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Benedict XVI

Popes · 2005–2013 · 49 documents

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2000s

  1. Catechesis on the Psalms and Canticles of Lauds and Vespers (completion)4 May 2005 – 15 February 2006Benedict XVI completes John Paul II's cycle on the Psalms and Canticles of the Liturgy of the Hours, 2005-2006Pope
  2. Compendium Catechismi28 June 2005Approval of the Compendium of the Catechism of the Catholic ChurchPope
  3. Expergiscere, homo22 December 2005Christmas address to the Roman Curia (hermeneutic of reform in continuity)Pope
  4. Deus caritas est25 December 2005On Christian lovePope
  5. Catechesis on the Apostles and the Early Church15 March 2006 – 14 February 2007The Twelve, Paul and the first witnesses as foundation of the Church's communion and apostolic Tradition, 2006-2007Pope
  6. Glaube, Vernunft und Universität12 September 2006Regensburg lecture: faith, reason and the universityPope
  7. Sacramentum caritatis22 February 2007On the Eucharist, source and summit of the Church's life and missionPope
  8. Catechesis on the Fathers of the Church7 March 2007 – 25 June 2008Apostolic Fathers through Maximus the Confessor: the patristic Tradition, 2007-2008Pope
  9. Lettera alla Chiesa in Cina27 May 2007Letter to the Catholic Church in the People's Republic of ChinaPope
  10. De aliquibus mutationibus in normis de electione Romani Pontificis11 June 2007Restoring two-thirds majority for papal electionPope
  11. Con grande fiducia7 July 2007Letter to bishops accompanying Summorum PontificumPope
  12. Summorum Pontificum7 July 2007On the Roman liturgy prior to the 1970 reformPope
  13. Spe salvi30 November 2007On Christian hopePope
  14. Antiqua ordinatione21 June 2008Lex propria of the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic SignaturaPope
  15. Catechesis on St Paul2 July 2008 – 4 February 2009Twenty catecheses on the life and theology of St Paul for the Pauline Year, 2008-2009Pope
  16. Quaerere Deum12 September 2008Address to the world of culture, Collège des Bernardins, ParisPope
  17. Catechesis on Medieval Christian Writers11 February 2009 – 7 July 2010Eastern and Western Christian writers and theologians from John Climacus to Duns Scotus, 2009-2010Pope
  18. Lettera ai Vescovi (remissione della scomunica)10 March 2009Letter to bishops on lifting the excommunication of four SSPX bishopsPope
  19. Lettera per l'Anno Sacerdotale16 June 2009Letter proclaiming the Year for PriestsPope
  20. Caritas in veritate29 June 2009On integral human development in charity and truthPope
  21. Ecclesiae unitatem2 July 2009On the Pontifical Commission Ecclesia Dei (joined to CDF)Pope
  22. Omnium in mentem26 October 2009Amending canons of the Code of Canon Law (diaconate; marriage)Pope
  23. Anglicanorum coetibus4 November 2009Personal Ordinariates for Anglicans entering full communionPope

2010s

  1. Lettera pastorale ai cattolici dell'Irlanda19 March 2010Pastoral letter to the Catholics of Ireland (abuse crisis)Pope
  2. Catechesis on the Threefold Munus of the Priest14 April 2010 – 26 May 2010Year for Priests close: munus docendi, sanctificandi and regendi, 2010Pope
  3. Catechesis on Women Saints and Mystics1 September 2010 – 2 February 2011Medieval and early-modern women saints from Hildegard of Bingen to Teresa of Avila, 2010-2011Pope
  4. Westminster Hall Address17 September 2010Address to British society at Westminster Hall (faith and reason in public life)Pope
  5. Ubicumque et semper21 September 2010Establishing the Pontifical Council for Promoting the New EvangelizationPope
  6. Verbum Domini30 September 2010On the Word of God in the life and mission of the ChurchPope
  7. Lettera ai seminaristi18 October 2010Letter to seminariansPope
  8. Catechesis on the Doctors of the Church9 February 2011 – 13 April 2011Doctors of the Church from Peter Canisius to Therese of Lisieux, closing on holiness, 2011Pope
  9. Catechesis on Prayer (School of Prayer)4 May 2011 – 3 October 2012Prayer in humanity, the Psalms, Jesus, Acts, Paul, Revelation and the liturgy, 2011-2012Pope
  10. Quaerit semper30 August 2011Transferring dispensations super rato and ordination nullity cases to the Roman RotaPope
  11. Reichstag Address22 September 2011Address to the German Bundestag on the foundations of lawPope
  12. Freiburger Konzerthausrede25 September 2011Freiburg address on Entweltlichung (detachment from worldliness)Pope
  13. Porta fidei11 October 2011Indiction of the Year of Faith (50th of the Council's opening)Pope
  14. Africae munus19 November 2011On the Church in Africa: reconciliation, justice and peacePope
  15. Ecclesia in Medio Oriente14 September 2012On the Church in the Middle East: communion and witnessPope
  16. Lux sui populi7 October 2012Proclaiming St Hildegard of Bingen a Doctor of the ChurchPope
  17. Sanctus Ioannes de Avila7 October 2012Proclaiming St John of Avila a Doctor of the ChurchPope
  18. Omelia per l'apertura dell'Anno della fede11 October 2012Homily opening the Year of Faith, 50th anniversary of the Council's openingPope
  19. Catechesis for the Year of Faith17 October 2012 – 6 February 2013Faith, revelation and the Creed for the Year of Faith opened on the Council's 50th anniversary, 2012-2013Pope
  20. Latina lingua10 November 2012Establishing the Pontifical Academy for LatinPope
  21. Intima Ecclesiae natura11 November 2012On the service of charityPope
  22. Fides per doctrinam16 January 2013Transferring competence for catechesis to the Council for New EvangelizationPope
  23. Ministrorum institutio16 January 2013Transferring competence for seminaries to the Congregation for the ClergyPope
  24. Declaratio10 February 2013Declaration of renunciation of the Petrine ministryPope
  25. Incontro con il clero di Roma14 February 2013Last meeting with the clergy of Rome: memories of the Council (Council of the Fathers vs Council of the media)Pope
  26. Normas nonnullas22 February 2013Modifying norms for the election of the Roman PontiffPope