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March 2016

01.03.2016
- Ten questions for the spiritual exercises of the Pope and the Roman Curia
- Celebration of Penance presided by Pope Francis
02.03.2016
- General Audience: Divine Mercy and Correction
- Other Pontifical Acts
03.03.2016
- Audience with the prime minister of Timor-Leste: collaboration of the Church and civil authorities in education, healthcare and the fight against poverty
- To the Pontifical Academy for Life: to defend human life is to know its beauty
- Cardinal Parolin: ratification of Accord with Timor-Leste reaffirms the historic and current role of the Catholic Church
- Audiences
04.03.2016
- To the Apostolic Penitentiary: may every absolution be a jubilee of the heart
- Decrees for the Causes of Saints
- Statement of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors
- Declaration by the Director of the Holy See Press Office: Protecting minors
- 24 Hours for the Lord
- Audiences
- Other Pontifical Acts
05.03.2016
- Penitential liturgy at St. Peter's: pastors are called to hear the cry, at times silent, of all those who wish to encounter the Lord
- The Pope profoundly saddened by the killing of four missionaries and twelve others in Yemen attack
- Pontifical Yearbook 2016 and the Annuarium Statisticum Ecclesiae 2014: dynamics of a Church in transformation
- Audiences
- Other Pontifical Acts
07.03.2016
- Ordinary Public Consistory for causes of canonisation, including Jose Gabriel Brochero and Mother Teresa of Calcutta
- Francis expresses his profound gratitude for the faithfulness and courage of the Greek-Catholic Ukrainian Church
- Angelus: the Father reaches out to sinners as well as those who believe themselves righteous
- The Pope remembers the women religious killed in Yemen and praises the Italian ecumenical initiative for receiving refugees
- Meeting in Dhakar of the Managing Board of the John Paul II Foundation for the Sahel
08.03.2016
- Via Crucis: Jesus relives his passion in humanity
- Other Pontifical Acts
09.03.2016
- Other Pontifical Acts
10.03.2016
- Rescriptum ex audientia sanctissimi
- Norms on the administration of the assets of the Causes of beatification and canonisation
- Other Pontifical Acts
11.03.2016
- Other Pontifical Acts
12.03.2016
- To the participants in the Roman Rota formation course: the Church reaches out to many of her children to meet their legitimate desire for justice
- Jubilee audience: mercy and service
- Elderly to distribute the Gospel of Mercy in St. Peter's Square tomorrow
- Other Pontifical Acts
- Hearings in “Vatileaks” trial to recommence
14.03.2016
- The Pope's telegrams for the attacks in Côte d'Ivoire and Turkey: heinous acts of violence
- Visit to the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
- Angelus: Jesus' mercy is disarming
- Episcopal ordination in St. Peter's Basilica
- Archbishop Gallagher: hostility against religious minorities must appeal to the conscience of the international community
- Audiences
15.03.2016
- Canonisation of the Blesseds Stanislaus of Jesus and Mary, Maria Elisabeth Hesselblad, Teresa of Calcutta, José Sánchez del Río and José Gabriel del Rosario Brochero
- Note on hearing in trial for dissemination of reserved information and documents
- Other Pontifical Acts
16.03.2016
- General audience: God is near, we must not give in to despair
- New hearing in the trial for dissemination of reserved information and documents
- In memoriam
- Other Pontifical Acts
17.03.2016
- The Pope receives the president of Portugal on his first foreign visit
- To participants in the Harvard World MUN: behind every problem there is a human face
- Update to calendar for the trial for dissemination of reserved information and documents
- Audiences
- Other Pontifical Acts
18.03.2016
- To the Neocatechumenal Way: show the tender gaze of the Father and regard the situations you encounter as a gift
- The Pope opens an Instagram account
- Earth Hour: the dome, façade and colonnade of St. Peter's in darkness
- Audiences
- Other Pontifical Acts
21.03.2016
- Telegram of condolences for the tragic accident in Freginals, Spain
- Palm Sunday: the mystery of evil is unfathomable, but the reality of Love poured out through Jesus is infinite
- Angelus: World Youth Day, Jubilee of the young
- The Pope profoundly saddened by the air accident in Russia and the attack in Istanbul
- Episcopal ordination in St. Peter's Basilica: look your faithful in the eyes and know them
- Audiences
- Other Pontifical Acts
22.03.2016
- Telegram for the attacks in Brussels: Francis condemns "blind violence"
- Archbishop Fisichella: by washing refugees' feet, Francis demands respect for them all
- Other Pontifical Acts
23.03.2016
- General audience: the Paschal Triduum is a story of love that knows no bounds
- Pope's appeal against the cruel abomination of Brussels terrorist attacks
- "Homeless Jesus" in the Vatican
- On the opening of the Vatican archives regarding Argentine dictatorship
- Notice
30.03.2016
- General audience: God's forgiveness gives us the dignity of getting up again
- Plenary assembly of the Pontifical Biblical Commission
- Regina Coeli: Francis expresses his closeness to those affected by the attack in Lahore
- Easter Sunday: infinite mercy leads to salvation
- Message of condolences for Iskandariyah stadium attack
- Holy Saturday: the Lord frees us from being Christians without hope
- “Via Crucis” in the city of Rome
- Good Friday, Via Crucis at the Colosseum: Cross of Christ, symbol of divine love and human injustice
- Holy Thursday, Mass in coena Domini: brothers with different cultures, religions and traditions
- Holy Thursday, Chrism Mass: open the floodgates of mercy
- Other Pontifical Acts
31.03.2016
- Pope Francis' prayer intentions for April
- Other Pontifical Acts