Paul VI Audience Hall, at 10:30
General Audience

February 5th. Saint Peter’s Square, at 12:00
Angelus

During Mass October 16th in the Vatican Basilica, celebrated to mark the end of an international meeting on new evangelization organised by the Pontifical Council for Promoting New Evangelization, Benedict XVI announced that he was calling a forthcoming “Year of…

“Over the last 120 years, during which the social doctrine of the Church has developed, many great changes have taken place which were not even imaginable at the time of Leo XIII’s historic Encyclical ‘Rerum novarum’. Nonetheless, the alteration in…

During his general audience on October 12th, the Holy Father dedicated his catechesis to Psalm 126 which, he said, “celebrates the great things which the Lord has done for His people, and which He continues to do for all believers”.…

The Holy Father dedicated his catechesis October 5th  to Psalm 23 which begins with the words: “The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want”. “Addressing the Lord in prayer implies a radical act of confidence, the awareness of entrusting…

This week diocesan Caritas in Rome will celebrate a series of initiatives under the title of “Capitale solidale”. The aim is “to analyze difficulties, discern changes, share experiences and create a network of relationships between people for the common good”…

On Sunday 2 October, Cardinal Secretary of State Tarcisio Bertone S.D.B. represented the Holy Father at the beatification of Antonia Maria Verna (1773-1838). The beatification ceremony was held in the cathedral of Ivrea, Italy.
In his homily Cardinal Bertone highlighted…

On October 2nd, the Pope commented on the Gospel reading which ends with a particularly severe admonition addressed by Jesus to the chief priests and Pharisees: “The kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a…

On September 25th, the Holy Father met with representatives of Catholic associations active in the life of the Church and of society.
Having thanked them for their Christian service and witness, “something that is not always easy at the present…