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June 2016

01.06.2016
- General audience: how do we pray?
- The Pope invites prayer to the Sacred Heart of Jesus in the month of June
- Audience with the Institute of Jainology: creation is the mirror of God
- Christians and Jains: cooperating in defending the Earth, home of the human family
- Preparations to commemorate 500 years since the Reformation
- Other Pontifical Acts
02.06.2016
- The Pope preaches in the Jubilee for Priests: evangelical simplicity that understands and works in the name of mercy
- Mercy takes us from estrangement to celebration
- The vessel of Mercy is our sin
- Summit of judges and magistrates in the Vatican against human trafficking and organised crime
03.06.2016
- Do not lose your closeness and availability to your people, says Francis to priests at the end of their retreat
- The priest is not an inspector of the flock, but a good Samaritan
- Other Pontifical Acts
04.06.2016
- Apostolic letter Motu proprio: Like a loving mother
- Dicastery for the laity, family and life, established "ad experimentum"
- Audience with the Pope and visit to the Vatican of the Sheikha of Qatar
- Deacons, face of the Church in daily life
- To the Pontifical Missionary Works: continuing formation in the mission of all Churches
- Cardinal Re, special envoy to the 11th National Eucharistic Congress of Argentina
- Audiences
- Other Pontifical Acts
06.06.2016
- Holy Father's fifteenth meeting with the Council of Cardinals
- The Pope canonises Stanislaus of Jesus and Mary, and Mary Elisabeth Hesselblad
- Cardinal prefect of the Congregation for Oriental Churches invited to the Phanar
- Other Pontifical Acts
07.06.2016
- Eradicate the stigma of leprosy: the Pontifical Council for Health Care Workers to hold an international conference
- Tomorrow at 1 p.m., the world will stop for a minute to pray for peace
08.06.2016
- General audience: the wedding at Cana, first sign of Christ's mercy in
- Greetings to pilgrims from around the world
- Fifteenth meeting of the Council of Cardinals: working for the new apostolic constitution
- Audiences
- Other Pontifical Acts
09.06.2016
- The Pope to doctors in Spain and Latin America: compassion is the very soul of medicine
- Programme of Pope Francis' visit to Poland for the 31st World Youth Day
- Committee instituted for the distribution of funds collected for Ukraine
- Presentation of the Jubilee of the sick and disabled
- Audiences
- Other Pontifical Acts
10.06.2016
- To the World Communion of Reformed Churches: an ecumenism that unites theological dialogue with a shared mission of evangelisation and service
- The liturgical memory of Mary Magdalene becomes a feast, like that of the other apostles
- Mary Magdalene, apostle of the apostles
- Holy See Press Office communiqué
- Audiences
11.06.2016
- May Christian communities be "homes" where all suffering encounters "com-passion": the Pope at the Convention for the Disabled
- Francis to the Vatican Observatory Summer School: the desire to understand the universe, God's creation, is shared by men and women of different cultures and religions
- Audiences
- Other Pontifical Acts
13.06.2016
- The Pope at the headquarters of the World Food Programme: the future of humanity lies in its ability to respond to the hunger and thirst of its brothers and sisters
- Francis to World Food Programme staff: pray for me so that I too can fight hunger
- Horror and condemnation of the massacre in Orlando, new manifestation of homicidal folly and senseless hatred
- Jubilee of the sick and disabled: God understands our infirmity because He has experienced it personally
- Angelus: new appeal against child labour
- The Pope calls participants in the 38th pilgrimage from Macerata to Loreto
- Differences make community, and we are all part of the unity of the Church
- Consistory for the canonisation of five Blesseds
- Other Pontifical Acts
14.06.2016
- Summary of the Letter "Iuvenescit Ecclesia" (The Church rejuvenates)
- Presentation of the Letter to Bishops, "The Church rejuvenates", on the relationship between hierarchical and charismatic gifts for the life and mission of the Church
- Decrees for the causes of saints
- Other Pontifical Acts
15.06.2016
- The Pope receives the prime minister of the Netherlands: mutual interest in the phenomenon of migration
- General audience: indifference and hostility blind us and prevent us from recognising Jesus in others
- Mission of Cor Unum in Ecuador and Colombia
