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September 2016

01.09.2016
- Presentation of the Pope’s first message for the World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation
- “Show Mercy to our Common Home”: Pope’s message for the World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation
- Pope Francis’ visit to Assisi for the World Day of Prayer for Peace
- Pope Francis' prayer intentions for September
- Audiences
- Other Pontifical Acts
02.09.2016
- Vespers on the World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation
- Mother Teresa of Calcutta: the perfect saint for the Year of Mercy
- Audiences
- Other Pontifical Acts
03.09.2016
- Our Lady of Aparecida in the Vatican Gardens
- To volunteers and operators of mercy: your presence is the hand of Christ held out to all
- Cardinal Bagnasco, Pope’s special envoy to the National Eucharistic Congress of Italy
- Cardinal Puljić, Pope’s special envoy to Skopje
- Other Pontifical Acts
04.09.2016
- Mother Teresa of Calcutta, tireless worker of mercy
- Angelus: Francis remembers women religious, victims of violence
- The Pope offers pizza to 1,500 poor people
05.09.2016
- Thanksgiving Mass for the canonisation of Mother Teresa: eyes open to suffering, embraced with compassion
- Secretary for Relations with States in Germany
- Audiences
06.09.2016
- Holy Father’s calendar for September to November
- Audiences
- In memoriam
07.09.2016
- Mercy drives us to transform the world and history
- The Pope recalls the Nativity of Mary and offers the example of St. Teresa of Calcutta
- Agreement between the Holy See and the Central African Republic
- Audiences
- Other Pontifical Acts
08.09.2016
- The Pope reiterates the importance of holistic ecology to the Organisation of American States
- To Benedictines: keep the oases of the spirit alive
- Audiences
- Other Pontifical Acts
09.09.2016
- The Pope to bishops of the mission territories: the Church is called to be above tribal and cultural connotations
- Programme of the Pope’s trip to Sweden for the joint Lutheran-Catholic commemoration of the Reformation
- New course of study on consecrated life
- Audiences
- Other Pontifical Acts
10.09.2016
- Jubilee audience: the relationship between mercy and redemption
- The Pope greets Czech and Romanian pilgrims and young members of Italian Catholic Action, praising the work of those who assist earthquake victims
- Audiences
11.09.2016
- Angelus: the three parables of mercy
- A special prayer for Gabon and the memory of Blessed Bukowinski
12.09.2016
- Sixteenth meeting of the Holy Father with the Council of Cardinals
- Definitive programme of the Pope’s apostolic trip to Georgia and Azerbaijan
- Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors: day of prayer for survivors and victims of sexual abuse
- Courtyard of the Gentiles and the Italian embassy to the Holy See: towards a more humane and just world
- Other Pontifical Acts
15.09.2016
- The Pope receives the Italian Biblical Association: spread the dignity of being sons of God
- “De Concordia inter Codices”, the Pope’s apostolic letter on variations to the Code of Canon Law
- The Motu Proprio responds to the desire to facilitate pastoral care for the faithful, especially in the diaspora, says the secretary of the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts
- Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts: authentic response to canon 1041, nos. 4-15 CIC
- Meeting of papal representatives in Rome
- Fourteenth plenary session of the Joint Commission for Theological Dialogue between the Catholic Church and the Orthodox Church
- Audiences
16.09.2016
- The Pope to new bishops: make mercy pastoral
- Telegram of condolences for ex-president of the Italian Republic, Carlo Azeglio Ciampi
- Audiences
17.09.2016
- Global migration and the refugee crisis: hospitality is a Gospel value, says the Pope to graduates of Jesuit schools
- Papal diplomacy cannot ignore the urgent need to make mercy palpable in the world
- Audiences
- Other Pontifical Acts
18.09.2016
- Mass for the 200th anniversary of the Vatican Gendarmerie: the poor pay the price of fraud and corruption
- Angelus: the logic of the Gospel is not the logic of the world
- The Pope invites prayer for peace on 20 September
19.09.2016
- Papal Representatives’ appeal to the international community
- Audiences
- Other Pontifical Acts
20.09.2016
- The Pope in Assisi for the World Day of Prayer for Peace
- Cardinal Parolin at the United Nations Summit for Refugees and Migrants
- Cardinal Secretary of State to attend the agreement between the Colombian government and the FARC in Cartagena de Indias
- Other Pontifical Acts
21.09.2016
- General audience: mercy, path of perfection
- Pope’s appeal on World Alzheimer’s Day
- Greetings to pilgrims: the conversion of St. Matthew helps us to live according to the criteria of faith
- Mourning in the episcopate
- Other Pontifical Acts
22.09.2016
- Audience with the National Council Order of Journalists: journalism must not fuel fears of forced migration due to war or hunger
- Publication of the Statute of the Secretariat for Communication
- Audiences
- Other Pontifical Acts
23.09.2016
- Regulation of the Medical Board of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints
- Accession of the Holy See and Vatican City State to the UN Convention against Corruption
- Audiences
- Other Pontifical Acts
24.09.2016
- To the Sisters Hospitallers of Mercy: before the frailty of illness, there can be no distinctions of social status, race or culture
- The Pope receives the relatives of the 14 July attack in Nice
- Audiences
- Other Pontifical Acts
25.09.2016
- Jubilee of catechists: God is proclaimed through the encounter between persons, with care for their history and their journey
- Angelus: beatification of Unzeitig, union with the bishops of Mexico, and encouragement for the deaf for their contribution to a Church able to welcome all
26.09.2016
- Audience with the president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo: Catholic Church’s important contribution in favour of development and reduction of poverty
- Updated programme for the Pope’s visit to Sweden for the Lutheran-Catholic Joint Commemoration of the Reformation
- Statistics of the Catholic Church in Georgia and Azerbaijan
- Audiences
27.09.2016
- Cardinal Parolin at the signing of the Final Agreement between the Colombian government and the FARC-EP
- Cor Unum: fifth meeting on the humanitarian crisis in Syria and Iraq
- Other Pontifical Acts
28.09.2016
- General audience: forgiveness on the Cross
- Pope’s new appeal for the population of Aleppo, Syria
- Greetings to pilgrims: the feasts of St. Vincent de Paul and of the three archangels
- Telegram of condolences for the death of former Israeli president Shimon Peres
- Other Pontifical Acts
29.09.2016
- Humanitarian crisis in the Middle East: the Pope urges political leaders to renounce their own interests to achieve peace, the greater good
- Theme of 51st World Day of Social Communications: “Fear not, for I am with you (Is 43,5): Communicating hope and trust in our time”
- Audiences
- Other Pontifical Acts
30.09.2016
- The Pope in Georgia: we are united by our common witness to the Christian tradition
- In the Orthodox Patriarchate of Georgia: evangelising as in the past, free of prejudice and open to God’s perennial newness
- Prayer for peace with the Catholic Assyrian-Chaldean community
- Pope Francis' prayer intentions for October
- Pope’s Message to the Argentine people: perform works of mercy for the good of our country