Recent Appointments

• 2013.05.19: Cardinal Baselios Cleemis Thottunkal (53) took possession as Cardinal-Priest of S. Gregorio VII
• 2013.05.18: Fr. Gabriele Marchesi (59) was consecrated as Bishop of Floresta (Brazil)
• 2013.05.18: Archbishop Marian Gołębiewski (75) resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Wrocław (Poland)
• 2013.05.18: Bishop Józef Piotr Kupny (57), Titular Bishop of Vanariona and Auxiliary Bishop of Katowice (Poland), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Wrocław (Poland)
• 2013.05.18: Cardinal José da Cruz Policarpo (77) resigned as Patriarch of Lisboa (Portugal) and President of Episcopal Conference of Portugal
• 2013.05.18: Bishop Manuel José Macário do Nascimento Clemente (64), Bishop of Porto (Portugal), was promoted as Patriarch of Lisboa (Portugal)
• 2013.05.18: Fr. José Rodríguez Carballo, O.F.M. (49) was consecrated as Titular Archbishop of Belcastro, Minister General of Order of Friars Minor (Franciscans), Secretary of Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and for Societies of Apostolic Life, Grand Chancellor of Pontifical University Antonianum
• 2013.05.18: Archbishop Michael Wallace Banach (50), Apostolic Nuncio to Papua New Guinea, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Solomon Islands
• 2013.05.17: Archbishop Dominic Kodwo Andoh, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Accra (Ghana), passed away at the age of 84
• 2013.05.17: Bishop Enrique Benavent Vidal (54), Titular Bishop of Rotdon and Auxiliary Bishop of Valencia (Spain), was appointed as Bishop of Tortosa (Spain)

Upcoming Celebrations

• 2012.10.11 – 2013.11.24: Year of Faith
• 2013.05.24: Day of Prayer for the Church in China 2013
• 2013.06.07: World Day of Prayer for the Sanctification of Priests 2013
• 2013.07.23 – 2013.07.28: World Youth Day 2013 (Rio de Janeiro)
• 2013.09.27: World Tourism Day 2013
• 2013.10.16: World Food Day 2013
• 2013.10.20: World Mission Sunday 2013
• 2013.12.25 – 2014.01.01: Christmas Octave 2013
• 2014.01.01: World Day of Peace 2014
• 2014.01.18 – 2014.01.25: Week of Prayer for Christian Unity 2014

Papal Audiences

• 2013.05.18: Archbishop Mirosław Adamczyk, Archbishop Gerhard Ludwig Müller
• 2013.05.17: Archbishop Arrigo Miglio, Archbishop Paolo Mario Virgilio Atzei, O.F.M. Conv., Archbishop Ignazio Sanna, Bishop Antioco Piseddu, Bishop Sebastiano Sanguinetti, Bishop Giovanni Dettori, Bishop Mosè Marcia, Bishop Giovanni Paolo Zedda, Bishop Mauro Maria Morfino, S.D.B., Cardinal Domenico Calcagno, Cardinal Marc Ouellet, P.S.S.
• 2013.05.16: Cardinal Oscar Andrés Rodríguez Maradiaga, S.D.B., Archbishop Domenico Umberto D’Ambrosio, Archbishop Domenico Caliandro, Archbishop Filippo Santoro, Bishop Domenico Padovano, Bishop Vincenzo Pisanello, Bishop Vito Angiuli
• 2013.05.13: Archbishop Francesco Cacucci, Archbishop Giovanni Battista Pichierri, Archbishop Donato Negro, Archbishop Francesco Pio Tamburrino, O.S.B., Archbishop Michele Castoro, Bishop Raffaele Calabro, Bishop Mario Paciello, Bishop Lucio Angelo Renna, O. Carm., Bishop Felice Di Molfetta, Bishop Luigi Martella, Bishop Pietro Maria Fragnelli, Bishop Domenico Cornacchia
• 2013.05.11: Cardinal Marc Ouellet, P.S.S., Cardinal Antonio Maria Vegliò

Recent Major Papal Documents

• 2013.02.22: Motu Proprio Normas nonnullas On some modifications of the norms concerning the election of the Roman Pontiff
• 2013.01.16: Motu Proprio Fides per doctrinam Transferring the competence of catechesis from the Congregation for Clergy to the Pontifical Council for Promoting New Evangelization
• 2013.01.16: Motu Proprio Ministrorum institutio Transferring the governance of seminaries from the Congregation for Catholic Education to the Congregation for the Clergy
• 2012.11.11: Motu Proprio The Church’s deepest nature / Intima Ecclesiæ natura On the service of charity
• 2012.11.10: Motu Proprio Latina lingua Establishing the Pontifical Academy for Latin

Recent Curial Documents

• 2013.01.25: Apostolic Penitentiary, Decree “Special Indulgences conceded for the 21st World Day of the Sick”
• 2013.01.25: Pontifical Council for Pastoral Assistance to Health Care Workers, Message “For the 60th World Leprosy Day”
• 2012.11.08: Pontifical Council for Inter-Religious Dialogue, Message “To the Hindus on the Feast of Diwali 2013”
• 2012.10.26: Synod of Bishops, Message “At the conclusion of the 13th Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops”
• 2012.10.16: International Theological Commission, Message “For the Year of Faith”

Recent Minor Papal Documents

• 2013.04.05: Letter “For the 600th anniversary of the Cathedral of Kaunas”
• 2013.03.31: Message “Urbi et Orbi Message for Easter Sunday 2013”
• 2013.03.30: Message “For the Exposition of the Holy Shroud in Turin”
• 2013.03.25: Letter “To participants in the 105th Plenary Assembly of the Episcopal Conference of Argentina”
• 2013.03.23: Letter “To the President of the Supreme Court of Argentina”

Recent Papal Speeches

• 2013.05.12: Homily “Mass and Canonization of the Blesseds Antonio Primaldo and Companions, Laura of Saint Catherine of Siena and María Guadalupe García Zavala”
• 2013.05.10: Speech “To His Holiness Pope Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of St. Mark”
• 2013.05.08: Speech “To participants in the Plenary Assembly of the International Union of Superiors General (I.U.S.G.)”
• 2013.05.06: Speech “To the Swiss Guard recruits and their relatives”
• 2013.05.05: Homily “Mass for the Day of Confraternities and of Popular Piety”