Changelog (04 March 2025)
New Documents Added
Magisterial documents (+208)
- Letter to Card. José Saraiva Martins, Special Envoy to preside at the election of the new Minister General of the Franciscan Order of Friars Minor (2009) (Pope Benedict XVI)
- Letter to the Abbot Primate of the Confederated Benedictines on the occasion of the ninth centenary of the death of St Anselm (March 7, 2009) (Pope Benedict XVI)
- Letter to Card. Jósef Glemp, Special Envoy at the celebrations marking the millennium of the death of St Bruno (2009) (Pope Benedict XVI)
- Letter to Card. Giacomo Biffi, Special Envoy at the celebrations marking the ninth centenary of the death of St. Anselm (2009) (Pope Benedict XVI)
- Letter to His Holiness Kirill, Patriarch of Moscow and of All Russia on the occasion of his enthronement (January 28, 2009) (Pope Benedict XVI)
- Letter to Card. Paul Poupard, Special Envoy to celebrations marking seven hundred years since the beginning of the Roman Pontiffs' exile in the French city of Avignon (1309-1377) (Pope Benedict XVI)
- Letter to Card. Zenon Grocholewski, Special Envoy at the celebrations for the 400th anniversary of the foundation of the Pontifical University of Santo Tomas in Manila (Philippines, 28 January 2011) (28 December 2010) (Pope Benedict XVI)
- Letter to Card. Ivan Dias, Special Envoy on the occasion of the closing ceremony of the Jubilee Year of the Church of Vietnam (Marian Shrine of La Vang, 4-6 January 2011) (December 21, 2010) (Pope Benedict XVI)
- Letter to the Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela on the occasion of the closing ceremony of the Compostela Holy Year 2010 (December 18, 2010) (Pope Benedict XVI)
- Message to Card. Gianfranco Ravasi, on the occasion of the 15th Public Session of the Pontifical Academies (December 15, 2010) (Pope Benedict XVI)
- Message to Card. Crescenzio Sepe, on the occasion of the opening of the special jubilee year of the Archdiocese of Naples (December 14, 2010) (Pope Benedict XVI)
- Letter to His Holiness Bartholomaios I, Archbishop of Constantinople, Ecumenical Patriarch, on the occasion of the Feast of Saint Andrew the Apostle (November 30, 2010) (Pope Benedict XVI)
- Message on the occasion of the funeral mass for the Memor Domini Manuela Camagni, member of the Pontifical Family (November 29, 2010) (Pope Benedict XVI)
- Letter on the occasion of the Symposium organized by The International Centre of Newman Friends (November 18, 2010) (Pope Benedict XVI)
- Message to participants in the 25th International Conference of the Pontifical Council for Health Care Workers (November 15, 2010) (Pope Benedict XVI)
- Letter to Card. Raffaele Farina on the occasion of the re-opening of the Vatican Library (November 9, 2010) (Pope Benedict XVI)
- Message to H.E. Mr. Lee Myung-bak, President of the Republic of Korea, on the occasion of the G20 Summit in Seoul (November 8, 2010) (Pope Benedict XVI)
- Message for the Funeral Mass of the victims of the terrorist attack on the Syro-Catholic Cathedral of Baghdad (November 2, 2010) (Pope Benedict XVI)
- Message to Card. Angelo Bagnasco on the occasion of the 62nd General Assembly of the Italian Episcopal Conference (November 4, 2010) (Pope Benedict XVI)
- Message to Card. Peter Kodwo Appiah Turkson on the occasion of the Plenary Assembly of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace (November 3, 2010) (Pope Benedict XVI)
- Letter to His Excellency Mahmoud Ahmadinejad President of the Islamic Republic of Iran (November 3, 2010) (Pope Benedict XVI)
- Message Lumen caritatis on the occasion of the 400th anniversary of the canonization of St Charles Borromeo (November 1, 2010) (Pope Benedict XVI)
- Letter to Seminarians (October 18, 2010) (Pope Benedict XVI)
- Message to Cardinal Angelo Bagnasco for the 46th Italian Catholic Social Week (October 12, 2010) (Pope Benedict XVI)
- Letter to Mr Jonathan Goodluck, President of the Republic of Nigeria on the occasion of the 50th Anniversary of Independence (September 21, 2010) (Pope Benedict XVI)