- Information on the trial for dissemination of reserved information and documents
- Audiences
- Other Pontifical Acts
16.06.2016
- The Pope at the ROACO: beneath the tears and bloodshed of war and persecution there is the radiant face that reflects Christ's light
- Mercy is spreading beauty and joy in a sometimes sombre and sad world: Francis to travelling and folk performers
- Audiences
- Other Pontifical Acts
17.06.2016
- An outbound Church with an outbound laity
- Works of mercy for the suffering Church
- The Pope at the Rome diocesan congress: every family must be treated with respect and care, there must be no pastoral ministry of ghettoes, and let the elderly dream again
- Christians and Muslims: beneficiaries and instruments of divine mercy
- Holy See Press Office communiqué
- Audiences
- Other Pontifical Acts
18.06.2016
- Jubilee audience: a conversion that starts with mercy
- Greetings after the catechesis
- Elderly and infirm priests, protagonists of the sixth Mercy Friday
- Audiences
- Other Pontifical Acts
20.06.2016
- Consistory for the canonisation of five blesseds
- Angelus: Christ's Cross is not ideological, it is the Cross of Life
- Prayers for the Pan-Orthodox Council and solidarity with refugees
- Visit to Villa Nazareth
- Audiences
- Other Pontifical Acts
21.06.2016
- Statistics of the Catholic Church in Armenia
22.06.2016
- General audience: mercy cleanses the heart
- Greetings in various languages
- Pope's video message at the Sixth World Congress against the death penalty: for a criminal justice open to reintegration in society
- Theme of the 103rd World Day of the Migrant and Refugee: Minor migrants, vulnerable and voiceless
- The Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue commemorates the fifth anniversary of the document "Christian witness in a multi-religious world: recommendations for conduct"
- Other Pontifical Acts
23.06.2016
- Pope’s video message on the eve of his visit to Armenia: I come as a pilgrim to drink from the wellspring of the faith of the first Christian country
- A brief history of the Church in Armenia
- Declaration by Fr. Federico Lombardi, S.J.
- Audiences
24.06.2016
- The Pope arrives in Armenia: faith is a constitutive reality of the identity of this country
- "Tourism for all: promoting universal accessibility", theme of World Tourism Day 2016
- Other Pontifical Acts
25.06.2016
- Francis to the Armenian authorities: this people knows suffering and persecution but has the spirit always to start over again
- Visit to the Tzitzernakaberd Memorial and Holy Mass in Gyumri: safeguard the memory of the people
- The Pope answers questions on the peace process in Colombia and the result of the United Kingdom referendum during the flight to Armenia
- Cardinal Schönborn, special envoy at the commemoration of the erection of the diocese of Minsk-Mohilev
- Other Pontifical Acts
27.06.2016
- The Pope visits the Armenian Apostolic cathedral and Catholic cathedral of Gyumri
- Ecumenical encounter in Yerevan: only love can erase prejudices and make us see that openness to our brothers and sisters can purify and elevate our own convictions
- Divine liturgy in Etchmiadzin: may the Armenian Church journey in peace, and the communion between us be full
- Joint declaration by Pope Francis and the Catholicos Karekin II: We implore the leaders of nations to listen to the plea of millions of human beings who urgently need bread, not guns
- Khor Virap, at the foot of Mount Ararat, the last stop of the Pope’s trip to Armenia
- The Pope answers questions from journalists on the return flight from Armenia
- Communiqué from the “Joseph Ratzinger – Benedict XVI” Vatican Foundation
- Other Pontifical Acts
28.06.2016
- The Pope receives a delegation from the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople: united by the experience of God's mercy
- Francis pays homage to Benedict XVI on the 65th anniversary of his priestly ordination: "Holiness, continue to serve the Church"
- Audiences
- Other Pontifical Acts
30.06.2016
- General audience: mercy is a way of life
- Francis calls for prayers for World Youth Day and underlines that work is dignity
- Pope Francis' prayer intentions for July
- To the new metropolitan archbishops: prayer is the way out of being closed
- Angelus: the Pope recalls the steadfast faith of St. Peter and the great universal heart of St. Paul
- Cor Unum seminar to assist the population of Syria
- Audiences
- Other Pontifical Acts