Category: +Benedict

This version of The Weekly Benedict covers material released in the last week from 16 December 2012 – 6 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

• 23 December 2012
• 26 December 2012
• 30 December 2012
• 1 January 2013

General Audiences

• 19 December 2012

Homilies

• 16 December 2012 – Pastoral Visit to the Roman Parish of “San Patrizio al Colle Prenestino”
• 24 December 2012 – Midnight Mass
• 31 December 2012 – Vespers and Te Deum
• 1 January 2013 – Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God
• 6 January 2013 – Solemnity of the Epiphany of the Lord

Messages

• 25 December 2012 – Ubit et Orbi

Speeches

• 29 December 2012 – Taizé: European Youth Meeting

Papal Tweets

	What family Christmas tradition from your childhood do you still remember?@pontifex, 24 December 2012
	The cribs that we built in our home gave me much pleasure. We added figures each year and used moss for decoration.@pontifex, 24 December 2012
	May Our Lord bless you and watch over you in the new year.@pontifex, 1 January 2013
	When we entrust ourselves to the Lord completely, everything changes. We are children of a Father who loves us, and never leaves us.@pontifex, 2 January 2013
	he Wise Men followed the star and reached Jesus, the great light that illuminates all of humanity.@pontifex, 6 January 2013

This version of The Weekly Benedict covers material released in the last week from 13 December 2012 – 21 December 2012  (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

• 16 December 2012

General Audiences

• 12 December 2012

Homilies

• 16 December 2012 – Pastoral Visit to the Roman Parish of “San Patrizio al Colle Prenestino” * Note 1

Messages

• 21 APRIL 2013 – Message for the 50th World Day of Prayer for Vocations, 2013

Speeches

• 13 December 2012 – To new Ambassadors to the Holy See, not residing in Rome
• 14 December 2012 – To the delegation from the Municipality of Pescopennataro (Isernia, Italy), in gratitude for its donation of the Christmas tree in Saint Peter’s Square
• 20 December 2012 – Article by the Holy Father Benedict XVI in the Financial Times “A time for Christians to engage with the world”
• 21 December 2012 – Christmas greetings to the members of the Roman Curia

Tweets

	Everyone’s life of faith has times of light, but also times of darkness. If you want to walk in the light, let the word of God be your guide @pontifex, 19 December 2012
	We do not possess the truth, the truth possesses us. Christ, who is the truth, takes us by the hand. @pontifex, 19 December 2012
	When you deny God, you deny human dignity. Whoever defends God is defending the human person. @pontifex, 21 December 2012
	We do not possess the truth, the truth possesses us. Christ, who is the truth, takes us by the hand. @pontifex, 21 December 2012
	At the end of the year, we pray that the Church, despite her shortcomings, may be increasingly recognizable as Christ’s dwelling place @pontifex, 21 December 2012

Note 1: The link to this page on the Vatican’s site is missing.

Index of Source Links

List of direct document links on Vatican.va used.

Angelus

• 8 December 2012
• 9 December 2012

General Audiences

• 5 December 2012

Letters

• 6 December 2012 – Letter to His Eminence Spyridon, Metropolitan of Heliopolis, on the occasion of the death of H.B. Patriarch Ignace IV Hazim

Messages

• 1 Januaary 2013 – 46th World Day of Peace 2013, Blessed are the Peacemakers

Speeches

• 3 December 2012 – To participants in the Plenary Assembly of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace
• 7 December 2012 – To the International Theological Commission on the occasion of its annual Plenary Assembly
• 8 December 2012 – Act of Veneration of the Blessed Virgin Mary on the occasion of the Feast of the Immaculate Conception
• 9 December 2012 – To participants in the International Congress, Ecclesia in America, oraganized by the Pontifical Commission for Latin America

Tweets – Yes Papal Tweets!

Dear friends, I am pleased to get in touch with you through Twitter. Thank you for your generous response. I bless all of you from my heart.

— Benedict XVI (@Pontifex) December 12, 2012

How can we celebrate the Year of Faith better in our daily lives?

— Benedict XVI (@Pontifex) December 12, 2012

By speaking with Jesus in prayer, listening to what he tells you in the Gospel and looking for him in those in need

— Benedict XVI (@Pontifex) December 12, 2012

How can faith in Jesus be lived in a world without hope?

— Benedict XVI (@Pontifex) December 12, 2012

We can be certain that a believer is never alone. God is the solid rock upon which we build our lives and his love is always faithful

— Benedict XVI (@Pontifex) December 12, 2012

Any suggestions on how to be more prayerful when we are so busy with the demands of work, families and the world?

— Benedict XVI (@Pontifex) December 12, 2012

Offer everything you do to the Lord, ask his help in all the circumstances of daily life and remember that he is always beside you

— Benedict XVI (@Pontifex) December 12, 2012

This version of The Weekly Benedict covers material released in the last week from 23 November 2012 – 3 December 2012  (subscribe here; get as an eBook version for your Kindle, iPod, iPad, Nook, or other eBook reader):

Angelus

• 2 December 2012

General Audiences

• 28 November 2012

Homilies

• 1 December 2012 – Vespers with the University students of Rome

Messages

• 23 November 2012 – Message to His Holiness Bartholomaios I, Ecumenical Patriarch, for the Feast of Saint Andrew

Speeches

• 30 November 2012 – To a group of Bishops from the French Episcopal Conference on their ad Limina visit
• 1 December 2012 – To participants in the pilgrimage sponsored by the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People
• 3 December 2012 – To Students and Staff of the Venerable English College in Rome

