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Pope Benedict XVI, Day by Day
All the works of Pope Benedict XVI from the Vatican website, sorted by date.
- General Audience, 27 April 2005
- Co-Patron of Europe
- Father of Western Monasticism
- St Benedict of Norcia
- Benedict XVI
- first general audience of Pope Benedict XVI
- Regina Caeli, 1 May 2005 - Benedict XVI
- St Joseph the Worker
- Parishes of Santa Joaquina Vedruna
- Barcelona
- Santa Catalina de Siena
- Madrid
- Marian prayer
- tombs of the Apostles
- Christ and his Church
- Budapest
- Pécs in Hungary
- Canossian Lay Brothers
- Christ's Resurrection
- Orthodox Churches
- Oriental Orthodox Churches
- Oriental Catholic Churches
- General Audience, 18 May 2005
- Egyptian Hallel
- enthroned on high
- Hymn of Vespers
- Risho Kosei-kai Buddhist group
- Praise the name of the Lord
- name of the Lord
- Psalm 113
- hymn of praise
- Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity - Angelus
- Sunday
- annunciation
- mystery of God
- Son
- Father
- Heaven
- Holy Spirit
- Love of the Father
- love of the Son
- Christian theology
- truth of God
- God
- solitude
- human person
- the image of God
- Most Holy Trinity
- Holy Trinity
- Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity
- General Audience, 25 May 2005
- servant
- Psalm 116
- Africa Day
- St Basil the Great
- Missionaries of Charity
- Solemnity of the Body and Blood of Christ
- Procession to Saint Mary Major
- Africa Day
- Psalm 115
- prayer of thanksgiving to the Lord
- Times of Tribulation
- Solemnity of Corpus Domini: Homily of Pope Benedict XVI
- Saint John Lateran
- Risen lord
- bread of life
- streets of Rome
- Saint Mary Major
- Roman basilicas
- Holy Thursday procession
- body and blood of Christ
- Holy communion
- Eucharist
- Solemnity of Corpus Domini
- Eucharistic Procession
- Corpus Domini
- Angelus, 3 July 2005
- Gleneagles
- Scotland
- Gospel of salvation
- g8
- Scotland
- Catechism of the Catholic Church
- Compendium of the Catechism of the Catholic Church
- General Audience, 6 July 2005
- saving actions of God
- vital horizon of God
- charity
- purity of the divine Being
- holiness
- Bishop of Milan
- St Ambrose
- Greek word
- mysterion
- prayer of blessing
- God the Father
- Letter to the Ephesians
- Angelus, 10 July 2005
- Patron of Europe
- Aosta Valley
- atrocious terrorist attacks
- monastic missionaries
- Norcia
- St Benedict
- Sacro Speco
- Subiaco
- Terrorism
- terrorists
- London
- Les Combes (Aosta Valley) - Angelus, 24 July 2005, Benedict XVI
- Egypt
- Bishop of Aosta
- Giuseppe Anfossi
- Turkey
- Iraq
- Great Britain
- St Bridget of Sweden
- Patroness of Europe
- beauty of creatures
- Creator
- Declaration to Europe
- santiago de Compostela
- Transfiguration on Mount Tabor
- St Benedict
- St James
- Italian Alpine village
- Les Combes
- Aosta Valley
- 24 July 2005
- Meeting with Diocesan Clergy of Aosta
- Meeting with Diocesan Clergy of Aosta
- Introd
- Aosta Valley
- Catechism of the Catholic Church
- baptism
- Sacrament of Baptism
- Compendium of the Catechism of the Catholic Church
- Castel Gandolfo - Angelus, 4 September 2005 - Benedict XVI
- St Gregory the great
- Paul Josef Cordes
- hurricane
- New Orleans
- Synodal Assembly in October
- Pontifical Council Cor Unum
- life and mission of the Church
- Eucharist
- Synod of Bishops
- eucharist
- Year of the Eucharist
- Mystery of the Eucharist
- General Audience, 7 September 2005
- Saint Paul's Letter to the Colossians
- firstborn
- repacification
- reconciliation
- image of the invisible God
- Creation
- Colossians
- Canticle
- first chapter of Saint Paul's Letter to the Colossians
- General Audience, 21 September 2005
- Psalm 132
- my crown shall shine
- Saint Ireneus
- City of Jerusalem
- King David
- permanent place for the Ark
- God's presence among his people
- David
- Nathan
- General Audience, 5 October 2005
- true and false religion
- genuine faith
- Lord of the universe
- history
- idolatry
- Prophet Isaiah
- Psalm 135[134]
- alleluia
- israel
- sons of Israel
- General Audience, 12 October 2005
- psalm 121
- songs of ascent
- ancient pilgrims
- Holy City of Jerusalem
- Jerusalem
- city strongly compact
- heart of Israel's unity
- faith
- worship
- throne of judgement
- house of David
- city of holiness
- justice
- social solidarity
- Message on the occasion of World Food Day 2005
- World Food Day 2005
- Hunger
- Agriculture
- dialogue of cultures
- FAO
- Jacques Diouf
- Director General of the Food and Agriculture Organization
- United Nations
- Angelus, 23 October 2005 - Benedict XVI
- Eucharist
- Source
- Summit of the Life
- Mission of the Church
- Daughters of St Veronica
- Missionaries of the Holy Face
- Woman of the Eucharist
- Eucharist
- Holy Mass celebrated for the Canonization of five Blesseds
- El Hogar de Cristo
- mystery of the Eucharist
- life and mission of the Church
- five Blesseds
- Archbishop Jozef Bilczewski
- Gaetano Catanoso
- Zygmunt Gorazdowski
- Alberto Hurtado Cruchaga
- priests
- Felix of Nicosia
- Religious Capuchin Friar
- Capuchin Friar
- World Mission Sunday
- Holy Mass
- Canonization of five Blesseds