- Letter to Card. Jean-Louis Tauran, Special Envoy to the celebrations for the first millennium of the Abbey of Saint-Pierre de Solesmes (France, 12 October 2010) (September 13, 2010) (Pope Benedict XVI)
- Letter on the occasion of the Second World Congress on the Pastoral Care of Pilgrimages and Shrines [Santiago de Compostela, 27-30 September] (September 8, 2010) (Pope Benedict XVI)
- Letter to the Superior General of the Missionaries of Charity on the 100th anniversary of the birth of Blessed Mother of Calcutta (August 26, 2010) (Pope Benedict XVI)
- Letter to Card. Ennio Antonelli, President of the Pontifical Council for the Family in preparation for the seventh World Encounter of Families (August 23, 2010) (Pope Benedict XVI)
- Letter to Card. Stanisław Ryłko on the occasion of the Congress of Asian Catholic Laity [31 August - 5 September 2010] (August 10, 2010) (Pope Benedict XVI)
- Letter to Card. Giovanni Battista Re, Special Envoy to the celebrations of the 15th centenary of the Shrine of Holy Mary of the Graces "Our Lady of Mentorella" (Diocese of Tivoli, 29 August 2010) (July 27, 2010) (Pope Benedict XVI)
- Letter to Card. Marc Ouellet, P.S.S., Prefect of the Congregation for Bishops, Special Envoy to the celebrations for the 4th centenary of the Baptism of the Grand Chief Membertou of the Mik’maq (1st August 2010, Chapel Island, Nova Scotia - Canada) (June 30, 2010) (Pope Benedict XVI)
- Letter to Card. Francisco Javier Errázuriz Ossa, Special Envoy at the celebrations for the 100th anniversary of the Diocese of Catamarca (Catamarca, Argentina, 21 August 2010) (June 29, 2010) (Pope Benedict XVI)
- Letter to Card. Jozef Tomko, Special Envoy at the celebrations of the third centenary of the consecration of the Cathedral of Minsk (Belarus, 9 October 2010) (June 8, 2010) (Pope Benedict XVI)
- Letter to Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of his priestly ordination (June 1, 2010) (Pope Benedict XVI)
- Letter to Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, Special Envoy to the celebrations for the 4th centenary of the Archdiocese of Arequipa in Peru (Arequipa, 14-18 July 2010) (May 14, 2010) (Pope Benedict XVI)
- Letter to Card. Tarcisio Bertone, Pontifical Legate for the celebration of the National Eucharistic Congress of Slovenia (Celje, 13 June 2010) (May 3, 2010) (Pope Benedict XVI)
- Letter to Cardinal Angelo Sodano, nominating him as the Pontifical Legate for the 10th National Eucharistic Congress of Spain (Toledo, 27-30 May 2010) (April 21, 2010) (Pope Benedict XVI)
- Letter to Cardinal Claudio Hummes, Special Envoy to the celebrations for the 16th National Eucharistic Congress of Brazil (Brasilia, 13-16 May 2010) (April 19, 2010) (Pope Benedict XVI)
- Letter to Cardinal Stanisław Ryłko on the occasion of the 10th International Youth Forum (March 20, 2010) (Pope Benedict XVI)
- Letter to His Holiness Irinej, newly-elected Patriarch of the Serbian Orthodox Church (January 22, 2010) (Pope Benedict XVI)
- Letter to H.E. Mr. René Préval, President of the Republic of Haiti, following the earthquake which devasted the country (January 16, 2010) (Pope Benedict XVI)
- Letter to H.E. Msgr. Louis Kébreau, Archbishop of Cap-Haïtien and President of the Episcopal Conference of Haiti, following the earthquake which devasted the country (January 16, 2010) (Pope Benedict XVI)
- Letter confirming Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone as Secretary of State (January 15, 2010) (Pope Benedict XVI)
- Letter to Card. Renato Raffaele Martino, Special Envoy at the celebrations for the 100th anniversary of the Cathedral of Yangon (Pope Benedict XVI)
- Letter to Card. Joachim Meisner, Special Envoy at the celebrations for the 800th anniversary of the birth of St Agnes of Bohemia (Pope Benedict XVI)
- Letter to Card. Walter Kasper, Special Envoy to the celebrations for the 950th anniversary of the dedication of the Cathedral of Speyer (Pope Benedict XVI)
