of the World
[Arabic, Croatian, English, French, German, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish] - 1st May 2013 (Video) St. Joseph and the Virgin Mary
[Arabic, Croatian, English, French, German, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish] - 8 May 2013 (Video) The Holy Spirit
[Arabic, Croatian, English, French, German, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish] - 15 May 2013 (Video) The Guidance of the Holy Spirit
[Arabic, Croatian, English, French, German, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish] - 22 May 2013 (Video) The Holy Spirit and the Church
[Arabic, Croatian, English, French, German, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish] - 29 May 2013 (Video) The Church as the Family of God
[Arabic, English, French, German, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish] - 5 June 2013 (Video) Care for the Environment/Creation
[Arabic, Croatian, English, French, German, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish] - 12 June 2013 (Video) The Church as the People of God
[Arabic, Croatian, English, French, German, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish] - 19 June 2013 (Video) The Church as the Body of Christ
[Arabic, Croatian, English, French, German, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish] - 26 June 2013 (Video) The Church as a Temple
[Arabic, Croatian, English, French, German, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish] - 4 September 2013 (Video) Reflections on World Youth Day
[Arabic, English, French, German, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish] - 11 September 2013, The Church is Our Mother (Video) (1)
[Arabic, Croatian, English, French, German, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish] - 18 September 2013 (Video) The Church is Our Mother (2)
[Arabic, English, French, German, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish] - 25 September 2013 (Video) The Church is One
[Arabic, Croatian, English, French, German, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish] - 2 October 2013 (Video) The Church is Holy
[Arabic, Croatian, English, French, German, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish] - 9 October 2013 (Video) The Church is Catholic
[Arabic, Croatian, English, French, German, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish] - 16 October 2013 (Video) The Church is Apostolic
[Arabic, Croatian, English, French, German, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish] - 23 October 2013 (Video) Mary as the Image and Model of the Church
[Arabic, Croatian, English, French, German, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish] - 30 October 2013 (Video) The Communion of Saints
[Arabic, Croatian, English, French, German, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish] - 6 November 2013 (Video) The Sacraments, Charisms, and Charity
[Arabic, Croatian, English, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish] - 13 November 2013 (Video) Baptism for the Remission of Sins
[Arabic, Croatian, English, French, German, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish] - 20 November 2013 (Video) The Power of the Keys & The Forgiveness of Sins
[Arabic, Croatian, English, French, German, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish] - 27 November 2013 (Video) Dying in Christ
[Arabic, Croatian, English, French, German, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, Ukrainian] - 4 December 2013 (Video) The Resurrection of the Body
[Arabic, Croatian, English, French, German, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish] - 11 December 2013 (Video) The Last Judgment/Last “Year of Faith” Catechesis
[Arabic, Croatian, English, French, German, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish] - 18 December 2013 (Video) Christmas/The Birth of Jesus
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