- General Audience, 2 November 2005
- charitable man
- Solemnity of all the saints of Heaven
- mystery of death
- Happy the man who fears the Lord
- moral rectitude
- respectful obedience to God's law
- mystery of death
- Psalm 111
- Solemnity of All Saints,
- Letter of the Holy Father on occasion of the opening of the 20th edition of the Winter Olympic Games in Turin, Italy
- 20th edition of the Winter Olympic Games
- Turin
- Dioceses of Turin
- Susa and Pinerolo
- athletes
- sports managers
- trainers
- Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception
- Blessed Virgin Mary
- Sports Palace of Turin
- Shrine of Our Lady of Consolation
- Incarnate Word
- human hands
- human mind
- human will
- human heart
- Gaudium et Spes
- Apostle Paul
- Christians of Corinth
- spiritual training
- friendship
- authentic peace
- enlighten the souls
- Bishop Alfonso Badini Confalonieri of Susa
- Bishop Piergiorgio Debernardi of Pinerolo
- Angelus, 11 December 2005 - III Sunday of Advent - Benedict XVI
- Saint Francis in Ancona
- Saint Augustine in Pesaro
- Saint Bartholomy in Ascoli Piceno
- San Francis of Assisi
- mistery of Incarnation
- Grecio
- Nativity scene
- Crib
- popular tradition
- evangelization
- Christ child
- manger
- Child of Bethlehem
- Children of God
- redemption
- commercial pollution
- III Sunday of Advent
- 11 December 2005
- Message for the World Day of Peace 2006
- nuclear war
- victors
- Palestine
- Holy Land
- victims
- truth of peace
- nuclear arms
- nuclear disarmament
- nihilism
- fundamentalism
- In truth peace
- truth
- World Day of Peace 2006
- Peace
- Message for the World Day of Peace 2006
- General Audience, 28 December 2005
- Octave of Christmas
- Feast of the Holy Innocents
- Liturgy of Vespers
- Psalm 138
- Psalm 139
- Christmas
- salvation
- presence
- Creator
- unformed substance
- mother's womb
- General Audience, 4 January 2006
- Christological Hymn
- Letter to the Colossians
- spiritual atmosphere
- 2006
- Apostle
- praise
- salvation
- power of darkness
- redemption
- forgiveness
- saints
- Kingdom of his beloved Son
- Creation
- Firstborn of all creation
- Eastern culture
- profound intimacy
- dignity
- eternity
- heaven and on earth
- visible and invisible
- St Paul
- truth
- Angelus on the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord, Sunday, 8 January 2006
- Solemnity of the Epiphany
- Feast of the Baptism of the Lord
- liturgical season of Christmas
- Jesus
- baptized
- John
- Jordan River
- penance
- purification
- Israel
- Messiah
- John the Baptist
- Holy Spirit
- dove
- Lamb of God
- sins of the world
- Feast of the Baptism of the Lord and Baptisms in the Sistine Chapel, Sunday, 8 January 2006
- Feast of the Baptism of the Lord
- Baptisms
- Sistine Chapel
- apparent happiness
- instrument of death
- culture of life,Conqueror of death
- eternity
- loyalty
- living God
- reason
- body and blood
- Ten Commandments
- family
- solidarity
- social responsibility
- justice
- truth
- respect
- philosophy of life
- communion with Christ
- friends
- Face of Christ
- Eucharist
- symbols
- Sign of the Cross
- Jesus
- water
- anointing
- oil
- white garment
- flame
- Sunday
- 8 January 2006
- General Audience, 11 January 2006
- Psalm 144[143]
- Davidic sovereign
- Jewish royal house
- Babylonian Exile
- Messiah
- war
- sovereign
- Messiah
- son of Abraham
- loving grace
- protected fortress
- liberation
- assault by evil
- Psalms 8
- ephemeral
- divine
- theophany
- cosmic elements
- transcendence
- wicked
- symbol of the chaos
- swear false oaths
- Semitic style of idolatry
- moral perversion
- humility
- Origen
- St Jerome's
- human condition
- Vanity of vanities
- Ecclesiastes
- Angelus 15 January 2006
- Baptism of the Lord
- journey of holiness
- Apostles
- World Day of Migrants and Refugees
- spiritual journey
- disciple of Christ
- arduous trials
- dark nights
- friendship
- truth
- communion
- fullness of life
- Virgin Mary
- Angelus - Sunday, 22 January 2006
- Week of Prayer for Christian Unity
- Pope Julius II
- Swiss guards
- Côte d'Ivoire
- Pontifical Swiss Guard
- Christian Unity
- Deus caritas est
- God is love
- africa
- General Audience, 25 January 2006
- Deus caritas est
- God is love
- Prayer for Christian Unity
- Ecclesial Communities
- Psalm 144[143]
- messianic era
- biblical language
- family
- civil society
- war
- hatred and violence
- moral values
- peace
- St Augustine
- Liturgy of Vespers on the feast of the Conversion of St Paul and for the conclusion of prayer of Christian Unity
- Conversion of the Apostle Paul
- annual Week of Prayer for Christian Unity
- fraternal liturgical assembly
- unity among all Christians
- Christian Community
- Holy Spirit
- radical fidelity
- Ut Unum Sint
- ecumenism
- Second Vatican Council
- self-denial
- unstinted love
- Unitatis Redintegratio
- divine revelation
- Deus caritas est
- differences
- harmonizes
- superior unity
- mystery of communion
- matrimony
- community of love
- St Ignatius of Antioch
- Petrine ministry
- Saul of Tarsus
- Apostle to the Gentiles
- Corinth
- Acts of the Apostles
- 9th General Assembly of the World Council of Churches held in Porto Alegre
