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May 2019

02.05.2019
- Audiences
- Calendar of Celebrations presided at by the Holy Father Francis (May to July 2019)
- Telegram of the Holy Father to the Emperor of Japan on the occasion of his accession to the Throne
03.05.2019
- Audiences
- Resignations and Appointments
- Video Message of the Holy Father Francis for his upcoming Apostolic Trip to Bulgaria
- The Holy Father thanks the Guido Carli Foundation on its commitment to solidarity
- Audience with the participants in the meeting on the mining industry organized by the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development
04.05.2019
- Audiences
- Resignations and Appointments
- Holy See Press Office Communiqué
- Video Message of the Holy Father Francis for the upcoming Apostolic Trip to North Macedonia (7 May 2019)
- The Pope receives the Swiss Guards who will take their oath next Monday, 6 May, and praises the dedication and professionalism of the Corps
- News in Brief
05.05.2019
- Apostolic Trip of Pope Francis to Bulgaria and North Macedonia (5 to7 May 2019) – Departure from Rome and Telegrams to Heads of State during the flight from Rome to Sofia
- Apostolic Trip of Pope Francis to Bulgaria and North Macedonia (5 to7 May 2019) – Words of the Holy Father during the flight from Rome to Sofia
- Apostolic Trip of Pope Francis to Bulgaria and North Macedonia (5 to7 May 2019) – Official Reception, Welcome Ceremony, Visit to the President and Meeting with the Authorities
- Apostolic Trip of Pope Francis to Bulgaria and North Macedonia (5 to7 May 2019) – Visit to the Patriarch Neophyte and the Holy Synod
- Apostolic Trip of Pope Francis to Bulgaria and North Macedonia (5 to7 May 2019) – Prayer before the Throne of Saints Cyril and Methodius and Recitation of the Regina Coeli in Saint Alexander Nevsky Square
- Apostolic Trip of Pope Francis to Bulgaria and North Macedonia (5 to7 May 2019) – Holy Mass in Knyaz Alexandar I Square
- Message of the Holy Father to participants in the International Conference “The Common Good on our Common Seas”, taking place in Copenhagen
06.05.2019
- Apostolic Trip of Pope Francis to Bulgaria and North Macedonia (5 to7 May 2019) – Private visit to the “Vrazhdebna” Refugee Centre
- Resignations and Appointments
- Notice from the Office of Liturgical Celebrations
- Apostolic Trip of Pope Francis to Bulgaria and North Macedonia (5 to7 May 2019) – Holy Mass with First Communions in the Church of the Sacred Heart of Rakovsky
- Apostolic Trip of Pope Francis to Bulgaria and North Macedonia (5 to7 May 2019) – Meeting for Peace in the presence of members of the various religious confessions in Bulgaria, in Piazza Nezavisimost, Sofia
07.05.2019
- Apostolic Trip of Pope Francis to Bulgaria and North Macedonia (5 to7 May 2019) – Farewell to Bulgaria and Telegram to the President of the Republic of Bulgaria
- Apostolic Trip of Pope Francis to Bulgaria and North Macedonia (5 to7 May 2019) – Visit to the Mother Teresa Memorial in the presence of religious leaders, and meeting with the poor
- Resignations and Appointments
- Apostolic Trip of Pope Francis to Bulgaria and North Macedonia (5 to7 May 2019) – Holy Mass in Macedonia Square
08.05.2019
- Resignations and Appointments
- General Audience
- News in Brief
09.05.2019
- The Pope receives in audience the teachers and students of the Pontifical Biblical Institute participating in the conference "Jesus and the Pharisees: An Interdisciplinary Reappraisal"
- Apostolic Letter in the form of “Motu proprio” of the Supreme Pontiff Francis “Vos estis lux mundi”
- Audiences
- Holy See Press Office Communiqué
- Notice
- “Second-class citizens” are those who reject people, says the Pope to Rom and Sinti communities
- The Pope meets with his diocese: we are called to support imbalance
10.05.2019
- The Pope thanks the “Papal Foundation” for its work in the integral promotion of the human family
- Audiences
- Message of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue to Muslims for the month of Ramadan and ‘Id al-Fitr 1440 H. / 2019 A.D.
