Activities of the Holy Father Benedict XVI

ACTIVITIES OF THE HOLY FATHER

BENEDICT XVI

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JANUARY 2013
1st Tuesday Holy Mass on the Solemnity of Mary the Mother of God - 46th World Day of Peace Vatican Basilica PAPAL MASS	Booklet for the Celebration (Video) Photo Gallery Homily of the Holy Father [English, French, German, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish] 46th World Day of Peace 2013, Blessed are the Peacemakers [Arabic, French, English, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, German]
Saint Peter's Square, at 12:00 Angelus	(Video) Words of the Holy Father [English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish]

2 Wednesday Paul VI Audience Hall, at 10:30 General Audience	(Video) Catechesis of the Holy Father [Arabic, English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish]

6 Sunday Holy Mass on the Solemnity of the Epiphany Vatican Basilica	Booklet for the Celebration (Video) *Photo Gallery* Homily of the Holy Father [English, French, German, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish]
Saint Peter's Square, at 12:00 Angelus	(Video) Words of the Holy Father [English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish]

7 Monday Regia Hall, at 11:00 Audience with the Diplomatic Corps accredited to the Holy See for the traditional exchange of New Year greetings	(Video) Address of the Holy Father [English, French, German, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish]

9 Wednesday Paul VI Audience Hall, at 10:30 General Audience	(Video) He became a man [Arabic, English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish]

13 Sunday after the Epiphany Feast of the Baptism of the Lord Sistine Chapel, at 9:45 Holy Mass and Baptism of babies	Booklet for the Celebration (Video) *Photo Gallery* Homily of the Holy Father [English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish]
Saint Peter's Square, at 12:00 Angelus	(Video) Words of the Holy Father [English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish]

16 Wednesday Paul VI Audience Hall, at 10:30 General Audience	(Video) Catechesis of the Holy Father [Arabic, English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish]

20 Sunday Saint Peter's Square, at 12:00 Angelus	(Video) Words of the Holy Father [English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish]

21 Monday Memorial of St. Agnes Presentation of the lambs, whose wool will be used to make the pallium for the new Metropolitan Archbishops	Photo Gallery

23 Wednesday Paul VI Audience Hall, at 10:30 General Audience	(Video) *“I believe in God”* [Arabic, English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish]

25 Friday Basilica of Saint Paul Outside-the-Walls Celebration of Vespers on the Feast of the Conversion of Saint Paul	Indications Booklet for the Celebration (Video) Photo Gallery Homily of the Holy Father [English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish]

27 Sunday Saint Peter's Square, at 12:00 Angelus	(Video) Words of the Holy Father [English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish]

30 Wednesday Paul VI Audience Hall, at 10:30 General Audience	(Video) Catechesis of the Holy Father [Arabic, English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish]


FEBRUARY 2013
*2 Saturday* Feast of the Presentation of the Lord 17th Day of Consecrated Life Vatican Basilica, at 17:30 Holy Mass with the members of the Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life	Indications Booklet for the Celebration (Video) Photo Gallery Homily of the Holy Father [English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish]

3 Sunday Saint Peter's Square, at 12:00 Angelus	(Video) Words of the Holy Father [Croatian, English, French, German, Italian, Spanish]

4 Monday Paul VI Audience Hall, at 18:00 Concert in honour of the Holy Father and of the President of the Italian Republic on the occasion of the 84th anniversary of the Lateran Treaty	(Video) Words of the Holy Father [English, French, German, Italian, Spanish]

6 Wednesday Paul VI Audience Hall, at 10:30 General Audience	(Video) Catechesis of the Holy Father [Arabic, Croatian, English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish]

8 Friday Roman Major Seminary, at 18:15 Feast of Our Lady of the Trust	(Video) Lectio Divina of the Holy Father [English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish]

9 Saturday Vatican Basilica, at 10:00 Holy Mass - Order of Malta (Card. Bertone presides over the Celebration)	(Video) Greeting of the Holy Father [English, French, German, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish]

10 Sunday Saint Peter's Square, at 12:00 Angelus	(Video) Words of the Holy Father [Croatian, English, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish]

*11 Monday* Consistory Hall, at 11:00 Consistory for several Causes of Canonization	Notification (Video) Photo Gallery Declaratio [English, French, German, Italian, Latin, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish]

13 Ash Wednesday Paul VI Audience Hall, at 10:30 General Audience	(Video) Catechesis of the Holy Father [Arabic, English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish]
Vatican Basilica, at 17:00 Penitential Procession, Holy Mass, Blessing and Imposition of the Ashes	Notification Booklet for the Celebration Homily of the Holy Father [English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish]

14 Thursday Paul VI Audience Hall, at 11:30 Meeting with the Parish Priests and the Clergy of the Rome Diocese	(Video) Words of the Holy Father [English, French, German, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish]

17 Sunday - 1st Sunday of Lent Saint Peter's Square, at 12:00 Angelus	(Video) Words of the Holy Father [Croatian, English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish]
Apostolic Palace "Redemptoris Mater" Chapel, at 18:00 Beginning of the Spiritual Exercises for the Roman Curia

*23 Saturday* "Redemptoris Mater" Chapel, at 9:00 Conclusion of Spiritual Exercises	Words of the Holy Father [English, French, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish] Letter to Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi, preacher of the Lenten Spiritual Exercises [English, French, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish]

24 Sunday - 2nd Sunday of Lent Saint Peter's Square, at 12:00 Angelus	(Video) Words of the Holy Father [Croatian, English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish]

27 Wednesday Saint Peter's Square, at 10:30 General Audience	(Video) Catechesis of the Holy Father [Arabic, Croatian, English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish]

28 Thursday Clementine Hall, at 11:00 Greeting of the Holy Father Benedict XVI to the Eminent Cardinals present in Rome	(Video) Words of the Holy Father [English, French, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish]
at 16:30 Departure of the Pope from the Vatican for Castel Gandolfo	*Photo Gallery* (Video) Greeting to the faithful of the Diocese of Albano [English, French, German, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish]
at 19:50 Closing main door of Papal Residence in Castel Gandolfo
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