- holy objective of reconciling all Christians
- unity of the one
- only Church of Christ
- Doctor Samuel Kobia
- Archbishop Dadeus Grings
- World Council of Churches
- Cardinal Walter Kasper
- 9th General Assembly of the World Council of Churches
- Brazil
- Porto Alegre
- Address of the Holy Father to the Prelate Auditors and other officials of the Tribunal of the Roman Rota
- canon law
- Dignitas Connubii
- nullity of marriage
- ecclesiastical tribunals
- matrimonial nullity
- Eucharist
- trials of the nullity of marriage
- Eucharistic Communion
- Synod on the Eucharist
- Synod Fathers
- canonically married
- pastoral ministry
- love for the truth
- conjugal bond
- exacerbate litigation
- duty of justice
- justice and peace
- guarantee objectivity
- speed
- efficacy
- judges' decisions
- interecclesial matters
- Medieval law
- inflicting unjust damage
- validity of marriage
- pastoral love
- Ecclesial Community
- indissolubility of marriage
- integrity
- obscured consciences
- path to reconciliation
- Angelus, 29 January 2006
- charity
- God-Love
- Apostle Paul
- Timothy and Titus
- St Angela Merici
- St Thomas Aquinas
- St John Bosco
- missionaries
- evangelization
- Thomas Aquinas
- Angela Merici
- Don Bosco
- supernatural love
- Camillus of Lellis
- Vincent de Paul
- Louise de Marillac
- Giuseppe Cottolengo
- Luigi Orione
- Teresa of Calcutta
- school of love
- chastity
- poverty
- obedience
- perfect charity
- mirror of love
- General Audience, 1st February 2006
- Psalm 145[144]
- song of praise
- spiritual movements
- psalmic hymns
- divine kingship
- malkut
- royal symbolism
- harmony and peace
- uproots evil
- transcendent presence
- patience
- compassion
- grace
- goodness
- love
- litany
- freedom
- goodness
- grace
- St Peter Chrysologus
- Santambrosiana
- Angelus, 5 February 2006
- Pro-Life Day
- defence and promotion of human life
- Pro-Life Movement
- Cardinal Camillo Ruini
- Respecting life
- Evangelium Vitae
- Christian love
- discrimination
- Holy Mass in the Parish of Saint Anne in Vatican
- Simon Peter
- Andrew
- humanity
- sick
- sick with fever
- fever of ideologies
- idolatry
- forgetfulness of God
- fog of ideologies
- sacraments
- Sacrament of Reconciliation
- heals us
- mothers
- grandmothers
- women in various professions
- serve
- soul of the family
- soul of the parish
- Women
- first evangelists
- St Anne
- Our Lady
- Trinitarian dialogue
- preaching
- cures
- miracles ,Passion
- primacy of God
- destruction of human dignity
- Bishop from Congo
- gift of life
- Fr Gioele
- Pro-Life Day
- biblical revelation
- Gaudium et Spes
- General Audience, 8 February 2006
- Psalm 145[144]
- divine compassion
- tenderness
- fidelity
- goodness
- poor
- weak
- Divine kingship
- faith in justice
- holiness
- divine qualities
- Covenant
- saadiq
- hasid
- sincere heart
- gift of life
- prayerful praise
- joy
- salvation
- Barsanuphius of Gaza
- ascetic
- monks
- ecclesiastics
- wisdom
- discernment
- temptations
- difficulties
- problems
- Address of the Holy Father to the participants of the Plenary Assembly of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
- Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
- Plenary Meeting
- Pastor Bonus
- ecclesial life
- sterile activism
- political expediency
- worldly flavour
- Deus Caritas Est
- Charity
- God's Heart
- ethical choice
- Personified Truth
- Pole Star
- human freedom
- truth
- sterile arbitration
- love for the truth
- unexplored horizons
- narrowness of selfishness
- authentic love
- free adoration
- servile prostration
- scientific knowledge
- reason and faith
- Fides et Ratio
- Reasonableness of faith
- cosmos
- transmission of the faith
- mystery of life
- transcendent
- fullness
- integrity
- Address to the Sick
- 14th World Day of the Sick
- Cardinal Camillo Ruini
- Lourdes
- Cardinal Francesco Marchisano
- National Italian Union
- UNITALSI
- Opera Romana Pellegrinaggi
- Australia
- Cardinal Javier Lozano Barragán
- President of the Pontifical Council for Health Pastoral Care
- Adelaide
- World Day of the Sick
- divine grace
- Memorial of Our Lady of Lourdes
- Grotto of Massabielle
- mental illness
- body
- mind
- spirit
- Good Samaritan
- Deus Caritas Est
- Angelus, 12 February 2006
- Our Lady of Lourdes
- World Day of the Sick
- Adelaide
- Australia
- mental health
- illness
- human condition
- St Augustine
- Doctor of humanity
- healing the sick
- leper
- leprosy
- divine love
- Health of the Sick
- Salus infirmorum
- suffering loneliness
- poverty
- marginalization
- Blessed Virgin
- health-care assistance
- fraternal charity
- General Audience, 15 February 2006
- idolatry of riches
- power
- humility
- pride
- divine saving grace
- Magnificat
- Marian canticle
- Mother of the Lord
- history of salvation
- Luke's Gospel
- simple of heart
- purity
- God's love
- St Ambrose
- Magnificat
- devout affection
- virtue
- Saint Luke
- Mary's spirit and soul
- Maestro
- Mons. Giuseppe Liberto
- Sistine Chapel Choir
- Focolare Movement
- episcopal ministry
- Oblates of St Joseph
- Bishop Joseph Marello
- Address to the permanent deacons of the Diocese of Rome