- Letter to H.E. Msgr. Timothy M. Dolan, President of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the somber events of September 11, 2001 (September 11, 2011) (Pope Benedict XVI)
- Letter to the Archbishop of München and Freising on the occasion of the International Prayer Meeting for peace "Bound to Live Together" - Religions and Cultures in dialogue, organized by the Community of Sant'Egidio (September 1, 2011) (Pope Benedict XVI)
- Letter to H. Em. Card. Ján Chryzostom Korec, S.J., on the 60th anniversary of Episcopal Consecration (August 15, 2011) (Pope Benedict XVI)
- Letter to H.Em. Card. Kurt Koch on the occasion of the 12th Inter-Christian Symposium [Thessalonica, 30 August - 2 September 2011] (August 6, 2011) (Pope Benedict XVI)
- Letter to H.Em. Card. Renato Raffaele Martino, Special Envoy to the millennium celebrations of the Abbey of the Most Holy Trinity of Cava (Pope Benedict XVI)
- Letter to H.Em. Card. Jozef Tomko, Special Envoy at the celebrations for the 100th anniversary of the consecration of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Moscow (Pope Benedict XVI)
- Letter to H.Em. Card. Giovanni Battista Re, Special Envoy to the 25th Italian National Eucharistic Congress (Pope Benedict XVI)
- Letter to H. Em. Card. Francisco Robles Ortega, Special Envoy to the closing jubilee celebrations on the occasion of the 375th anniversary of the discovery of the venerable image of Nuestra Señora de los Ángeles, Patron Saint of Costa Rica (Pope Benedict XVI)
- Letter to H.Em. Card. Carlos Amigo Vallejo, O.F.M., Special Envoy to the closing jubilee celebrations of the 500th anniversary of the first canonical institution of the ecclesiastical districts of America: Santo Domingo and La Vega (Dominican Republic) and San Juan de Puerto Rico (Pope Benedict XVI)
- Letter to H.Em. Card. Jozef Tomko, Special Envoy to the closing celebrations of the 600th Jubilee Year of the "Eucharistic Miracle of Ludbreg" (Pope Benedict XVI)
- Letter to Prof. Giovanni Maria Vian on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of foundation of L'Osservatore Romano (June 24, 2011) (Pope Benedict XVI)
- Letter to the Special Envoy to the celebrations for the 350th anniversary of the Marian Shrine of Werl (Pope Benedict XVI)
- Letter to the Grand Chancellor of the Pontifical Institute of Sacred Music on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of its foundation (May 13, 2011) (Pope Benedict XVI)
- Letter to Card. Zenon Grocholewski, Special Envoy to the celebration of the Fourth Centenary of the Dedication of the Cathedral of Włocławek (Pope Benedict XVI)
- Letter to the Special Envoy to the bicentennial celebration of the birth of Saint John Nepomuceno Neumann (Pope Benedict XVI)
- Letter to Card. Salvatore De Giorgi, Special Envoy to the closing celebration of the Diocesan Pauline Jubilee Year of Pozzuoli on the 1950th anniversary of the landing and the preaching of the Apostle Saint Paul (Pope Benedict XVI)
- Letter to Card. Leonardo Sandri, Papal Delegate to the celebration affirming the Ecclesiastical Communion with His Beatitude Béchara Boutros Raï, new Patriarch of Antioch for Maronites (April 8, 2011) (Pope Benedict XVI)
- Letter to His Beatitude Béchara Boutros Raï, Patriarch of Antioch for Maronites, accepting his request for ecclesiastical communion (March 24, 2011) (Pope Benedict XVI)
- Letter to Rev. Fr. François-Marie Lethel, O.C.D., Preacher of the Lenten Spiritual Exercises (March 19, 2011) (Pope Benedict XVI)
- Message to the President of the Italian Republic on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the unification of Italy (March 17, 2011) (Pope Benedict XVI)
- Letter to His Beatitude Cardinal Nasrallah Pierre Sfeir on the occasion of his resignation from the office of patriarch of Antioch of the Maronites (February 26, 2011) (Pope Benedict XVI)
