Category: +Benedict

Due to the holidays, I didn't do The Weekly Benedict last week, so here's another double-dose of our awesome pope! (In fact, it's an unusually large double-dose, because the pope is especially active this time of year–so pray for his health and rest–and because the Vatican web site guys got their hinders in gear and delivered a whole month's worth of speeches in English at once.)

Here are this week's items for The Weekly Benedict (subscribe here):

ANGELUS: Angelus, 18 December 2011

ANGELUS: Angelus, 26 December 2011, Feast of Saint Stephen

AUDIENCE: 14 December 2011

AUDIENCE: 21 December 2011

MESSAGE: "Urbi et Orbi" – Christmas Day 2011

HOMILY: 11 December 2011: Pastoral Visit to the Roman parish of "Santa Maria delle Grazie" at Casal Boccone

HOMILY: 12 December 2011: Holy Mass for Latin AmericaHOMILY:

HOMILY: 15 December 2011: Vespers with the University students of the Rome

HOMILY: 24 December 2011: Midnight Mass

HOMILY:31 December 2011: Vespers and Te Deum 

MESSAGE:Message to Card. Gianfranco Ravasi on the occasion of the 16th Public Session of the Pontifical Academies (November 30, 2011)

SPEECH: To participants in the Plenary Assembly of the Pontifical Council for the Family (December 1, 2011)

SPEECH: To members of the International Theological Commission (December 2, 2011) 

SPEECH: To participants in the Third World Congress for the Pastoral Care of Foreign Students promoted by the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People (December 2, 2011) 

SPEECH: "Christmas Oratorio from the Alps" and projection of the film "From Heaven to Earth – Advent and Christmas in the Bavarian Alps", offered to the Holy Father by theBayerischer Rundfunk (December 2, 2011)

SPEECH: Lighting via video link of the Christmas Tree, decorated with hundreds of lights, in the Italian town of Gubbio (Perugia) (December 7, 2011) SPEECH: 

SPEECH: Act of Veneration of the Blessed Virgin Mary on the occasion of the Feast of the Immaculate Conception (December 8, 2011)

SPEECH: Pastoral Visit to the Roman Parish of "Santa Maria delle Grazie" in Casal Boccone (December 11, 2011)

SPEECH: To the new Ambassadors accredited to the Holy See on the occasion of the presentation of the Letters of Credence (December 15, 2011) 

SPEECH: To a delegation from Ukraine who donated the Christmas tree for St Peter's Square (December 16, 2011)

SPEECH: To the Bishops of the Episcopal Conferences of the Pacific and of New Zealand on their ad Limina visit (December 17, 2011)

SPEECH: Pastoral Visit to Rebibbia Prison – Rome (December 18, 2011) 

SPEECH: Responses to the questions posed by the inmates (New Prison of Rebibbia – Rome, 18 December 2011)

SPEECH: Christmas greetings to Cardinals, Archbishops, Bishops and Directors of the Governorate of Vatican City State (December 22, 2011)

 

I didn't get to The Weekly Benedict last week, so here's a double dose of our awesome pope! 

Here are this week's items for The Weekly Benedict (subscribe here):

AUDIENCE: 30 November 2011 (series on prayer)

AUDIENCE: 7 December 2011 (series on prayer)

ANGELUS: Angelus, 4 December 2011 

ANGELUS: Angelus, 8 December 2011, Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary 

ANGELUS: Angelus, 11 December 2011

MESSAGE: 45th World Day of Peace 2012, Educating Young People in Justice and Peace

MESSAGE: Message to His Holiness Bartholomew I, Archbishop of Constantinople, Ecumenical Patriarch, on the occasion of the Feast of Saint Andrew the Apostle (November 24, 2011)

SPEECH: Concert offered by the Asturias Principality Symphony Orchestra (November 26, 2011)

SPEECH: To students taking part in the meeting promoted by theSorella Natura Foundation (November 28, 2011) 

 

 

Here are this week's items for The Weekly Benedict (subscribe here):

ANGELUS: Angelus, 27 November 2011

AUDIENCE: 23 November 2011, Apostolic Journey to Benin

SPEECH: To the Bishops from the United States of America on their ad Limina visit (November 26, 2011)

 

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AUDIENCE: 16 November 2011, Psalm 110 (109)

 

APOSTOLIC VOYAGE TO BENIN (cont. from last week) . . .

