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December 2019

01.12.2019
- Eucharistic celebration for the Congolese Catholic community of Rome
- Apostolic Letter “Admirabile signum” of the Holy Father Francis on the meaning and importance of the Nativity Scene
- The Pope’s words at the Angelus prayer
- Visit of the Holy Father to the Franciscan Shrine of Greccio
02.12.2019
- Thirty-second Meeting of the Council of Cardinals (2 to 4 December 2019)
- Audiences
- Resignations and Appointments
- Meeting of the Ministers of Education of the Council of Europe, with the participation of the Holy See (Paris, 26 November 2019)
- Audience with a delegation of young French businesspeople
- Other News
03.12.2019
- Message of the Holy Father Francis for International Day of Persons with Disabilities
- Press Conference for the Presentation of the Lauretan Jubilee Year
- Audiences
- Resignations and Appointments
04.12.2019
- Message of the Holy Father to the participants in the United Nations Conference on Climate in Madrid (2 to 13 December 2019)
- Audience with members of the Board of Directors of the independent autonomous trade union “Solidarnosc”
- General Audience
- Audiences
- Resignations and Appointments
- Other News
- Holy See Press Office Communiqué on the Meeting of the Council of Cardinals
05.12.2019
- Audiences
- Press Release of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue
- Audience with the delegations of Donors of the Christmas Tree and Nativity Display in Saint Peter’s Square
- Other News
06.12.2019
- First Sermon of Advent
- Audiences
- Notice from the Office for Liturgical Celebrations
- Notice of Press Conference
- Audience with editors and collaborators of the Journal “Aggiornamenti Sociali”
- Audience with members of the National Notarial Fund
- Other News
07.12.2019
- Audiences
- Resignations and Appointments
- Audience with members of the Catholic Association of Cinema Operators – "Sale della Comunità"
08.12.2019
- The Pope’s words at the Angelus prayer
09.12.2019
- Audience with the members of the “A Chance in Life” Foundation
- Audiences
- Notice from the Office of Liturgical Celebrations
- Notice of Press Conference
- Holy See Press Office Communiqué: Audience with the Prime Minister of the Slovak Republic
- Audience with the Community of the Pontifical Benedict XV Flaminian Regional Seminary of Bologna
- Other News
10.12.2019
- Press Conference to present the International Symposium “Religion and Medical Ethics: Palliative Care and the Mental Health of the Elderly”
- Audiences
11.12.2019
- General Audience
- Audiences
- Press Release of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue
- Audience with the participants in the Pilgrimage of the Eparchy of Mukachevo of Byzantine Rite, Ukraine
- Telegram of the Holy Father for the military aircraft missing in southern Chile
- Message of the Cardinal Secretary of State to the participants in the International Symposium “Religion and Medical Ethics: Palliative Care and the Mental Health of the Elderly”
- Notice of Press Conference (updated)
12.12.2019
- Promulgation of decrees of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints
- Message of the Holy Father Francis for the celebration of the 53rd World Day of Peace (1 January 2020)
- Audience with the members of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints
- Audiences
- Resignations and Appointments
- Christmas Time Liturgical Celebrations presided at by the Holy Father Francis
13.12.2019
- Second Sermon of Advent
- Audiences
- Audience with the Artists of the Christmas Concert in the Vatican
- Audience with members of Associations, Congregations and Movements dedicated to Mercy in France
14.12.2019
- Audience with Diocesan Assistants from Milan and Diocesan Apostolic Collaborators from Padua and Treviso
- Audiences
- Resignations and Appointments
- Holy See Press Office Communiqué: Audience with the Prime Minister of Montenegro
- Other News
15.12.2019
- The Pope’s words at the Angelus prayer
16.12.2019
- Audiences
- Audience with a delegation of young people from Italian Catholic Action
- Audience with members of the National Association of Senior Workers
17.12.2019
- RESCRIPTUM EX AUDIENTIA SS.MI: Rescript of the Holy Father Francis to introduce some amendments to the “Normae de gravioribus delictis”
- RESCRIPTUM EX AUDIENTIA SS.MI: Rescriptum of the Holy Father Francis to promulgate the Instruction on the confidentiality of legal proceedings
- Resignations and Appointments
- Comment by the editorial director, Andrea Tornielli, on the publication of the Rescript of the Holy Father on the Instruction on the Confidentiality of Legal Proceedings
- Interview of the editorial director, Andrea Tornielli, with Archbishop Charles Scicluna, adjunct secretary of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith on the occasion of the publication of the Rescript of the Holy Father Francis concerning the Instruction on the Confidentiality of Legal Proceedings
- Contribution of H.E. Msgr. Juan Ignacio Arrieta, secretary of the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts, and Professor Giuseppe Dalla Torre, former president of the Vatican City State Tribunal on the publication of the Rescript of the Holy Father Francis On the confidentiality of legal proceedings
18.12.2019
- General Audience
- Resignations and Appointments
19.12.2019
- Audiences
- Meeting of the Holy Father with migrants and refugees from Lesbos
20.12.2019
- Second Sermon of Advent
- Audiences
- Resignations and Appointments
- Holy See Press Office Communiqué: Audience with the Secretary General of the United Nations
- Video Message of the Holy Father and the Secretary General of the United Nations
21.12.2019
- Resignations and Appointments
- Apostolic Letter in the form of a “Motu Proprio” regarding the Office of Dean of the College of Cardinals
- Audience of the Holy Father to the Roman Curia on the occasion of the presentation of Christmas wishes
- Audience with employees of the Holy See and Vatican City State Governorate for Christmas greetings
22.12.2019
- Greeting of the Holy Father to the children of the “Santa Marta” Paediatric Dispensary
- The Pope’s words at the Angelus prayer
24.12.2019
- Resignations and Appointments
- Holy Mass on the Night of the Solemnity of the Nativity of the Lord
25.12.2019
- Christmas Message to the political leaders of South Sudan, signed jointly by the Holy Father Francis, the Archbishop of Canterbury His Grace Justin Welby, and the ex-moderator of the Church of Scotland, the Reverend John Chalmers
- Message of the Holy Father and “Urbi et Orbi” Blessing on the Solemnity of the Nativity of the Lord
26.12.2019
- The Pope’s words at the Angelus prayer
28.12.2019
- Resignations and Appointments
29.12.2019
- The Pope’s words at the Angelus prayer
30.12.2019
- Resignations and Appointments
31.12.2019
- Telegram of condolences of the Holy Father for the death of His Eminence Cardinal Prosper Grech
- Notice from the Office of Liturgical Celebrations