- Preface written by Pope Benedict XVI for YouCat, aide to the Catechism of the Catholic Church for youth (February 2, 2011) (Pope Benedict XVI)
- Letter to His Eminence Spyridon, Metropolitan of Heliopolis, on the occasion of the death of H.B. Patriarch Ignace IV Hazim (6 December 2012) (Pope Benedict XVI)
- Letter to Card. Paul Poupard, Special Envoy to the closing celebrations of the jubilee year dedicated to the Venerable Servant of God Pauline Jaricot (Pope Benedict XVI)
- Letter to Card. Franc Rodé, Special Envoy to the closing celebrations of the 550th anniversary of the Archdiocese of Ljubljana (Pope Benedict XVI)
- Letter to Card. Gaudencio B. Rosales, Special Envoy to the 10th Plenary Assembly of the Federation of Asian Bishops' Conferences (FABC) (Pope Benedict XVI)
- Letter to Card. Cormac Murphy-O'Connor, Special Envoy to the celebrations for the 125th anniversary of the Archdiocese of Dhaka (Bangladesh) and for the 400th anniversary of the Bengal region (Pope Benedict XVI)
- Letter to Card. Carlos Amigo Vallejo, O.F.M., Special Envoy to the final celebrations for the 500th anniversary of the arrival in Puerto Rico of the first bishop (Pope Benedict XVI)
- Letter to Card. Raúl Vela Chiriboga, Special Envoy to the celebration for the 475th anniversary of the first diocese of Peru and South America and of the International Marian Eucharistic Congress (Pope Benedict XVI)
- Letter to Card. Santos Abril y Castelló, Special Envoy to the celebration of the 950th anniversary of the diocese of Sapë (Pope Benedict XVI)
- Letter to Card. Tarcisio Bertone, Secretary of State (2 July 2012) (Pope Benedict XVI)
- Letter to Card. Joseph Ze-kiun Zen, S.D.B., Special Envoy to the celebration of the 100th anniversary of the birth of Blessed Peter ToRot, catechist and martyr of Papua New Guinea (Pope Benedict XVI)
- Letter to Card. Marc Ouellet, P.S.S., Papal Legate for the celebrations of the 50th International Eucharistic Congress (Pope Benedict XVI)
- Letter to Card. Giuseppe Bertello, Special Envoy at the millennium celebrations of the Holy Hermitage of Camaldoli (Pope Benedict XVI)
- Letter to Card. Angelo Comastri, Special Envoy at the Closing Celebrations of the National Eucharistic Congress of Ukraine (Pope Benedict XVI)
- Letter to the President of the German Episcopal Conference (April 14, 2012) (Pope Benedict XVI)
- Letter on the occasion of the first millennium of the Imperial Cathedral of Bamberg (May 3, 2012) (Pope Benedict XVI)
- Letter to the Bishop of Assisi-Nocera Umbra-Gualdo Tadino on the occasion of the"Year of St. Clare" (April 1, 2012) (Pope Benedict XVI)
- Letter to Card. C. Schönborn, O.P., Special Envoy to the celebrations of the 450th anniversary of the formal re-establishment of the Prague archbishopric (Pope Benedict XVI)
- Letter to Card. Marc Ouellet, Special Envoy to the opening ceremonies of the pilgrimage to the "Sacred Tunic" on the 500th anniversary of its public display (Pope Benedict XVI)
- Letter to Cardinal Laurent Monsengwo Pasinya, Preacher of the Lenten Spiritual Exercises (March 3, 2012) (Pope Benedict XVI)
- Letter to Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi, preacher of the Lenten Spiritual Exercises held for the Roman Curia (23 February 2013) (Pope Benedict XVI)
- Letter on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of episcopal ordination of Ludwig Averkamp, Reinhard Lettmann and Freiherr Max Georg von Twickel (17 February 2013) (Pope Benedict XVI)
- Letter to Card. Leonardo Sandri, Delegate to the celebration for the public confirm of the ecclesiastical communion to the new Patriarch of the Chaldean Church (3 February 2013) (Pope Benedict XVI)
- Letter to the newly elected Patriarch of Babylon of the Chaldeans for the concession of the Ecclesiastica Communio (1 February 2013) (Pope Benedict XVI)
- Words of condolences for the death of Card. Jozef Glemp (24 January 2013) (Pope Benedict XVI)
- Letter to the newly elected Coptic Catholic Patriarch of Alexandria for the concession of the Ecclesiastica Communio (18 January 2013) (Pope Benedict XVI)