SPEECH: Meeting with children at St. Rita Parish in Cotonou (November 19, 2011) 

SPEECH: Meeting with the Bishops of Benin at the Apostolic Nunciature of Cotonou (November 19, 2011)

HOMILY: Holy Mass at the "Stade de l’amitié" of Cotonou  (November 20, 2011) 

SPEECH: Consignment of the Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation to the Bishops of Africa at the "Stade de l’amitié" of Cotonou (November 20, 2011)

ANGELUS: Recitation of the Angelus Domini (Cotonou, 20 November 2011) 

SPEECH: Farewell ceremony at Cardinal Bernardin GantinInternational Airport (Cotonou, 20 November 2011)

Here are this week's items for The Weekly Benedict (subscribe here):

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)

Here are this week's items for The Weekly Benedict (subscribe here):

ANGELUS: Angelus, 1st November 2011, Solemnity of All Saints

ANGELUS: Angelus, 6 November 2011

AUDIENCE: 2 November 2011, Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed 

HOMILY: 3 November 2011: Mass for the repose of the souls of  Cardinals and Bishops who have died in the past year

HOMILY: 4 November 2011: Vespers for the beginning of the Academic Year of the Pontifical Universities

SPEECH: To Bishops of the Episcopal Conference of Angola and São Tomé (C.E.A.S.T.) on their ad Limina visit (October 29, 2011)

SPEECH: To the new Ambassador of Brazil to the Holy See (October 31, 2011)

SPEECH: To members of the Israeli Religious Council (November 10, 2011)

SPEECH: To participants in the meeting promoted by the Pontifical Council Cor Unum (November 11, 2011)

Here are this week's items for The Weekly Benedict (subscribe here):

ANGELUS: Angelus, 30 October 2011

AUDIENCE: 5 October 2011, Psalm 23

AUDIENCE: 19 October 2011, The Great Hallel, Psalm 136 (135)

AUDIENCE: 26 October 2011, Prayer in preparation of the Meeting in Assisi

A note about the above audiences: There's a longstanding practice at the Holy See's web site where they post a one-paragraph summary of the pope's Wednesday audience and then leave it there for a few weeks until they get a full English translation ready. That slipped my mind when I started doing The Weekley Benedict, so for the first couple of weeks, I accidentally posted links to the one-paragraph summaries of some recent audiences. Now I'm fixing that and linking to the full versions, which are available for October 5, 19, and 26 (though for some reason the audience of Oct. 12 still has the one-paragraph summary; go figure). In the future I will be linking only the most recent full version rather than the temporary, one-paragraph summaries. This will mean that the audience listed will be a little more date-lagged, but that way you won't miss any of the great Benedict audience action.

Here are this week's items for The Weekly Benedict:

MESSAGE: Message on the occasion of World Food Day 2011 (October 17, 2011)

HOMILY: 23 October 2011: Canonization of the Blesseds: Guido Maria Conforti, Luigi Guanella, Bonifacia Rodríguez De Castro

ANGELUS: Angelus, 23 October 2011

AUDIENCE: 26 October 2011, Prayer in preparation of the Meeting in Assisi 

VOYAGE DOCUMENT: Day of reflection, dialogue, and prayer for peace and justice in the world "Pilgrims of Truth, Pilgrims of Peace": Address of the Holy Father (Assisi, 27 October 2011)

VOYAGE DOCUMENT: Farewell address by the Holy Father (Saint Francis Square, 27 October 2011) (NOTE: The first paragraph of this is left in Italian, in an apparent mistake)

SPEECH: To the delegations taking part in the meeting for peace in Assisi (October 28, 2011) 

Here are the initial entries for The Weekly Benedict:

AUDIENCE: 5 October 2011, Psalm 23

SPEECH: To the Prefects of Italy (October 14, 2011)

SPEECH: To participants in the meeting promoted by the Pontifical Council for Promoting New Evangelization (October 15, 2011)

ANGELUS: Angelus, 16 October 2011

HOMILY: 16 October 2011: Holy Mass for the New Evangelization

SPEECH: To a delegation of the Syro-Malabar Church (October 17, 2011)

SPEECH: Inauguration of the Domus Australia - the Australian Pilgrimage Centre in Via Cernaia (Rome, 19 October 2011)

SPEECH: To the Bishops of the Episcopal Conference of Australia on their ad Limina visit (October 20, 2011)