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February 2017

01.02.2017
- General audience: We will be with the Lord forever
- Greetings to pilgrims and faithful
- Cardinal Ribat to take possession of his titular church
- Other Pontifical Acts
02.02.2017
- Audiences
- Other Pontifical Acts
- Holy Mass on the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord and the 21st World Day of Consecrated Life
03.02.2017
- Audiences
- Other Pontifical Acts
- Notice of press conference
04.02.2017
- The Pope receives the participants in the “Economy and communion” meeting organised by the Focolare Movement
- Papal letter to the Substitute for General Affairs of the Secretariat of State for his appointment as Special Delegate to the Sovereign Military Order of Malta
- Cardinal Parolin, Pope’s legate at the 25th World Day of the Sick in Lourdes
- Signing of Framework Agreement between the Holy See and the Republic of the Congo
- Audiences
- Other Pontifical Acts
- Presentation of the Holy Father’s Message for Lent 2017
05.02.2017
- Angelus: disciples of Christ not through words, but deeds
- The Pope greets all those who work to promote life
- Other Pontifical Acts
06.02.2017
- The Pope receives an ecumenical delegation of the Evangelical Church in Germany: may the Holy Spirit indicate His bold and prophetic ways
- Presentation of the 25th World Day of the Sick and the New Charter for Healthcare Workers
- Cardinal Simoni to take possession of his diaconate
- Audiences
07.02.2017
- Press conference for the presentation of the Holy Father’s Message for Lent 2017
- Holy Father’s Message for Lent 2017
08.02.2017
- General audience: Christian hope, wellspring of mutual help and consolation
- New appeal by the Pope against human trafficking and in favour of migrants
- Greetings to pilgrims: remember the sick, and St. Josephine Bakhita
- Other Pontifical Acts
09.02.2017
- Audience with the community of the journal La Civiltà Cattolica
- To the Anti-Defamation League: the iniquity of the Shoah must never again be possible
- The Pope: Catholic schools and universities in the service of the growth of humanity, dialogue and hope
- Audiences
- Other Pontifical Acts
10.02.2017
- To the Charity and Health Commission of the CEI: if there is a sector where the consequences of throwaway culture are most evident, it is healthcare
- Other Pontifical Acts
- Audiences
11.02.2017
- Secretariat of State press communiqué: special envoy of the Holy See named for Medjugorje
12.02.2017
- Angelus: seek the substance of the Commandments, avoiding the risk of formalism
13.02.2017
- Eighteenth meeting of the Holy Father with the Council of Cardinals
- Declaration of the Council of Cardinals
- Audiences
- Other Pontifical Acts
- Presentation of the third International “Economy and Society” Award of the Centesimus Annus – Pro Pontifice Foundation and the international congress “Constructive Alternatives in an Era of Global Turmoil”
15.02.2017
- The Pope greets representatives of Indigenous Peoples participating in the Third Forum held by the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
- General audience: hope does not disappoint
- Greetings to pilgrims from various countries: memory of Sts. Cyril and Methodius, patrons of Europe
- Briefing from the deputy director of the Holy See Press Office on the 18th meeting of the Council of Cardinals
- Presentation of the third “Economy and Society” International Award of the “Centesimus Annus – Pro Pontifice” Foundation and the International Congress “Constructive Alternatives in an Era of Global Turmoil”
- Other Pontifical Acts
16.02.2017
- The Pope receives the participants in the Special Olympics World Winter Games: “You show us that there are no obstacles or barriers which cannot be overcome”
- Audiences
- Other Pontifical Acts
17.02.2017
- Holy Father’s visit to the “Roma Tre” University
- The Pope’s Message at the Meeting of Popular Movements in California
18.02.2017
- To the Congregation of Marian Fathers of the Immaculate Conception: proclaim the Good News with methods and language understandable to people of our time
- Audiences
- Other Pontifical Acts
- Statement of the director of the Holy See Press Office
19.02.2017
- Angelus: the clear distinction between justice and vengeance
- New appeal by the Pope for an end to the tragedy of child soldiers in Africa and for the victims of violence in Pakistan and Iraq
- The Pope visits a Roman parish and reiterates that vengeance is not part of the Christian vocabulary
- The Pope meets the children of the parish of Santa Maria Josefa del Cuore di Gesù
- To the parish Caritas assistants: a person who asks for help is Jesus
20.02.2017
- Audiences
- Cardinals Osoro Sierra and Kutwa take possession of their titular churches
21.02.2017
- The Pope receives the participants in the 6th International Forum on Migration and Peace
- Meeting between the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue and Al-Azhar Al Sharif Centre for Dialogue
- Meeting of the Management Board of the John Paul II Foundation for the Sahel
22.02.2017
- General audience: hope and salvation
- Greetings to pilgrims from different countries: the feast of the Chair of St. Peter, a day of special communion with the Successor of Peter and with the Holy See
- Pope’s appeal regarding famine in South Sudan and the Horn of Africa
- Telegram of condolences for the death of Cardinal Connell
- Communiqué of the Secretariat of State
- Audiences
- Other Pontifical Acts
23.02.2017
- The Pope receives the Villarreal football team: when you play, you also educate and transmit values
- Presentation to the Pope of a new edition of the Torah
- Audiences
24.02.2017
- The Pope speaks at seminar on “The human right to water” (Vatican, 23 to 24 February 2017)
25.02.2017
- To the Délégation Catholique pour la Coopération of the Conference of Bishops of France: “You are at the service of genuine cooperation between local Churches and between peoples, opposing poverty and working for a more just and fraternal world”
- Francis to the participants in the formation course for priests on the new matrimonial process: “You are called by every person and every situation to be travelling companions”
- “Discrimination based on efficiency is no less deplorable than that based on race, census or religion”, says the Pope to the Capodarco Community
- Cardinal Bertello, Pope’s special envoy to Ghana
- Audiences
- Other Pontifical Acts
26.02.2017
- Angelus: the importance of feeling God’s paternity in a period of orphanhood
- Francis recalls the Day of Rare Diseases
- Pope’s historic visit to “All Saints” Anglican Church
- The Pope repeats that ecumenism is a journey and praises the vitality of the young Churches
27.02.2017
- Decrees of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints
- Audiences
28.02.2017
- The Pope grants an interview to “Scarp de’ tenis”, a Milan street magazine