- Letter to Card. Fernando Filoni, Special Envoy to the celebrations in India for the 50th anniversary of the Shrine of Our Lady of Health in Vailankanni and for the 25th anniversary of the institution of the Episcopal Conference (C.C.B.I.) (Pope Benedict XVI)
- Letter to H.E. Msgr. Zygmunt Zimowski, Special Envoy to the celebrations of the 21st World Day of the Sick (Pope Benedict XVI)
- Message on the occasion of the First National Day of Young Catholics of The Netherlands (November 21, 2005) (Pope Benedict XVI)
- 24 November 1940: Eucharistic Celebration for peace - Homily (Pope Pius XII)
- Message to participants in the International Convention of studies on the first centenary of the birth of the Swiss theologian Hans Urs von Balthasar (October 6, 2005) (Pope Benedict XVI)
- Message for the publication of a special edition of "L'Osservatore Romano" on the occasion of the 20th World Youth Day in Cologne (August 10, 2005) (Pope Benedict XVI)
- First message at the end of the Eucharistic Concelebration with the Cardinal Electors in the Sistine Chapel (April 20, 2005) (Pope Benedict XVI)
- Christmas message to Catholics living in the Middle East regions (December 21, 2006) (Pope Benedict XVI)
- Television message for the "Pope's Day" in Poland (October 16, 2006) (Pope Benedict XVI)
- Message to the participants at the World Congress of Ecclesial Movements and New Communities (May 22, 2006) (Pope Benedict XVI)
- Message on occasion of the celebrations of the 4th centenary of the death of Saint Toribio of Mogrovejo (March 23, 2006) (Pope Benedict XVI)
- Message to the participants in the international youth pilgrimage to Mariazell (August 15, 2007) (Pope Benedict XVI)
- Message on the occasion of the death of His Beatitude Teoctist, Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church (August 1, 2007) (Pope Benedict XVI)
- Message to the participants in the General Chapter of the Friars Minor Conventual and to the Community of the Sacro Convento gathered in the Upper Basilica of Saint Francis (June 17, 2007) (Pope Benedict XVI)
- Message to the participants in the 9th International Youth Forum, Rocca di Papa 28-31 March 2007 (March 28, 2007) (Pope Benedict XVI)
- Message for the opening of the Brotherhood in Brazil 2007 Campaign (January 16, 2007) (Pope Benedict XVI)
- Message on the occasion of the death of His Holiness Alexy II, Patriarch of Moscow and of All the Russias (December 5, 2008) (Pope Benedict XVI)
- Message on the occasion of the Study Day on the theme: Culture and Religions in Dialogue (December 3, 2008) (Pope Benedict XVI)
- Message to His Holiness Bartholomew I, Archbishop of Constantinople, Ecumenical Patriarch, on the occasion of the Feast of St. Andrew (November 26, 2008) (Pope Benedict XVI)
- Message to the President of the Pontifical Council for Culture on the occasion of the 13th Public Session of the Pontifical Academies (November 24, 2008) (Pope Benedict XVI)
- Message to participants in the International Conference on the theme "The Second Vatican Council in the Pontificate of John Paul II" (October 28, 2008)" (Pope Benedict XVI)
- Message to participants in the International Congress entitled "Humanae Vitae: A Topical and Prophetical Encyclical Letter" [Rome, 3-4 October 2008] (October 2, 2008) (Pope Benedict XVI)
- Message to His Holiness Alexy II, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, delivered by Card. Crescenzio Sepe, Archbishop of Naples during his journey to Moscow (September 22, 2008) (Pope Benedict XVI)
- SMS Message to the young people, fifty days after the celebration of the final Mass on the occasion of World Youth Day 2008 (September 8, 2008) (Pope Benedict XVI)
- Message to Cardinal Antonio José González Zumárraga, Archbishop Emeritus of Quito, President of the Central Commission of the 3rd American Mission Congress (August 12, 2008) (Pope Benedict XVI)