11.05.2019
- Message of the Holy Father Francis for the event “Economy of Francesco” (Assisi, 26 to 28 March 2020)
- Audiences
- Resignations and Appointments
- Notice of Press Conference
- Message of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue on the occasion of the Buddhist feast of Vesakh/Hanamatsuri 2019
12.05.2019
- Holy Mass with Presbyteral Ordinations
13.05.2019
- Resignations and Appointments
- Meeting with the Heads of Dicasteries of the Roman Curia
14.05.2019
- Promulgation of the Decrees of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints
- The Pope’s condolences for the death of Cardinal Sfeir, Patriarch emeritus of Antioch of the Maronites
- Presentation of the event “Economy of Francesco” (Assisi, 26 to 28 May 2020)
- Audiences
- Resignations and Appointments
15.05.2019
- Audiences
- Resignations and Appointments
- General Audience
- Greeting of the Holy Father to participants in the Conference of the “International Catholic-Jewish Liaison Committee"
- News in Brief
16.05.2019
- Saint John Baptist de La Salle was a pioneer of education, says the Pope on the third centenary of the death of the founder of the Brothers of the Christian Schools
- Audiences
17.05.2019
- Press Release of the Dicastery for the Laity, Family and Life: Theme of the next World Meeting of Families (Rome, 23 to 27 June 2021)
- Audience with participants in the General Chapter of the Society of African Missions
- Audience with the Catholic Association of Healthcare Workers (ACOS) on the 40th anniversary of its founding
- Audiences
- Resignations and Appointments
- Press Release of the International Catholic-Jewish Liaison Committee on the 24th International Catholic Jewish-Liaison Committee Meeting (Rome, Italy, 13 to 16 May 2019)
- Notice of Press Conferences
- Press Release of the Apostolic Signatura
18.05.2019
- Audience with Members of the European Food Banks Federation
- Homily of the Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints at the Beatification of Guadalupe Ortiz de Landázuri
- Audience with the Members of the Foreign Press Association in Italy
- Audiences
- Resignations and Appointments
20.05.2019
- Audiences
- Resignations and Appointments
- Other news
21.05.2019
- Press Conference to present the Annual Report of the Financial Information Authority (AIF) on the activity of supervision and financial intelligence for the prevention and countering of money laundering and the financing of terrorism, and prudential supervision
- Resignations and Appointments
- Press Release of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue
- Other news
- Joint Declaration of the Dicastery for the Laity, Family and Life and the Pontifical Academy for Life on the case of Mr. Vincent Lambert
22.05.2019
- Resignations and Appointments
- General Audience
23.05.2019
- The Credential Letters of the Ambassadors to Thailand, Norway, New Zealand, Sierra Leone, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Luxembourg, Mozambique and Ethiopia
- Audiences
- Resignations and Appointments
- Notice
- Holy Mass for the opening of the 21st General Assembly of “Caritas Internationalis”
24.05.2019
- Audiences
- Message of the Prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development to the scientific community on the occasion of the fourth anniversary of Pope Francis’ Encyclical Laudato si’
- Resignations and Appointments
- Notice of Briefing
- Audience with the directors, employees and children of the “Ospedale degli Innocenti” (“Hospital of the Innocents”) Institute, Florence
- Audience with directors and employees of the Association of Italian Ecclesiastical Museums
- The Pope to participants in the meeting “The football we love”: Defend the amateur spirit of sport
27.05.2019
- Message of the Holy Father Francis for the World Day of Migrants and Refugees
- Audiences
- Notice from the Office of Liturgical Celebrations
- Press Conference to present Pope Francis’ Message for World Day of Migrants and Refugees 2019
- Audience with the participants in the General Assembly of Caritas Internationalis
- The Holy Father’s intervention at the meeting “Climate Change and New Evidence from Science, Engineering and Policy” (Casina Pio IV, 27 May 2019)
29.05.2019
- General Audience
- Audiences
- Apostolic Trip of His Holiness Francis to Romania (31 May to 2 June 2019) - Statistics
- Message of the Holy Father Francis to the Director General of the FAO for the inauguration of the United Nations decade of Family Farming
- Video Message of the Holy Father Francis for his upcoming Apostolic Trip to Romania (31 May to 2 June 2019)
31.05.2019
- Apostolic Trip of His Holiness Francis to Romania (31 May to 2 June 2019) – Departure from Rome and Telegrams to Heads of State
- Apostolic Trip of His Holiness Francis to Romania (31 May to 2 June 2019) – Words of the Holy Father during the flight from Rome to Bucharest
- Resignations and Appointments
- Letter of the Holy Father Francis to the president of the Pontifical Mission Societies on the occasion of the General Assembly of National Directors of the Pontifical Mission Societies
- General Decree of the Cardinal Secretary of State on “Caritas Internationalis”
- Apostolic Trip of His Holiness Francis to Romania (31 May to 2 June 2019) – Official Reception and Welcome Ceremony, Courtesy Visit to the President of Romania, Meeting with the Prime Minister and Meeting with Authorities, Civil Society and the Diplomatic Corps in the Presidential Palace of Bucharest
- Apostolic Trip of His Holiness Francis to Romania (31 May to 2 June 2019) – Private meeting with the Patriarch of Romania in the Orthodox Patriarchate of Bucharest and meeting with the Permanent Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Church
- Apostolic Trip of His Holiness Francis to Romania (31 May to 2 June 2019) – Recitation of the Pater Noster in the new Orthodox Cathedral of Bucharest
- Apostolic Trip of His Holiness Francis to Romania (31 May to 2 June 2019) – Holy Mass in the Saint Joseph Cathedral, Bucharest