- permanent deacons of the Diocese of Rome
- permanent diaconate
- Cardinal Camillo Ruini
- ordination
- washing the feet
- mutual love
- Eucharistic adoration
- service and love
- poverty
- material poverty
- spiritual and cultural poverty
- transmission of the faith
- liberating Truth
- silent and daily witness of charity
- Angelus, 19 February 2006
- sin
- paralyzed man
- ties of falsehood
- anger
- envy
- heals
- God's mercy
- values of brotherhood
- justice
- peace
- integral development
- Mary Immaculate
- Deus Caritas Est
- authentic love
- renew the heart
- Virgin Mary
- General Audience, 22 February 2006
- Chair of St Peter
- Apostle Peter
- cathedral
- magisterium
- Bishop
- mitre
- pastoral staff
- pastor
- Upper Room
- Simon Peter
- Oronte River
- Syria
- Barnabas
- Roman Martyrology
- Orbis Urbs
- martyrdom
- St Irenaeus
- Bishop of Lyons
- Adversus Haereses
- universal Church
- Tertullian
- Praescriptione Hereticorum
- St Jerome
- St Augustine and St Ambrose
- St John Chrysostom
- St Athanasius
- Letter to Card. Lubomyr Husar, Major Archbishop of Kyiv-Halič
- Greek-Catholic Church
- Ukraine
- Cardinal Lubomyr Husar
- Major Archbishop of Kyiv-Halyc
- Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church
- Cathedral of St George
- Lviv
- Euntes in Mundum
- ecclesial unity
- Ukrainian People
- Message for the 21st World Youth Day (9 April 2006)
- 21st World Youth Day
- youth
- palm sunday
- World Youth Day
- Angelus, 26 February 2006
- fasting
- Lenten season
- Rite of Ashes
- Levi
- Messiah
- Lord's Passion
- Paschal Resurrection
- penitential sacrifices
- Paschal Mystery
- Deus Caritas Est
- Visit to the Shrine of Our Lady of Divine Love
- 4 June 1944
- Shrine of Our Lady of Divine Love
- Mons. Pasquale Silla
- Priests Oblates Sons of Our Lady of Divine Love
- Sisters Daughters of Our Lady of Divine Love
- Cardinal Camillo Ruini
- Bishop Paolo Schiavon
- Joyful Mysteries
- Deus Caritas Est
- General Audience, 3 May 2006
- Apostolic Tradition
- salvation
- Divine Revelation
- Dei Verbum
- message of salvation
- eschatological Israel
- Chosen People
- missionary mandate
- apostolic mandate
- Regina Caeli, 7 May 2006
- Good Shepherd
- World Day of Prayer for Vocations
- Easter Season
- Vocation
- priestly ordination
- priesthood
- consecrated life
- mystery of the Church
- Ecclesial Community
- Christian vocation
- Sacraments
- holy realities
- vocation to holiness
- Ordination to the priesthood of deacons of the Diocese of Rome
- Ordination
- priesthood
- deacons
- Good Shepherd Sunday
- World Day of Prayer for Vocations
- ordination to the priesthood
- Israel's shepherds
- Sacrament of Ordination
- service
- careerism
- get ahead
- serve
- make himself important
- exaltation
- humble service
- exist for others
- gift of oneself to Christ
- self-fulfilment
- esteem
- Holy Eucharist
- centre of priestly life
- To the President of the Pontifical Mission Societies
- Pontifical Mission Societies
- Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe
- Mons. Henryk Hoser
- President of The Pontifical Mission Societies
- Church's missionary commitment
- missionary animation
- Communicating God's love
- service of evangelization
- plan of salvation
- generous charity
- the Societies of the Propagation of the Faith
- The Missionary Union for the Clergy
- evangelization
- reawakening of faith and love
- missionary enthusiasm
- General Audience, 10 May 2006
- People of God
- Ascension
- the Twelve
- missionary tasks
- Guardian of souls
- episcopos
- first Bishop
- Guardian and Pastor of souls
- Priest
- Deacon
- continuity of ministries
- Apostolic Tradition
- Apostolic Succession
- communion
- ecclesial communion
- fidelity
- Address to the Canadian Bishops on their 'ad limina' visit from the ecclesiastical circumscription of Quebec
- Canadian Bishops
- ecclesiastical circumscription of Quebec
- ecclesiastical region of Quebec
- Bishop Gilles Cazabon
- President of the Assembly of Catholic Bishops of Quebec
- Canadian society
- marked by pluralism
- subjectivism and increasing secularism
- fourth centenary
- International Eucharistic Congress
- authenticity of the ecclesiology
- Universal vocation to holiness
- To the Pontifical John Paul II Institute for Studies on Marriage and Family on the 25th anniversary of its foundation
- Pontifical John Paul II Institute for Studies on Marriage and Family
- Mons. Livio Melina
- 25th anniversary
- Lateran University
- The legacy of John Paul II on marriage and family
- loving human love
- 13 May 1981,God's plan for marriage and the family
- meaning of human love and life
- born fruit
- Humanae Vitae
- systematic study
- Vocation to love in God's image
- marriage and the family
- rooted in the nucleus of the truth
- destiny
- vocation to love,sexual difference
- male from the female body
- not a mere biological factor
- deeper significance
- becoming one flesh
- authentic communion of people
- transmission of life
- cooperate with God in the procreation of new human beings,convergence of divine revelation
- human experience
- the human vocation to love
- sincere gift of self,intimate mystery of his Trinitarian life
