Mass on the Solemnity of Mary, Most Holy Mother of God
by Office for the Liturgical Celebrations of the Supreme Pontiff (2012.01.01)
Erection of the Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of Saint Peter
by Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (2012.01.01)
(related to Personal Ordinariate of The Chair of Saint Peter)
For World Day for Missions 2012
by Pope Benedict XVI (2012.01.06)
Mass on the Solemnity of the Epiphany of the Lord
by Office for the Liturgical Celebrations of the Supreme Pontiff (2012.01.06)
Pastoral recommendations for the Year of Faith
by Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (2012.01.06)
Mass and Baptism of Babies on the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord
by Office for the Liturgical Celebrations of the Supreme Pontiff (2012.01.08)
For the 46ᵗʰ World Communications Day (2012)
(World Communications Day 2012)
by Pope Benedict XVI (2012.01.24)
Vespers on the Solemnity of the Conversion of St. Paul
(Week of Prayer for Christian Unity 2012)
by Office for the Liturgical Celebrations of the Supreme Pontiff (2012.01.25)
For the 59ᵗʰ World Leprosy Day (2012)
by Pontifical Council for Pastoral Assistance to Health Care Workers (2012.01.27)
For the International Symposium ’Towards Healing and Renewal’
by Pope Benedict XVI (2012.01.30)
Mass on the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord
(World Day for Consecrated Life 2012)
by Office for the Liturgical Celebrations of the Supreme Pontiff (2012.02.02)
To participants in the international conference ’Jesus our contemporary’
by Pope Benedict XVI (2012.02.09)
(related to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Genova)
On the Shrine of Święta Góra
by Pope Benedict XVI (2012.02.14)
(related to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Poznań)
Public Consistory for the creation of new Cardinals
(Ordinary Public Consistory for the Creation of 22 Cardinals)
by Office for the Liturgical Celebrations of the Supreme Pontiff (2012.02.18)
Mass with new Cardinals
(Ordinary Public Consistory for the Creation of 22 Cardinals)
by Office for the Liturgical Celebrations of the Supreme Pontiff (2012.02.19)
Penitential Procession, Mass, Blessing and Imposition of the Ashes on Ash Wednesday
by Office for the Liturgical Celebrations of the Supreme Pontiff (2012.02.22)
To Cardinal Laurent Monsengwo Pasinya, Preacher of the Lenten Spiritual Exercises
by Pope Benedict XVI (2012.03.03)
For the 500ᵗʰ anniversary of the public display of the Sacred Tunic (Cathedral of Trier)
by Pope Benedict XVI (2012.03.07)
(related to Diocese of Trier)
Vespers on the occasion of the visit of the Archbishop of Canterbury
by Office for the Liturgical Celebrations of the Supreme Pontiff (2012.03.10)
For the 27ᵗʰ World Youth Day (2012)
by Pope Benedict XVI (2012.03.15)
For the Way of the Cross at Rome’s Rebibbia District Prison
by Pope Benedict XVI (2012.03.22)
For the national meeting of the Church of France for the 50ᵗʰ anniversary of the opening of the Second Vatican Council
by Pope Benedict XVI (2012.03.24)
Apostolic Journey to Mexico
by Office for the Liturgical Celebrations of the Supreme Pontiff (2012.03.25)
Apostolic Journey to Cuba
by Office for the Liturgical Celebrations of the Supreme Pontiff (2012.03.26)
To priests
(World Day of Prayer for the Sanctification of Priests 2012)
by Congregation for Clergy (2012.03.26)
For the 450ᵗʰ anniversary of the formal re-establishment of the Prague archbishopric
by Pope Benedict XVI (2012.03.30)
(related to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Praha)
For the Year of St. Clare
by Pope Benedict XVI (2012.04.01)
(related to Diocese of Assisi–Nocera Umbra–Gualdo Tadino)
Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord
by Office for the Liturgical Celebrations of the Supreme Pontiff (2012.04.01)
To the Buddhists for the Feast of Vesakh 2012
by Pontifical Council for Inter-Religious Dialogue (2012.04.03)
Chrism Mass
by Office for the Liturgical Celebrations of the Supreme Pontiff (2012.04.05)