- To the people of Australia and to the young pilgrims taking part in World Youth Day 2008 (July 4, 2008) (Pope Benedict XVI)
- Video-message to the members of the Episcopal Conference of Colombia (June 30, 2008) (Pope Benedict XVI)
- Message to young people gathered in Québec (Canada), on the occasion of the 49th International Eucharistic Congress (June 21, 2008) (Pope Benedict XVI)
- Message to participants in the "High-Level Conference on World Food Security: the Challenges of Climate Change and Bioenergy", organized by the Food and Agriculture Organization (June 2, 2008) (Pope Benedict XVI)
- Message on the occasion of the 97th German Katholikentag (May 11, 2008)Message for the 97th German Katholikentag, celebrated in Osnabrück (Pope Benedict XVI)
- Message to the Jewish community on the occasion of the feast of Pesah (April 14, 2008) (Pope Benedict XVI)
- Video-Message to Catholics and people of the United States of America on the occasion of the upcoming Apostolic Journey (April 8, 2008) (Pope Benedict XVI)
- Message to the Bishops of Cuba on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the Journey of John Paul II (February 20, 2008) (Pope Benedict XVI)
- Message to the Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela (Spain) on the occasion of the opening of the Compostela Holy Year 2010 (December 19, 2009) (Pope Benedict XVI)
- Message to Cardinal Angelo Bagnasco on the occasion of the Conference on the theme "God Today. With him or without him everything changes" (December 7, 2009) (Pope Benedict XVI)
- Message to His Holiness Bartholomaios I, Archbishop of Constantinople, Ecumenical Patriarch, on the occasion of the feast of St. Andrew (November 25, 2009) (Pope Benedict XVI)
- Message to the President of the Episcopal Conference of Vietnam (November 17, 2009) (Pope Benedict XVI)
- Message on the occasion of the death of His Holiness Pavle, Patriarch of the Serbian Orthodox Church (November 16, 2009) (Pope Benedict XVI)
- Message to H.Em. Card. Ivan Dias, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples on the occasion of the Plenary Assembly of the Congregation on: "Saint Paul and the New Areopagi" [Pontifical Urban University, 16-18 November 2009] (November 13, 2009) (Pope Benedict XVI)
- Message to the President of the Italian Episcopal Conference (November 4, 2009) (Pope Benedict XVI)
- Message to the President of the Pontifical Council for the Laity on the occasion of the Study Seminar entitled: Sports, education, faith: for a new season for the Catholic sports movement [Rome, 6 - 7 November 2009] (November 3, 2009) (Pope Benedict XVI)
- Message to His Holiness Karekin II on the occasion of the tenth anniversary of His election as Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians (October 27, 2009) (Pope Benedict XVI)
- Video message to participants in the International Retreat for Priests [Ars, 27 September - 3 October 2009] (September 28, 2009) (Pope Benedict XVI)
- Videostatement to the UN 2009 Summit of Climate Change (September 24, 2009) (Pope Benedict XVI)
- Message to Card. Walter Kasper, President of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity on the occasion of the 11th Inter-Christian Symposium (August 28, 2009) (Pope Benedict XVI)
- Message to altar boys from Northern Germany, taking part in the pilgrimage to Kevelaer (August 27, 2009) (Pope Benedict XVI)
- Message to the Bishop of Macerata on the fourth centenary of the death of Fr. Matteo Ricci (May 6, 2009) (Pope Benedict XVI)
- Message to Archbishop Giuseppe Molinari of L'Aquila on the occasion of the funeral Mass for the victims of the earthquake (April 9, 2009) (Pope Benedict XVI)
- Message to participants in the International Conference on the theme "Life, Family and Development: the Role of Women in the Promotion of Human Rights" (Vatican, 20-21 March 2009) (Pope Benedict XVI)
- Message to Card. James Francis Stafford, Major Penitentiary, and to participants in the 20th edition of the course in the Internal Forum, organized by the Apostolic Penitentiary (March 12, 2009) (Pope Benedict XVI)
