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December 2022

01.12.2022
- Audience with the “Joseph Ratzinger – Benedict XVI Vatican Foundation” for the conferral of the Ratzinger Prize 2022
- Audiences
- Resignations and Appointments
- Declaration of the Director of the Holy See Press Office, Matteo Bruni
- Apostolic Journey of His Holiness Francis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and in South Sudan (Ecumenical Pilgrimage of Peace in South Sudan) (31 January to 5 February 2023) – Programme
- Video Message of the Holy Father with the prayer intention for the month of December, disseminated via the Pope’s Worldwide Prayer Network
02.12.2022
- Message of the Holy Father to participants in the Eighth “Rome MED Dialogues” Conference (1 to 3 December 2022)
- First Sermon of Advent
- Audiences
- Holy See Press Office Communiqué: Audience with the President of the Republic of Albania
- Audience with members of “Leaders pour la Paix”
- Audience with members of the Forum of Family Associations
03.12.2022
- Audience with a group of disabled people on the occasion of International Day of Persons with Disabilities
- Audience with the donors of the Nativity scene and Christmas Tree in Saint Peter’s Square
- Holy See Press Office Communiqué: Audience with the President of the Republic of Niger
- Audiences
- Resignations and Appointments
- Message of the Holy Father on the occasion of International Day of Persons with Disabilities
04.12.2022
- Audience with a delegation of the Latin American Rabbinical Seminary
- The Pope’s words at the Angelus prayer
05.12.2022
- Meeting of the Council of Cardinals
06.12.2022
- Meeting of the Council of Cardinals
- Apostolic Letter issued “Motu proprio” of the Supreme Pontiff Francis on the instrumental legal persons of the Roman Curia
07.12.2022
- General Audience
- Holy See Press Office Communiqué on the Meeting of the Council of Cardinals
- Audiences
- Resignations and Appointments
08.12.2022
- Resignations and Appointments
- The Pope’s words at the Angelus prayer
- Visit to the “Salus Populi Romani” in the Basilica of Saint Mary Major and Act of Veneration of Mary Immaculate in Piazza di Spagna
09.12.2022
- Video Message of the Holy Father Francis to the Archdiocese of Rosario, Argentina, on the occasion of the archdiocesan Marian Year
- Audience with the Christian Workers’ Movement
- Second Sermon of Advent
- Audiences
- Resignations and Appointments
10.12.2022
- Audience with the Community of the Seminary of Barcelona
- Audience with Firefighters with family members
- Audiences
- Resignations and Appointments
- Holy See Press Office Communiqué: Audience with the President of the Slovak Republic
11.12.2022
- The Pope’s words at the Angelus prayer
12.12.2022
- Audience with members of Amitié Judéo-Chrétienne de France
- Audience with members of the Italian Union of Blind and Partially-Sighted People
- Audiences
- Resignations and Appointments
- Notice
13.12.2022
- Resignations and Appointments
14.12.2022
- General Audience
- Audiences
- Resignations and Appointments
15.12.2022
- The Credential Letters of the Ambassadors of Belize, the Bahamas, Thailand, Norway, Mongolia, Niger, Uganda, and Sudan to the Holy See
- Audiences
- Resignations and Appointments
- Audience with the young people of Italian Catholic Action
16.12.2022
- Message of the Holy Father Francis for the 56th World Day of Peace (1 January 2023)
- Presentation of the Holy Father Francis’ Message for the 56th World Day of Peace
- Third Sermon of Advent
- Audiences
- Holy See Communiqué
17.12.2022
- Audience with a delegation of the “Mother Teresa Awards”
- Audience with the artists of the “Concert in the Vatican”
- Audiences
- Promulgation of Decrees of the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints
- Holy See Press Office Communiqué: Audience with the Prime Minister of the Republic of Slovenia
18.12.2022
- Audience with children assisted by the Santa Marta Dispensary
- The Pope’s words at the Angelus prayer
19.12.2022
- Audiences
- Resignations and Appointments
- Telegram of the Holy Father on the death of His Eminence Cardinal Severino Poletto
- Audience with Leaders and Delegates of the Italian General Confederation of Labour (CGIL)
20.12.2022
- Resignations and Appointments
21.12.2022
- General Audience
- Resignations and Appointments
22.12.2022
- Audience of the Holy Father with the Roman Curia for the exchange of Christmas wishes
- Audience with employees of the Holy See and the Governorate of Vatican City State for the exchange of Christmas wishes
- Resignations and Appointments
23.12.2022
- Audiences
- Resignations and Appointments
24.12.2022
- Resignations and Appointments
- Holy Mass on the Night of the Solemnity of the Nativity of the Lord
25.12.2022
- Message of the Holy Father and “Urbi et Orbi” Blessing on the Solemnity of the Nativity of the Lord
26.12.2022
- The Pope’s words at the Angelus prayer
28.12.2022
- General Audience
- Apostolic Letter Totum amoris est of the Holy Father Francis on the fourth centenary of the death of Saint Francis de Sales
- Resignations and Appointments
29.12.2022
- Audiences
31.12.2022
- Declaration of the Director of the Holy See Press Office, Matteo Bruni
- Resignations and Appointments
- Indications regarding the Lying in State and Funeral of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI
- Notice from the Office for Liturgical Celebrations
- Celebration of the First Vespers of the Solemnity of Mary Most Holy, Mother of God, and “Te Deum” of thanksgiving for the past year
- Spiritual Testament of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI