Francis

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266th Pope of the Catholic Church

Beginning Pontificate	13,19.III.2013
End Pontificate	21.IV.2025
Secular Name	Jorge Mario Bergoglio
Birth	Buenos Aires (Argentina)
Website	https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en.html

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Francis

Homilies 2016

Celebration of Vespers and Te Deum in Thanksgiving for the past year (31 December 2016)

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Holy Mass on the Solemnity of the Nativity of the Lord (24 December 2016)

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Eucharistic Concelebration presided over by Pope Francis with the Eminent Cardinals resident in Rome (17 December 2016)

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Holy Mass on the occasion of the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe (12 December 2016)

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Holy Mass for the closing of the Jubilee of Mercy (20 November 2016)

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Ordinary Public Consistory for the creation of new Cardinals (19 November 2016)

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Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy: Jubilee for Socially Excluded People (13 November 2016)

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Jubilee of Mercy: Jubilee for prisoners (6 November 2016)

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Papal Mass for the Repose of the Souls of the Cardinals and Bishops Who Died Over the Course of the Year (4 November 2016)

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Holy Mass for the Commemoration of all the Faithful Departed (Prima Porta Cemetery, 2 November 2016)

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Apostolic Journey to Sweden: Holy Mass in Swedbank Stadion, Malmö (1 November 2016)

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Apostolic Journey to Sweden: Common Ecumenical Prayer at the Lutheran Cathedral of Lund (31 October 2016)

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Holy Mass and Canonization of the Blesseds: Salomon Leclercq, José Sánchez del Río, Manuel González García, Lodovico Pavoni, Alfonso Maria Fusco, José Gabriel del Rosario Brochero, Elisabeth of the Holy Trinity Catez (16 October 2016)

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Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy: Marian Jubilee (9 October 2016)

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Apostolic Journey to Georgia and Azerbaijan: Holy Mass at the church of the Immaculate in the Salesian Centre (Baku, 2 October 2016)

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Apostolic Journey to Georgia and Azerbaijan: Holy Mass at M. Meskhi Stadium (Tbilisi, 1 October 2016)

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Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy: Jubilee for Catechists (25 September 2016)

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Holy Mass on the occasion of the 200th Anniversary of the Corps of the Gendarmerie (18 September 2016)

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Holy Mass and Canonization of Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta (4 September 2016)

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Liturgy of Vespers on the occasion of the World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation (1st September 2016)

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Apostolic Journey to Poland: Holy Mass for World Youth Day in Campus Misericordiae (Kraków, 31 July 2016)

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Apostolic Journey to Poland: Holy Mass with Priests, Men and Women Religious, Consecrated Persons and Polish Seminarians gathered in St John Paul II Shrine in Kraków (30 July 2016)

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Apostolic Journey to Poland: Holy Mass on the occasion of the 1050th anniversary of the Baptism of Poland, in the area near the Częstochowa Shrine (28 July 2016)

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Holy Mass and blessing of the Pallium for the new Metropolitan Archbishops on the Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul (29 June 2016)

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Apostolic Journey to Armenia: Holy Mass in Vartanants Square (Gyumri, 25 June 2016)

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Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy: Jubilee for the Sick and Persons with Disabilities (12 June 2016)

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Holy Mass and Canonisation of the Blesseds Stanislaus of Jesus and Mary and Maria Elisabeth Hesselblad (5 June 2016)

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Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy: Jubilee for Priests (3 June 2016)

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Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy: Jubilee of Deacons (29 May 2016)

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Holy Mass on the Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ (26 May 2016)

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Holy Mass on the Solemnity of Pentecost (15 May 2016)

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Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy: Jubilee for Boys and Girls (24 April 2016)

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Holy Mass with Priestly Ordinations (17 April 2016)

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Holy Mass presided over by Pope Francis for the “Aletti Centre” (8 April 2016)

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Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy: Jubilee of Divine Mercy (3 April 2016)

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Easter Vigil in the Holy Night (26 March 2016)

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Mass of the Lord's Supper (24 March 2016)

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Holy Chrism Mass (24 March 2016)

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Palm Sunday - XXXI World Youth Day (20 March 2016)

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Episcopal Ordinations (19 March 2016)

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Penitential Celebration (4 March 2016)

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Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy: Jubilee for the Roman Curia (22 February 2016)

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Apostolic Journey to Mexico: Holy Mass at the Ciudad Juárez fairgrounds (17 February 2016)

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Apostolic Journey to Mexico: Holy Mass with priests, men and women religious, consecrated people and seminarians (Morelia, 16 February 2016)

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Apostolic Journey to Mexico: Holy Mass with representatives of the indigenous communities of Chiapas (San Cristóbal de Las Casas, 15 February 2016)

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Apostolic Journey to Mexico: Holy Mass in the area of the Study Centre of Ecatepec (14 February 2016)

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Apostolic Journey to Mexico: Holy Mass at the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe (Mexico City, 13 February 2016)

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Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy: Holy Mass, blessing and imposition of the Ashes (10 February 2016)

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Holy Mass on the occasion of the World Day of Consecrated Life (2 February 2016)

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Holy Mass for the Capuchin Friars Minor (9 February 2016)

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Solemnity of the Conversion of Saint Paul the Apostle - Celebration of Vespers (25 January 2016)

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Feast of the Baptism of the Lord (10 January 2016)

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Holy Mass on the Solemnity of the Epiphany of the Lord (6 January 2016)

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Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy: Holy Mass and Opening of the Holy Door at the Basilica of St Mary Major (1st January 2016)

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Holy Mass on the Solemnity of Mary, Most Holy Mother of God (1st January 2016)

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The Holy See

Homilies 2016

Eucharistic Concelebration presided over by Pope Francis with the Eminent Cardinals resident in Rome (17 December 2016)

Papal Mass for the Repose of the Souls of the Cardinals and Bishops Who Died Over the Course of the Year (4 November 2016)

Holy Mass on the occasion of the 200th Anniversary of the Corps of the Gendarmerie (18 September 2016)

Liturgy of Vespers on the occasion of the World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation (1st September 2016)

Holy Mass presided over by Pope Francis for the “Aletti Centre” (8 April 2016)