- Society built on rock of total love
- avoid confusing marriage
- rock of total
- irrevocable love
- Regina Caeli, 14 May 2006
- Regina Caeli
- Fifth Sunday of the Easter Season
- Our Lady of Fatima (13 May)
- Christian life
- mystery of communion,Christ in the Eucharist
- spiritual fruitfulness
- 14 May 2006
- General Audience, 17 May 2006
- Aramaic
- Simon from Bethsaida
- Lake of Gennesaret
- determined
- impulsive character
- spiritual journey
- Messianic mission
- flesh and blood
- Messiah
- transformation of heart
- Address to the new Ambassador of Spain to the Holy See
- Francisco Vázquez Vázquez
- Kingdom of Spain
- His Majesty King Juan Carlos I
- Royal Family
- collaboration between the Church and public institutions
- public exercise of her own activities
- especially those of worship
- jurisdiction and teaching
- (Art. I of the First Agreement
- 3 January 1979)
- promotion and defence of human rights
- integral dignity of the person
- fundamental right to life
- right to be born
- to live in a family
- World Meeting of Families in Valencia
- family founded on marriage
- Keeping Christian roots alive
- Address to the Bishops of Atlantic Canada on their ad Limina visit
- secularist ideology
- Canadians
- New Brunswick
- Newfoundland
- Nova Scotia
- Prince Edward Island
- Bishops of Atlantic Canada
- Regina Caeli, 21 May 2006
- Resurrection
- Ascension
- Thursday
- 25 May
- fulfilled his mission on earth
- Christ ascends
- resurrected from the dead
- transfigured
- divinized
- made eternal
- World Day of Social Communications
- media
- solidarity between peoples
- United Nations World Food Programme
- Apostolic Trip to Poland
- formative
- educational and missionary wealth
- Regina Caeli
- 21 May 2006
- Message to the participants of the Second World Congress of Ecclesial Movements and New Communities
- Second World Congress of Ecclesial Movements and New Communities
- Rocca di Papa
- Ecclesial Movements and New Communities
- ecclesial associations
- beauty of truth
- beauty of love
- willingness to suffer
- St Bonaventure
- witness of love
- unity and joy
- Missionary zeal
- contradictory messages of ideologies
- mania for power
- possession and pleasure
- Address to the Superiors General of the Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life
- Superiors General of the Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life
- temptation of mediocrity
- middle-class ways
- consumeristic mentality
- abnegation
- detachment
- Cardinal Franc Rodé,Consecrated Life
- persevering presence
- solitude
- sense of responsibility
- generosity
- continual self-denial. You are called to sustain and to guide your brothers and sisters in a difficult epoch
- one marked by numerous temptations.duty to be witnesses
- world disoriented and confused
- immanentist habit of mind
- constrictions of a technocratic logic" Consecrated virginity
- General Audience, 24 May 2006
- Peter
- the Apostle
- the call
- Sea of Galilee
- confession of faith
- a seed
- Church's Christological faith
- journey
- trials
- faithfulness
- believing sinner
- liberating repentance
- trustworthy witness
- rock of the Church
- Spirit of Jesus
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- Pastoral visit to Poland - Ecumenical Encounter
- visible unity among Christians
- Church of the Most Holy Trinity
- Polish Council for Ecumenism
- Archbishop Jeremiasz of the Autocephalous Orthodox Church
- Archbishop Alfons Nossol
- Ecumenical Office of the Polish Bishops' Conference
- Poland
- Pastoral visit to Poland
- Warsaw
- Ecumenical Encounter
- Welcome ceremony, Warsaw - Poland
- Stand firm in your faith
- arrival in Warsaw
- welcome ceremony
- airport
- okecie
- poland
- Pastoral visit in Poland - Meeting with the Clergy
- Pastoral visit in Poland
- Church in Poland
- Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński
- Primate of the Millennium
- Cardinal Józef Glemp
- Archbishop of Warsaw
- Primate of Poland
- Apostolic Journey to Poland
- Meeting with the Clergy
- Warsaw
- clergy
- poland
- Apostolic Journey to Poland - Program 25/28 May 2006
- Poland
- apostolic journey
- Benedict xvi
- John Paul II
- Warsaw
- Krakow
- wadowice
- Częstochowa
- jasna góra
- Kalwaria Zebrzydowska
- Auschwitz
- birkenau
- General Audience, 31 May 2006
- Polish Bishops
- Metropolitan Archbishops of Warsaw and Krakow
- ecumenical concern
- Lutheran Church
- Ecclesial Communities
- reconstitution of full and visible unity among Christians
- Bishop Karol Wojty³ Czestochowa
- Kalwaria Zebrzydowska
- Divine Mercy
- Marian Shrine of Jasna Góra
- Shrine of Kalwaria Zebrzydowska
- Krakow
- young people
- Auschwitz-Birkenau
- Address at the close of the Marian month in the Vatican gardens
- Marian Prayer Meeting
- Lourdes Grotto
- Vatican Gardens
- Our Lady of Fatima
- maternal intuition
- Feast of the Visitation
- Mary docile to the divine plan
- attitude of provident love
- heart to the Mother
- love for Jesus Christ Our Saviour
- Our Lady is a privileged path
- filial abandonment
- Address to the community of the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy
- Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy
- Archbishop Justo Mullor García
- priestly ministry
- service to the Holy See
- community of prayer
- Eucharist
- vital centre
- source and root of every activity
- witnesses of Christ
- messengers of his Gospel of love
- renewing hearts
- To the staff of the media sponsored by the Italian Bishops' Conference
- Catholic daily
- Avvenire
- Sat2000
- InBlu
- press agency
- Sir
- Italian Bishops' Conference
- Cardinal Camillo Ruini
- Italian Catholics
- national Catholic newspaper
- radio and television broadcasting
- modern technologies
- conciliar Decree Inter Mirifica
- dissemination of the Christian message
- Illuminism
- Western culture
- break-up of the family and of marriage
- attacks on human life and its dignity
- subjective experience
- secularization of public awareness
-
- Vigil of the Solemnity of Pentecost 2006 - Homily of the Holy Father
- Solemnity of Pentecost
- First Vespers
- Ecclesial Movements and New Communities
- Associations' World Congress at Rocca di Papa
- Pentecost Vigil
- Veni
- Creator Spiritus
- reverential awe,abuse of the earth
- the groaning of creation
- free from bondage
- obtain his splendour
- barbarity of the human mania for power
- Francis of Assisi
- creation and its beauty
- not infinite loneliness
- force that shapes the laws of the world
- desires unification
- unification
- enters our hearts
- Prodigal Son
- enjoy to the full
- living
- only living
- immersed in life's abundance
- caring for pigs
- take possession
- emptier and poorer
- seeking refuge in drugs
- source of life
- Freedom and responsibilityEcclesial Movements
- Pentecost - Regina Caeli, June 4, 2006
- Solemnity of Pentecost
- outpouring of the Spirit
- one
- holy
- catholic and apostolic
- missionary Spirit
- hierarchic and charismatic gifts
- fruits,
- Solemnity of Pentecost 2006 - Homily of His Holiness Benedict XVI
- Pentecost
- mission of the Church
- Ascension into Heaven
- gift of the Holy Spirit
- wind and fire
- tongues of fire
- new Sinai
- New Covenant
- universality of salvation
- gift of tongues
- communion
- Human pride
- egoism
- divisions
- build walls of indifference
- hearts capable of understanding
- re-establishes the bridge of authentic communion
- Consoler
- the Spirit of the Father
- work of love
- Holy Spirit illuminates the human spirit
- General Audience, 7 June 2006
- Peter
- the rock
- communion with Christ
- John the Evangelist
- Cephas
- Petrus
- Lake Genesaret
- Transfiguration
- words of eternal life
- keys of the Kingdom of Heaven
- rocky foundation
- Council of Jerusalem
- witness of authentic faith
- Eucharist
- Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity - Angelus, June 11, 2006
- Blessed Trinity
- Our Lady
- Pentecost
- Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity
- infinite solitude
- communion of light and love
- life given
- eternal dialogue
- Father and the Son in the Holy Spirit
- Lover
- Loved and Love
- St Augustine
- Trinitarian Communion
- Triune God
- immense symphony
- dynamic harmony
- gift of self
- community of love
-
- General Audience, 14 June 2006
- Apostle Andrew
- the Protoclete
- crucifixion
- 11 Apostles
- Simon Peter's brother
- Galilee
- Matthew (10: 1-4)
- Luke (6: 13-16)
- Mark (3: 13-18)
- Acts (1: 13-14)
- casting a net
- fishermen
- fishers of men
- disciple of John the Baptist
- a man who was searching
- a man of faith and hope
- apostolic spirit
- Byzantine Church
- Protokletos
- first called
- Church of Rome
- Church of Constantinople
- Sister Churches
- Orthodox Metropolitan Bishop of the city of Patras in Greece
- destruction of Jerusalem
- proselytes
- St Andrew's cross
- Cross of Jesus
- diagonal or X-shaped cross
-
- Solemnity of Corpus Christi - Homily of Benedict XVI
- Solemnity of Corpus Christi
- St John Lateran
- Eucharistic Procession
- St Mary Major
- Passover meal
- blood of the covenant
- mystery of Jesus Christ
- consecrated Host
- food of the poor
- Bread
- synthesis of creation
- soul of the human person
- pathways of hope
- adoration
- Doctrine of the Twelve Apostles
- broken bread
- Bread made of many grains
- event of union
- process of unification
- one bread
- one body
- hope and fulfilment
- daily life
- simplicity
- pilgrimage
- wine
- exquisiteness of creation
- Angelus, 18 June 2006
- Corpus Domini
- Eucharist
- Last Supper
- Ecclesial Community
- treasure
- sick
- viaticum
- meet human beings
- cosmic property
- transformation of the bread and the wine into Christ's Body and Blood
- principle of the divinization of creation
- Feast of Corpus Christi
- Bread come down from Heaven
- heavenly Homeland
- heavenly banquet
- World Refugee Day
-
- General Audience, 21 June 2006
- Andrew
- James
- son of Zebedee
- James
- son of Alphaeus (cf. Mk 3: 17,18; Mt 10: 2-3)
- James the Greater
- James the Lesser
- Iakobos
- Patriarch
- Jacob
- suffering and humiliation
- sharing in our sufferings
- King Herod Agrippa
- Herod the Great
- Isidore of Seville
- Roman Empire
- Santiago de Compostela
- Angelus, June 25, 2006
- Heart of Jesus
- authentic devotion
- souls thirsting for God's mercy
- water of Life
