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2016
December 2016
01.12.2016
Francis receives a delegation of faithful from Georgia and recalls the joy of his visit
The Pope to the participants in the Fourth World Congress for the Pastoral Care of International Students: those who have the gift of being able to study have a responsibility of service for the good of humanity
Audiences
Other Pontifical Acts
04.12.2016
Angelus: the Kingdom of God is already in our midst
05.12.2016
Audiences
Other Pontifical Acts
06.12.2016
The Holy See at the Conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency: an ethic of responsibility for nuclear security
Other Pontifical Acts
To the Pontifical Academies: artists, communicate with your works a spark of hope and trust where people give in to indifference and ugliness
07.12.2016
Interview with the Holy Father Francis for the Belgian Catholic weekly, “Tertio”
General audience: new cycle of catechesis on Christian hope
Appeal against corruption and in favour of human rights
Greetings to pilgrims: Advent, time of journeying towards the encounter with the Lord
Other Pontifical Acts
08.12.2016
Angelus: the “No” of original sin and the “Yes” of the Virgin Mary
The Pope prays for the victims of the earthquake in Sumatra
Act of veneration of the Immaculate Conception and visit to St. Mary Major
Other Pontifical Acts
09.12.2016
Second sermon of Advent
Francis thanks delegations from Malta and Trentino for the St. Peter’s Square Nativity display and Christmas tree
The Holy See and the Islamic Republic of Mauritania decide to establish diplomatic relations
Audiences
Other Pontifical Acts
10.12.2016
Audience with the International Catholic Rural Association: rural communities must not remain at the margin of political, social and economic decisions
The Pope to seminarians: the identity of the presbytery is rooted in belonging to the Lord, Church and Kingdom
The four pillars of life in the seminary: the Pope’s impromptu address to the community of the Pius XI regional seminary
Audiences
Other Pontifical Acts
11.12.2016
Angelus: share the joy of the arrival of the Redeemer
The Pope remembers the people of Aleppo and condemns recent terrorist attacks
12.12.2016
The Holy Father’s seventeenth meeting with the Council of Cardinals
On the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe: a woman who fights against the society of mistrust and blindness
Cardinal Nzapalainga to take possession of his titular Church
Other Pontifical Acts
13.12.2016
The Pope’s condolences for the death of Msgr. Javier Echevarría Rodríguez, bishop prelate of Opus Dei
Other Pontifical Acts
14.12.2016
General audience: fleet-footed messengers of hope
Greetings to faithful and pilgrims
Briefing on the seventeenth meeting of the Council of Cardinals
Other Pontifical Acts
15.12.2016
Holy Father’s Message for the 25th World Day of the Sick
The ambassadors of Burundi, Fiji, Mauritius, Moldavia, Sweden and Tunisia present their credential letters to the Pope
Audience with the community of the Bambino Gesù Paediatric Hospital in Rome
Telegram of condolences for the death of Cardinal Arns, genuine witness of the Gospel amid the Brazilian people
Three new members of the IOR Board of Superintendence
Audiences
Other Pontifical Acts
16.12.2016
Third sermon of Advent
The Pope receives the president of Colombia, Juan Manuel Santos Calderón, and former president, Senator Álvaro Uribe Vélez
Presentation of the charity concert “Avrai”
Audiences
Other Pontifical Acts
17.12.2016
Pope Francis concelebrates at Mass with the College of Cardinals on his eightieth birthday, and asks for the grace of memory
Audience with the president of Malta
To the Nomadelfia community: never tire of nurturing dialogue between generations
Audiences
Other Pontifical Acts
The Pope to visit Fatima in 2017, centenary of the apparition of the Virgin
The Pope’s video message for the “Avrai” charity concert
18.12.2016
Angelus: the mystery of the Nativity, God’s closeness
Francis: this week, imagine Mary and Joseph’s journey to Bethlehem
19.12.2016
To the young people of Catholic Action: joy multiplies when it is shared
Audiences
20.12.2016
The Pope’s condolences for the Berlin attack
The Holy Father’s telegram to Vladimir Putin for the violent death of the Russian ambassador in Turkey
Other Pontifical Acts
21.12.2016
General audience: at Christmas, hope enters the world
Appeal for reconciliation and peace in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Greetings to pilgrims: Christmas inspires good intentions and solidarity
Statement of the Director of the Press Office of the Holy See
Other Pontifical Acts
22.12.2016
Pope’s telephone call to an Italian morning television programme
Greetings to the Roman Curia: permanent personal and structural conversion
Francis greets Vatican employees: engage in dignified work, respecting the person and the family
Decrees for the Causes of Saints
Audiences
23.12.2016
Fourth sermon of Advent
Press release from the Pontifical Council “Cor Unum”: aid at Christmas for the humanitarian crisis in Ukraine
Other Pontifical Acts
24.12.2016
Midnight Mass: Christmas has the taste of hope
Other Pontifical Acts
25.12.2016
Christmas Message: the proclamation of peace goes to the ends of the earth to reach all peoples, especially those scarred by war and harsh conflicts
26.12.2016
Angelus: the martyrdom of St. Stephen remains present in the present-day history of our Church
The Pope’s message for victims of the Black Sea air crash
28.12.2016
General audience: Abraham’s hope against all hope
Greetings to pilgrims: beauty always brings us closer to God
Other Pontifical Acts
29.12.2016
Other Pontifical Acts
30.12.2016
Other Pontifical Acts
31.12.2016
Celebration of the first Vespers of the Solemnity of Mary, Most Holy Mother of God and “Te Deum” in thanksgiving for the past year