This version of The Weekly Benedict covers material released in the last week from 11 November 2012 – 26 November 2012  (subscribe here; get as an eBook version for your Kindle, iPod, iPad, Nook, or other eBook reader):

Angelus

• 25 November 2012

General Audiences

• 21 November 2012

Messages

• 21 November 2012 – Message on the occasion of the Seventeenth Public Session of the Pontifical Academies

Motu Proprio

• 11 November 2012 – Apostolic Letter issued “Motu Proprio” Intima Ecclesiae natura on the Service of Charity

Speeches

• 17 November 2012 – To Bishops of the Episcopal Conference of France on their ad Limina visit
• 23 November 2012 – To participants in the World Congress of the Apostleship of the Sea
• 24 November 2012 – Ordinary Public Consistory for the creation of new Cardinals
• 26 November 2012 – To the newly created Cardinals, their family members and pilgrims present at the Consistory

This version of The Weekly Benedict covers material released in the last week from 12 November 2012 – 22 November 2012  (subscribe here; get as an eBook version for your Kindle, iPod, iPad, Nook, or other eBook reader):

Angelus

• 18 November 2012

General Audiences

• 14 November 2012

Homilies

• 24 November 2012 – Ordinary Public Consistory for the creation of new Cardinals
• 25 November 2012 – Holy Mass with new Cardinals

Messages

• 13 November 2012 – Message to participants in “Court of the Gentiles” Meeting in Portugal [Guimarães, 16-17 November 2012]
• 14 November 2012 – Message to His Holiness Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of Saint Mark on the occasion of his enthronement

Speeches

• 12 November 2012 – Visit to the Community of Sant’Egidio’s home for the elderly “Viva gli Anziani” (Rome)
• 15 November 2012 – To participants in the Plenary Assembly of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity
• 17 November 2012 – To participants in the International Congress organized by the Pontifical Council for Health Care Workers (Health Pastoral Care)
• 22 November 2012 – To participants in the XVII Council of Europe Conference of Directors of Prison Administration

This version of The Weekly Benedict covers material released in the last week from 18 October 2012 – 11 November 2012  (subscribe here; get as an eBook version for your Kindle, iPod, iPad, Nook, or other eBook reader):

Angelus

• 11 November 2012

General Audiences

• 7 November 2012

Messages

• 18 October 2012 – XXVIII World Youth Day, 2013

Motu Proprio

• 10 November 2012 – Apostolic Letter “Motu Proprio data” Latina Lingua establishing the Pontifical Academy for Latin

Speeches

• 10 November 2012 – To participants in the meeting organized by the Italian Association of Santa Cecilia

 

This version of The Weekly Benedict covers material released in the last week from 12 October 2012 – 9 November 2012  (subscribe here; get as an eBook version for your Kindle, iPod, iPad, Nook, or other eBook reader):

Angelus

• 28 October 2012
• 1 November 2012
• 4 November 2012

General Audiences

• 24 October 2012
• 31 October 2012

Homilies

• 3 November 2012 – Mass for Cardinals and Bishops who died over the course of the year

Messages

• 12 October 2012 Message for the 99th World Day of Migrants and Refugees, 2013
• 5 November 2012 – Message to His Holiness Anba Tawadros, Pope-elect of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of Saint Mark

Speeches

• 25 October 2012 – Screening of the documentary film “Art and Faith”
• 27 October 2012 – Remarks of the Holy Father during the final General Congregation of the 13th Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops
• 31 October 2012 – Celebration of First Vespers on the occasion of the 500th Anniversary of the inauguration of the Sistine Chapel ceiling
• 8 November 2012 – To participants in the Plenary Assembly of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences
• 9 November 2012 – To participants in the 81st General Assembly of INTERPOL

This version of The Weekly Benedict covers material released in the last week from 16 October 2012 – 28 October 2012  (subscribe here; get as an eBook version for your Kindle, iPod, iPad, Nook, or other eBook reader):

Angelus

• 21 October 2012

General Audiences

• 17 October 2012

Homilies

• 28 October 2012 – Holy Mass for the closing of the Synod of Bishops

Messages

• 16 October 2012 – Message on the occasion of World Food Day 2012

Speeches

• 20 October 2012 – Awarding of the “Ratzinger Prize”

This version of The Weekly Benedict covers material released in the last week from 8 October 2012 – 21 October 2012  (subscribe here; get as an eBook version for your Kindle, iPod, iPad, Nook, or other eBook reader):

Angelus

• 14 October 2012

General Audiences

• 10 October 2012

Homilies

• 21 October 2012 – Holy Mass and Canonization of the Blesseds James Berthieu, Pedro Calungsod, John Baptist Piamarta, Carmen Sallés y Barangueras, Marianne Cope, Kateri Tekakwitha, Anna Schäffer

Speeches

• 8 October 2012 – Meditation during the first General Congregation of the XIII Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops
• 11 October 2012 – Benediction bestowed upon participants in the candlelight procession organized by Italian Catholic Action for the opening of the Year of Faith
• 12 October 2012 – Luncheon with the Synodal Fathers and Bishops who participated in the Second Vatican Ecumenical Council
• 12 October 2012 – Meeting with Bishops who participated in the Second Vatican Ecumenical Council and Presidents of Episcopal Conferences
• 15 October 2012 – Interview with the Holy Father for film “Bells of Europe: A Journey into the Faith in Europe”