- Solemnity of the Sacred Heart
- World Day of Prayer
- Sanctification of Priests
- Mary Most Holy
- Immaculate Heart
- Christian vocation
- Italian Ecclesial Community
- General Audience, 28 June 2006
- St James' Letter
- Semitic custom
- practical Christianity
- apocryphal Proto-Gospel of James
- James the Greater
- son of Zebedee
- Judeo-Christians
- James
- the Lesser
- Solemnity of Sts Peter and Paul - Angelus, 29 June 2006
- Solemnity of Sts Peter and Paul
- Apostles of Christ
- martyrdom
- act of birth of the Church of Rome
- St Peter was crucified
- St Paul was decapitated
- St Irenaeus
- Bishop of Lyons
- Tertullian
- doctrinal and pastoral unity
- conferral upon several Metro-politan Archbishops of the Pallium
- ancient liturgical symbol
- Solemnity of Sts Peter and Paul - Homily, 29 June 2006
- Solemnity of Sts Peter and Paul
- Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople
- Bartholomew I
- conferred the Pallium
- 27 Metropolitan Archbishops
- band of white lamb's wool embroidered with six black crosses
- symbolizing the authority of Metropolitan Archbishops
- Caesarea Philippi
- Most Holy Eucharist
- Goodness over death
- His Eminence Ioannis Zizioulas
- Metropolitan of Pergamon
- President of the Joint International Commission for Theological Dialogue between the Catholics and the Orthodox
- Holy Synod
- Patriarch Athenagoras
- Pope Paul VI
- Address to the members of the Delegation of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople
- protocoryphaeus
- Delegation
- Bartholomew I
- Holy Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople
- Ioannis
- Zizioulas
- Kallistos Timothy Ware
- Bishop of Diokleia
- Thyateira
- Great Britain
- Dionysius Papavasileiou
- Address to H.E. Mr Mario Juan Bosco Cayota Zappettini, Ambassador of Uruguay
- culture of life
- Tabaré Vázquez Rosas
- Christian vision of man
- Uruguayans
- Uruguay
- Mario Juan Bosco Cayota Zappettini
- Ambassador of Uruguay
- Address to the Metropolitan Archbishops who received the Pallium
- Metropolitan Archbishops
- Pallium
- Solemnity of Sts Peter and Paul
- Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe
- Archdiocese of Naples
- Archbishop Tommaso Valentinetti of Pescara-Penne
- Archbishop Luigi Conti of Fermo
- Archbishop Ignazio Sanna of Oristano
- Archbishop Andrea Mugione of Benevento
- Archbishop Odon Razanakolona of Antananarivo
- Madagascar
- Archbishop Cornelius Esua of Bamenda
- Cameroon
- Archbishop François Xavier Maroy Rusengo of Bukavu
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Archbishop Jean-Pierre Kutwa of Abidjan
- Côte d'Ivoire
- Archbishop Georges Pontier of Marseilles
- Archbishop Wojciech Ziemba
- Metropolitan of Warmia
- Archbishop Franc Kramberger of Maribor
-
- Angelus, 2 July 2006
- Fifth World Meeting of Families
- Spain
- Valencia
- International Year of Families
- United Nations
- Jubilee of Families
- Familiaris Consortio
- secularized communities
- beauty and truth of the Gospel
- living organism
- reciprocal exchange of gifts
- Les Combes, Aosta Valley - Angelus, 16 July 2006
- Teresa of Avila
- John of the Cross
- Thérèse of the Child Jesus
- Teresa Benedicta of the Cross
- Queen of Mount Carmel
- Cardinal Poletto
- Archbishop of Turin
- Italian Alpine village
- Les Combes
- Introd
- Aosta's Bishop
- Giuseppe Anfossi
- Queen of Carmel
- Queen of Peace
- Aosta Valley
- 16 July 2006
- Les Combes, Aosta Valley - Angelus, 23 July 2006
- Middle East
- Memorial of St Mary Magdalene
- Bishop Giuseppe Anfossi
- Missionary Sisters of Mary
- Mary of Magdala
- Lebanon
- Lebanese people
- Italian Alpine village
- Les Combes
- Introd
- Aosta's Bishop
- Giuseppe Anfossi
- Aosta Valley
- 23 July 2006
- Prayer service at the Parish of Rhêmes-Saint Georges
- Near East
- Parish of Rhêmes-Saint Georges
- Gran Paradiso Park
- Lebanon
- peace
- Middle East
- Holy Land
- Israel
- mystery of history
- mystery of the human freedom
- Les Combes
- Italian Alps
- Holy Communion
- Castel Gandolfo - Angelus, 30 July 2006
- Regnum Christi Movement
- Government Leaders
- International Institutions
- Middle East
- peace
- violence
- war
- Lebanon
- Holy Land
- Israel
- Aosta Valley
- Castel Gandolfo
- 30 July 2006
- General Audience, 2 August 2006
- Coetus Internationalis Ministrantium
- Cardinal Christoph Schönborn
- Altar Servers
- European Pilgrimage of Altar Servers
- Aosta Valley
- Lebanon
- Middle East
- Castel Gandolfo - Angelus, 6 August 2006
- Dedication of the Basilica of St Mary Major
- Book of Wisdom
- fratricidal fighting
- symbolism of light
- Transfiguration of the Lord
- Lebanon
- Middle East
- Castel Gandolfo
- Summer residence
- Mark the Evangelist
- General Audience, 9 August 2006
- Appeal for peace in the Middle East
- John
- the theologian
- God loves
- Imitation of Christ
- Church's apostolic ministry
- teaching of the Apostle John
- Apostle John
- God is love
- General Audience, 16 August 2006
- Mary's Assumption
- Frère Roger Schutz
- Founder of Taizé
- technology
- daily difficulties
- mystery of God
- science
- Solemnity of the Blessed Virgin Mary's Assumption
- General Audience, 23 August 2006
- Mother of the Redeemer