Mass of the Lord’s Supper
by Office for the Liturgical Celebrations of the Supreme Pontiff (2012.04.05)
For the opening ceremonies of the pilgrimage to the Sacred Tunic on the 500ᵗʰ anniversary of its public display
by Pope Benedict XVI (2012.04.06)
(related to Diocese of Trier)
Celebration of the Lord’s Passion
by Office for the Liturgical Celebrations of the Supreme Pontiff (2012.04.06)
Way of the Cross
by Office for the Liturgical Celebrations of the Supreme Pontiff (2012.04.06)
Easter Vigil
by Office for the Liturgical Celebrations of the Supreme Pontiff (2012.04.07)
Urbi et Orbi Message for Easter Sunday 2012
by Pope Benedict XVI (2012.04.08)
Mass on Easter Day
by Office for the Liturgical Celebrations of the Supreme Pontiff (2012.04.08)
To the President of the German Episcopal Conference
by Pope Benedict XVI (2012.04.14)
(related to Deutsche Bischofskonferenz)
For the Closing Celebrations of the National Eucharistic Congress of Ukraine
by Pope Benedict XVI (2012.04.17)
For the annual plenary assembly of the Pontifical Biblical Commission
by Pope Benedict XVI (2012.04.18)
(related to Pontifical Biblical Commission)
For the 7ᵗʰ World Congress on the Pastoral Care of Tourism (2012)
by Pope Benedict XVI (2012.04.18)
For the 18ᵗʰ Plenary Session of the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences
by Pope Benedict XVI (2012.04.27)
Mass with Priestly Ordinations
by Office for the Liturgical Celebrations of the Supreme Pontiff (2012.04.29)
For the millennium of the Imperial Cathedral of Bamberg
by Pope Benedict XVI (2012.05.03)
(related to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Bamberg)
For the millennium celebrations of the Holy Hermitage of Camaldoli
by Pope Benedict XVI (2012.05.10)
For the 50ᵗʰ International Eucharistic Congress
(50ᵗʰ International Eucharistic Congress (Dublin, Ireland))
by Pope Benedict XVI (2012.05.14)
Granting a Plenary Indulgence for the 7ᵗʰ World Meeting of Families
(7ᵗʰ World Meeting of Families (Milano, Italy))
by Apostolic Penitentiary (2012.05.17)
To Queen Elizabeth II for the Diamond Jubilee of Her reign
by Pope Benedict XVI (2012.05.23)
For the Pentecost procession in Kötzting
by Pope Benedict XVI (2012.05.24)
(related to Diocese of Regensburg)
To the Catholicos Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East
by Pope Benedict XVI (2012.05.27)
Mass of Pentecost Sunday
by Office for the Liturgical Celebrations of the Supreme Pontiff (2012.05.27)
For the opening of the European Football Championship 2012
by Pope Benedict XVI (2012.06.06)
Corpus Christi - Mass, Procession and Benediction
by Office for the Liturgical Celebrations of the Supreme Pontiff (2012.06.07)
For the 100ᵗʰ anniversary of the birth of Blessed Peter ToRot, catechist and martyr of Papua New Guinea
by Pope Benedict XVI (2012.06.08)
For the closing of the 50ᵗʰ International Eucharistic Congress (Dublin)
(50ᵗʰ International Eucharistic Congress (Dublin, Ireland))
by Pope Benedict XVI (2012.06.17)
13ᵗʰ Ordinary General Assembly – 2011
(13ᵗʰ Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops)
by General Secretariat of the Synod of Bishops (2012.06.19)
Mass and imposition of the Pallium on Metropolitan Archbishops
by Office for the Liturgical Celebrations of the Supreme Pontiff (2012.06.29)
For the 11ᵗʰ International Meeting of the Equipes Notre-Dame
by Pope Benedict XVI (2012.07.05)
For Sea Sunday 2012
by Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People (2012.07.08)
For the 450ᵗʰ anniversary of the foundation of the Monastery of St José in Ávila and the beginning of the reform of the Order of Carmel
by Pope Benedict XVI (2012.07.16)
(related to Diocese of Ávila, Order of the Brothers of Our Lady of Mount Carmel (Carmelites))
For the 33ʳᵈ World Day of Tourism (2012)
by Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People (2012.07.16)
For the 130ᵗʰ Supreme Convention of the Knights of Columbus (Anaheim, USA)
by Pope Benedict XVI (2012.07.19)
For the 25ᵗʰ anniversary of the Religious Summit on Mount Hieizan (Japan)
by Pope Benedict XVI (2012.08.03)