- Message to faithful of Brazil on the occasion of the Brotherhood Campaign 2009 (February 25, 2009) (Pope Benedict XVI)
- Message to the Archbishop of Tarragona on the occasion of the closing of the Jubilee Year commemorating the 1,750th anniversary of the martyrdom of Bishop St Fructuosus and the deacons St Augurius and St Eulogius (January 19, 2009) (Pope Benedict XVI)
- Message to the President of the Catholic Union of the Italian Press on the occasion of the National Congress of UCSI on the 50th anniversary of its foundation (January 19, 2009) (Pope Benedict XVI)
- Message to participants at the recitation of Holy Rosary on the occasion of the Sixth World Meeting of Families held in Mexico City (January 17, 2009) (Pope Benedict XVI)
- Christmas Message broadcasted during the BBC programme "Thought for the Day" (December 22, 2010) (Pope Benedict XVI)
- Message to delegates at the Chapter Assembly of the Rogationists of the Heart of Jesus (July 5, 2010) (Pope Benedict XVI)
- Message to the Archbishop of Malines-Brussels, President of the Episcopal Conference of Belgium (June 27, 2010) (Pope Benedict XVI)
- Message in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the founding of Christ the King Shrine in Almada (May 11, 2010) (Pope Benedict XVI)
- Message for the opening of the Second Ecumenical Kirchentag celebrated in Munich of Bavaria (May 10, 2010) (Pope Benedict XVI)
- Message to Rabbi Emeritus Elio Toaff on the occasion of his 95th birthday (May 3, 2010) (Pope Benedict XVI)
- Message to H.E. Msgr. Juan de la Cruz Barros Madrid, Military Ordinary of Chile on the occasion of the first centenary of the canonical erection of the Military Vicariate of Chile (March 23, 2010) (Pope Benedict XVI)
- Message to His Holiness Bartholomaios I, Archbishop of Constantinople, Ecumenical Patriarch on the occasion of his Seventieth Birthday (February 27, 2010) (Pope Benedict XVI)
- Message to faithful of Brazil on the occasion of the Brotherhood Campaign 2010 (February 8, 2010) (Pope Benedict XVI)
- Message to Card. Antonio María Rouco Varela on the occasion of the "Holy Mass for Families" [Madrid, 30 December 2011] (December 27, 2011) (Pope Benedict XVI)
- Video link message for the closing of the Jubilee Year in Naples (December 16, 2011) (Pope Benedict XVI)
- Message to Card. Gianfranco Ravasi on the occasion of the 16th Public Session of the Pontifical Academies (November 30, 2011) (Pope Benedict XVI)
- Message to His Holiness Bartholomew I, Archbishop of Constantinople, Ecumenical Patriarch, on the occasion of the Feast of Saint Andrew the Apostle (November 24, 2011) (Pope Benedict XVI)
- Message on the occasion of the Second National Family Conference [Ecuador, 9-12 November 2011] (1 November 2011) (Pope Benedict XVI)
- Message on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of foundation of the Episcopal Action "Adveniat" (October 4, 2011) (Pope Benedict XVI)
- Message on the occasion of the 400th anniversary of the foundation of the "Congregatio Jesu" (October 3, 2011) (Pope Benedict XVI)
- Mensaje al obispo Karl-Heinz Wiesemann con ocasión del 950 aniversario de la dedicación de la Catedral de Speyer [Alemania, 2 de octubre de 2011] (29 de septiembre de 2011) (Pope Benedict XVI)
- Message to the Order of Clerics Regular of Somasca on the 500th anniversary of the prodigious liberation of their founder St. Jerome Emiliani (July 20, 2011) (Pope Benedict XVI)
- Message to participants in the 14th General Assembly of the Italian Catholic Action (May 6, 2011) (Pope Benedict XVI)
- Video Message on the occasion of the inauguration of the 14th Santo Domingo International Book Fair (May 4, 2011) (Pope Benedict XVI)
- Message on the occasion of the Plenary Assembly of the Pontifical Biblical Commission (May 2, 2011) (Pope Benedict XVI)
- Message to the readers of L’Osservatore Romano on the day of the Beatification of Pope John Paul II (May 1, 2011) (Pope Benedict XVI)