- John
- Seer of Patmos
- Book of Revelation
- final defeat of the Dragon
- Taiwan
- Japan
- United States of America
- Book of Revelation
- seer of Patmos
- Apostle
- Christians of Asia
- Castel Gandolfo - Angelus, 27 August 2006
- search for the truth
- evangelical love
- confessions
- Tagaste
- Souk-Aharàs
- Seat of Wisdom
- Algeria
- St Augustine
- St Monica
- Lebanon
- Middle East
- Castel Gandolfo
- Summer residence
- St Ambrose
- Castel Gandolfo - Angelus, 17 September 2006
- humanity free
- slavery of sin and death
- Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross
- Memorial of Our Lady of Sorrows
- Cardinal Secretary of State
- proclamation of the Gospel
- University of Regensburg
- Bavaria
- sensibility of Muslims
- General Audience, 20 September 2006
- religion
- violence
- Ecumenical Commission of the German Bishops' Conference
- tribute to the Patroness of Bavaria
- Christians in a secularized world
- religion and reason
- relationship between faith and reason
- profound respect for world religions and for Muslims
- worship the one God
- promote peace
- liberty
- social justice
- moral values for the benefit of all humanity
- Bavaria
- Germany
- Address to the newly ordained Bishops
- Convention of new Bishops
- government of souls is the art of arts
- Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re
- Heads of the Dicasteries of the Roman Curia
- newly ordained Bishops
- Castel Gandolfo - Angelus, 24 September 2006
- uncertainty
- insincerity
- peaceable
- gentle
- open to reason
- full of mercy
- good fruits
- human selfishness
- consequence of original sin
- testimony of blood
- Letter of St James
- World Maritime Day
- Italian Religious
- Sr Leonella Sgorbati
- Acton Institute in America
- logic of Christianity
- Jesus proclaims his passion
- death and Resurrection to the disciples
- Castel Gandolfo - Angelus, 1st October 2006
- World Habitat Day
- His Beatitude Emmanuel III Delly
- Patriarch of Babylon for Chaldeans
- Our Lady of the Rosary
- missionary month
- Rosary
- contemplative prayer
- Christocentric prayer
- St Teresa of the Child Jesus
- Carmelite virgin
- doctor of the Church
- Angelus, 22 October 2006
- love of Christ
- Saint Paul
- World Mission Sunday
- Missions
- St Clare
- Basilica of St Clare
- St Francis
- Shiites
- Sunnis
- Christians
- Address to the Bishops of Ireland on their ad Limina visit
- Our Lady of Knock
- Knock
- spirit of reconciliation
- mutual respect
- willing cooperation
- common good
- materialist culture
- prohibitions
- collection of prohibitions
- Ireland
- Church's mission
- proclaiming Christ
- Catholic schools
- Irish hospitality
- immigration
- Seán Brady
- Ireland
- Bishops of Ireland
- Angelus, 29 October 2006
- Illumination
- blind man
- Jericho
- sight
- Christian initiation
- Confirmation
- Chrism
- Eucharist
- Bartimaeus
- Baptism of children
- Baptism
- humility
- missionaries
- baptized persons
- joy
- Visit to the Pontifical Gregorian University
- Society of Jesus
- Gregorian
- teaching
- research
- Peter-Hans Kolvenbach
- Pius XI
- Zenon Grocholewski
- Church History
- Pontifical Gregorian University
- Pontifical Ecclesiastical University,
- Angelus, 5 November 2006
- Arcus College
- Heerlen
- Holland
- St Francis
- Canticle of the Creature
- faithful departed
- Octave of the Dead
- parishes
- death
- life
- sarcastic sneer
- enemy
- Israel
- Address to the members of Pontifical Academy of Sciences
- technology
- Nicola Cabibbo
- uniqueness
- transcendence
- retreat
- philosophy
- religion
- Christian faith
- progress
- modern science
- technology
- secularization
- materialism
- Predictability
- Science
- Accuracy
- Limitations
- modern science
- science's prestige
- contemporary society
- scientific method
- ability
- predict phenomena
- Sciences
- Pontifical Academy of Sciences
- General Audience, 8 November 2006
- Assisi Meeting
- Interreligious Meeting
- Prayer for Peace
- Peace
- Christ
- road to Damascus
- justification means
- Being justified
- saint Paul
- Paul
- Angelus, 12 November 2006
- Day of Thanksgiving
- hunger
- earth's fertility
- fertility
- bread
- daily bread
- FAO
- Salt Lake City
- Thanksgiving
- Angelus, 19 November 2006
- Teresa of Avila
- Pro Orantibus Day
- Christ's Second Coming
- Fondazione Pro Musica e Arte Sacra
- Bike for Peace Norway
- lungs
- Presentation of Mary
- cloistered religious communities
- Address to the Union of Italian Catholic Jurists
- rightful autonomy
- earthly affairs
- discovery
- healthy secularity
- exploitation
- secularity
- Union of Italian Catholic Jurists
- moral law
- secularism
- National Study Congress
- Secularization
- Laity
- Francesco D'Agostino,
- Third Sunday of Advent, 17 December 2006
- Middle East
- Africa
- sick
- lonely people
- salvific prophecy
- Gaudete in Domino
- Prophet Zephaniah
- Joy
- Galilee
- Mary of Nazareth
- Rejoice in the Lord
- Third Sunday of Advent
- 17 December 2006
- General Audience, 20 December 2006
- contradictions
- worries
- tragedies
- Bethlehem Grotto
- Christmas Night
- meaning of Christmas
- Christmas
- Creator of the universe
- Israel
- Messiah
- Advent
2005