To the Muslims for the Feast of Ramadan 2012
by Pontifical Council for Inter-Religious Dialogue (2012.08.03)
(Cebuano) (Hausa) (Kazakh) (Tagalog) (Wollof) (Kirghiz) (O'zbek) (български език) (тоҷикӣ) (Yorùbá) (Bengali) (Persian) (Urdu)
For the 6ᵗʰ Ordinary Assembly of the International Forum of Catholic Action (Iaşi, Romania)
by Pope Benedict XVI (2012.08.10)
(related to Diocese of Iaşi)
For the celebration of the 950ᵗʰ anniversary of the diocese of Sapë
by Pope Benedict XVI (2012.08.21)
(related to Diocese of Sapë)
Document
Enchiridion della Nuova Evangelizzazione
Texts of pontifical and conciliar magisterium on the New Evangelization
by Pontifical Council for the Promotion of the New Evangelisation (2012.09)
For the World Meeting for Peace organized by the Community of Sant’Egidio (Sarajevo)
by Pope Benedict XVI (2012.09.04)
(related to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Vrhbosna)
For the initiative called ’Ten Squares for the Ten Commandments’
by Pope Benedict XVI (2012.09.08)
Apostolic Exhortation
Ecclesia in Medio Oriente
The Church in the Middle East
On the Church in the Middle East: Communion and Witness
(Apostolic Journey to Lebanon)
(Special Assembly for Middle East of the Synod of Bishops)
by Pope Benedict XVI (2012.09.14)
Apostolic Journey to Lebanon
(Apostolic Journey to Lebanon)
by Office for the Liturgical Celebrations of the Supreme Pontiff (2012.09.14)
Indulgences for the Year of Faith
by Apostolic Penitentiary (2012.09.14)
To participants in the Plenary Assembly of the Council of European Bishops’ Conferences
by Pope Benedict XVI (2012.09.28)
(related to Consilium Conferentiarum Episcopalium Europæ (C.C.E.E.))
For the 475ᵗʰ anniversary of the first diocese of Peru and South America and of the International Marian Eucharistic Congress
by Pope Benedict XVI (2012.10.03)
(related to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Cusco)
For the 50ᵗʰ World Day for Vocations (2013)
(World Day of Prayer for Vocations 2013)
by Pope Benedict XVI (2012.10.06)
Proclaiming John of Ávila as a Doctor of the Church
by Pope Benedict XVI (2012.10.07)
Proclaiming Hildegard of Bingen as a Doctor of the Church
by Pope Benedict XVI (2012.10.07)
Mass for the opening of the Synod of Bishops and proclamation of St John of Avila and St Hildegard of Bingen as Doctors of the Church
(13ᵗʰ Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops)
by Office for the Liturgical Celebrations of the Supreme Pontiff (2012.10.07)
For the 500ᵗʰ anniversary of the arrival in Puerto Rico of the first bishop (San Juan de Porto Rico)
by Pope Benedict XVI (2012.10.10)
(related to Metropolitan Archdiocese of San Juan de Puerto Rico)
Mass for the opening of the Year of Faith
by Office for the Liturgical Celebrations of the Supreme Pontiff (2012.10.11)
For the 125ᵗʰ anniversary of the Archdiocese of Dhaka (Bangladesh) and for the 400ᵗʰ anniversary of the Bengal region
by Pope Benedict XVI (2012.10.12)
(related to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Dhaka)
For the 99ᵗʰ World Day of Migrants and Refugees (2013)
(99ᵗʰ World Day of Migrants and Refugees 2013)
by Pope Benedict XVI (2012.10.12)
13ᵗʰ Ordinary General Assembly - 2011
(13ᵗʰ Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops)
by General Secretariat of the Synod of Bishops (2012.10.12)
For the 32ⁿᵈ World Food Day (2012)
by Pope Benedict XVI (2012.10.16)
For the Year of Faith
by International Theological Commission (2012.10.16)
13ᵗʰ Ordinary General Assembly - 2011
(13ᵗʰ Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops)
by General Secretariat of the Synod of Bishops (2012.10.17)
For the 28ᵗʰ World Youth Day (2013)
(World Youth Day 2013 (Rio de Janeiro))
by Pope Benedict XVI (2012.10.18)
Mass for Canonisation
by Office for the Liturgical Celebrations of the Supreme Pontiff (2012.10.21)
For the 10ᵗʰ Plenary Assembly of the Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences (Vietnam)
by Pope Benedict XVI (2012.10.24)
(related to Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences (F.A.B.C.))
