04

April 2016

01.04.2016
- Cardinal Cottier, theologian emeritus of the Papal Household, dies aged 93
- Audiences
- In memoriam
02.04.2016
- Message for World Autism Awareness Day: the need for joint effort
- Audiences
- Other Pontifical Acts
04.04.2016
- Divine Mercy Sunday: the Gospel of Mercy is an open book in which the signs of Christ's disciples continue to be written
- Regina Coeli: collection for Ukraine and appeal for a world without anti-personnel mines
- Vigil of Divine Mercy: a faith that is not able to be merciful is not faith
- Audiences
- Other Pontifical Acts
05.04.2016
- Holy Father's calendar for April and May
- Other Pontifical Acts
06.04.2016
- General audience: the Gospel of Mercy
- Pope Francis praises sport as a universal language for bringing peoples closer
07.04.2016
- Audience with the president of Croatia: constructive dialogue on relations between the ecclesial and civil communities
- To the World Methodist Council: when we serve those in need, our communion grows
- The Pope to visit Lesbos on 16 April
- The 'Other' in Jewish and Catholic tradition: refugees in today's world
- Information on the trial for dissemination of reserved information and documents
- Audiences
- Other Pontifical Acts
08.04.2016
- Presentation of the post-Synodal apostolic exhortation Amoris Laetitia: the logic of pastoral mercy
- Summary of the post-Synodal apostolic exhortation Amoris Laetitia (The Joy of Love) on love in the family
- Pope Francis receives the Papal Foundation on its annual pilgrimage
- Audiences
- Other Pontifical Acts
09.04.2016
- Jubilee audience: almsgiving, an essential aspect of mercy
- Apostolic Trip of the Holy Father Francis to the Caucasus: Armenia (24-26 June 2016); Georgia and Azerbaijan (30 September – 2 October 2016)
- Mass at the Aletti Centre on its 25th anniversary
- Cardinal Parolin, papal legate at the celebration of the 1050th "anniversary of the baptism of Poland"
- Audiences
- Other Pontifical Acts
11.04.2016
- The Pope’s fourteenth meeting with the Council of Cardinals
- Information on the trial for dissemination of reserved information and documents
- Regina Coeli: the presence of the risen Jesus transforms everything
- Pope Francis saddened by the fire in the Hindu Puttingal temple
- 92nd National Day of the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart: educate in solidarity
- Faith-based groups in Rome to discuss early diagnosis and treatment of children with HIV
- Other Pontifical Acts
12.04.2016
- The Pope: remove the wall of indifference to ensure fraternity between nations
- Other Pontifical Acts
13.04.2016
- General audience: there is no saint without a past, nor sinner without a future
- The Pope asks for prayers for his trip to Lesbos
- Francis recalls the 1,050th anniversary of the baptism of Poland
- 14th meeting of the Council of Cardinals: towards a new apostolic constitution
- Conclusion of interrogation of defendants in trial for dissemination of reserved information and documents
- Other Pontifical Acts
14.04.2016
- Francis receives the Pontifical Scots College in Rome on its fourth centenary
- Programme of the Holy Father's visit to Lesbos
- Audiences
- Other Pontifical Acts
15.04.2016
- The Pope receives the president of Bolivia
- Francis prays at the Basilica of St. Mary Major before his trip to Lesbos
- The Holy See at UNESCO: educating in an integral ecology
- Audiences
- Other Pontifical Acts
16.04.2016
- The Pope in Lesbos: we have come to draw the world's attention to this grave humanitarian crisis
- Joint declaration: we call upon political leaders to employ every means to ensure that individuals and communities remain in their homelands and enjoy the fundamental right to live in peace and security
- Francis greets the population of Lesbos: immigrants are not numbers, but people, faces, names and stories
- Three prayers for the victims of migration
- The Pope returns to Rome with three families of refugees
- Other Pontifical Acts
18.04.2016
- Audience with the president of the Central African Republic: the Church's contribution to reconciliation and reconstruction
- Francis ordains eleven new priests: be merciful, very merciful
- Regina Coeli: our life is saved from perdition
- Francis remembers the suffering of refugees in his trip to Lesbos
- Conversation with the Pope on return flight from Lesbos
- Audiences
19.04.2016
- Pope's message for the 35th anniversary of the Astalli Centre: every refugee has the face of God and the flesh of Christ
- Other Pontifical Acts
20.04.2016
- General audience: the relationship between faith, forgiveness and gratitude
- The Pope again appeals for Ukraine
- To the Austrian Skiing Federation: always be messengers of the strength of unity in sport
- First meeting of the 14th Ordinary Council of the General Secretariat of the Synod of Bishops: fruitfully combine primacy, collegiality and synodality
21.04.2016
- The Pope receives Caritas Italia on the 45th anniversary of its foundation
- Francis' good wishes to the chief rabbi and Jewish community of Rome on the feast of Pesach
- Audiences
- Other Pontifical Acts
22.04.2016
- Information on the situation in Ukraine ahead of the extraordinary collection in European Catholic churches
- Sixty thousand young people to celebrate the Jubilee of Boys and Girls in Rome
- Audiences
25.04.2016
- The Pope in the Earth Village: do not be afraid to transform the desert into forest
- Love is the Christian identity
- Regina Coeli: the Pope asks for the liberation of Catholic and Orthodox bishops, priests and religious held hostage in Syria
- Pope's video message to the participants in the Jubilee of Boys and Girls: if Jesus is not in your life, it is as if there is no 'signal'
- Cardinal Woelki, Pope's special envoy to Luxembourg
- Audiences
- Other Pontifical Acts
26.04.2016
- The Spirit is not the 'property' of the ecclesial hierarchy, writes the Pope in his letter to president of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America
- Holy See Press Office communiqué on the contract with auditing firm PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC)
- Other Pontifical Acts
27.04.2016
- General audience: ignoring human suffering means ignoring God
- The Pope greets pilgrims from various countries
- Decrees for the causes of saints
- Information on the trial for dissemination of reserved information and documents
- Other Pontifical Acts
28.04.2016
- The Pope visits the dicasteries of the Curia
- Annual Report of the Financial Information Authority of the Holy See and Vatican City State: an effective regulatory framework
- Other Pontifical Acts
29.04.2016
- Promoting empathy in society to help people with rare diseases
- Information on the trial for dissemination of reserved information and documents
- Pope Francis' prayer intentions for May
- Audiences
- Other Pontifical Acts
30.04.2016
- Jubilee Audience: Holy Year for Reconciliation with the Father
- Audiences
- Other Pontifical Acts