At the conclusion of the 13ᵗʰ Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops
(13ᵗʰ Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops)
by General Secretariat of the Synod of Bishops (2012.10.26)
Mass for the closing of the Synod of Bishops
(13ᵗʰ Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops)
by Office for the Liturgical Celebrations of the Supreme Pontiff (2012.10.28)
Mass for Cardinals and Bishops who died over the course of the year
by Office for the Liturgical Celebrations of the Supreme Pontiff (2012.11.03)
To His Holiness Anba Tawadros, Pope-elect of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of Saint Mark
by Pope Benedict XVI (2012.11.05)
To the Hindus on the Feast of Diwali 2012
by Pontifical Council for Inter-Religious Dialogue (2012.11.08)
For the closing celebrations of the 550ᵗʰ anniversary of the Archdiocese of Ljubljana
by Pope Benedict XVI (2012.11.09)
(related to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Ljubljana)
Motu Proprio
Latina lingua
Establishing the Pontifical Academy for Latin
by Pope Benedict XVI (2012.11.10)
(related to Pontifical Academy for Latin)
Motu Proprio
Intima Ecclesiæ natura
The Church’s deepest nature
On the service of charity
by Pope Benedict XVI (2012.11.11)
To participants in Court of the Gentiles Meeting (Guimarães, Portugal)
(Courtyard of the Gentiles (Guimarães, 2012))
by Pope Benedict XVI (2012.11.13)
To His Holiness Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of Saint Mark on the occasion of his enthronement
by Pope Benedict XVI (2012.11.14)
For the 17ᵗʰ Public Session of the Pontifical Academies
by Pope Benedict XVI (2012.11.21)
(related to Pontifical Council for Culture)
To the Ecumenical Patriarch for the Feast of Saint Andrew
by Pope Benedict XVI (2012.11.23)
Public Consistory for the creation of new Cardinals
(Ordinary Public Consistory for the Creation of 6 Cardinals)
by Office for the Liturgical Celebrations of the Supreme Pontiff (2012.11.24)
Mass with the new Cardinals
(Ordinary Public Consistory for the Creation of 6 Cardinals)
by Office for the Liturgical Celebrations of the Supreme Pontiff (2012.11.25)
For the jubilee year dedicated to the Venerable Servant of God Pauline Jaricot
by Pope Benedict XVI (2012.12.01)
(related to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Lyon)
Vespers with students of the Roman Pontifical Universities
by Office for the Liturgical Celebrations of the Supreme Pontiff (2012.12.01)
For the death of Greek-Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch and All the East
by Pope Benedict XVI (2012.12.06)
For the celebration of World Day of Peace 2013
by Pope Benedict XVI (2012.12.08)
Act of veneration of the Blessed Virgin Mary
by Office for the Liturgical Celebrations of the Supreme Pontiff (2012.12.08)
Christmas Eve Mass
by Office for the Liturgical Celebrations of the Supreme Pontiff (2012.12.24)
Urbi et Orbi Message for Christmas 2012
by Pope Benedict XVI (2012.12.25)
Christmas message for the Apostleship of the Sea
by Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People (2012.12.25)
Prayer for Taizé: European Youth Meeting
by Office for the Liturgical Celebrations of the Supreme Pontiff (2012.12.29)
First Vespers and Te Deum in thanksgiving for the past year
by Office for the Liturgical Celebrations of the Supreme Pontiff (2012.12.31)
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