- Message to Her Excellency Professor Mary Ann Glendon on the occasion of the 17th Plenary Session of the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences (April 29, 2011) (Pope Benedict XVI)
- Message on the occasion of the meeting of Bishops who head Episcopal Commissions for the Family and Life in Latin America and the Caribbean [Bogota, 28 March - 1st April 2011] (March 28, 2011) (Pope Benedict XVI)
- Video Message to the "Courts of the Gentiles" in Paris on the final evening of the event (March 25, 2011) (Pope Benedict XVI)
- Message to faithful of Brazil on the occasion of the Brotherhood Campaign 2011 (February 16, 2011) (Pope Benedict XVI)
- Video Message on the occasion of the 400th anniversary of the foundation of the Pontifical University of Santo Tomas, Manila [Philippines] (January 28, 2011) (Pope Benedict XVI)
- Message on the occasion of the second Latin-American Continental Congress for Vocations [Cartago, 31 January - 5 February 2011] (January 21, 2011) (Pope Benedict XVI)
- Message on the occasion of the first anniversary of the earthquake in Haiti (January 5, 2011) (Pope Benedict XVI)
- Message to His Holiness Bartholomew I, Ecumenical Patriarch, for the Feast of Saint Andrew (23 November 2012) (Pope Benedict XVI)
- Message on the occasion of the Seventeenth Public Session of the Pontifical Academies (21 November 2012) (Pope Benedict XVI)
- Message to participants in "Court of the Gentiles" Meeting in Portugal [Guimarães, 16-17 November 2012] (13 November 2012) (Pope Benedict XVI)
- Message to His Holiness Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of Saint Mark on the occasion of his enthronement (14 November 2012) (Pope Benedict XVI)
- Message to His Holiness Anba Tawadros, Pope-elect of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of Saint Mark (5 November 2012) (Pope Benedict XVI)
- Video message for the initiative called "Ten Squares for the Ten Commandments" (8 September 2012) (Pope Benedict XVI)
- Message read on the occasion of the funeral mass for Cardinal Carlo Maria Martini held in Milan's Cathedral (3 September 2012) (Pope Benedict XVI)
- Message to the participants in the Panafrican Congress of Catholic Laity (20 August 2012) (Pope Benedict XVI)
- Message to participants in the 6th Ordinary Assembly of the International Forum of Catholic Action [Iaşi, Romania, 22-26 August 2012] (10 August 2012) (Pope Benedict XVI)
- Message for the 33rd Meeting for Friendship Among Peoples [Rimini, 19-25 August 2012] (10 August 2012) (Pope Benedict XVI)
- Message for the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Religious Summit on Mount Hieizan [Japan] (3 August 2012) (Pope Benedict XVI)
- Message to the Bishop of Ávila (Spain) on the occasion of 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 (16 July 2012) (Pope Benedict XVI)
- Message for the closing of the Fiftieth International Eucharistic Congress in Dublin (17 June 2012) (Pope Benedict XVI)
- Message on the occasion of the meeting organized for the 100th anniversary of the encyclical Lacrimabili statu indorum [Bogotà, 18-20 September 2012] (15 June 2012) (Pope Benedict XVI)
- Message for the opening of the European Football Championship 2012 (6 June 2012) (Pope Benedict XVI)
- Message to His Holiness Mar Dinkha IV, Catholicos Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East (27 May 2012) (Pope Benedict XVI)
- Message on the occasion of the Pentecost procession in Kötzting (May 24, 2012) (Pope Benedict XVI)
- Message to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II on the occasion of the Diamond Jubilee of Her reign (23 May 2012) (Pope Benedict XVI)
- Message for the 98th German Katholikentag (May 14, 2012) (Pope Benedict XVI)
- Message on the occasion of the Eighteenth Plenary Session of the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences (April 27, 2012) (Pope Benedict XVI)
- Message for the VII World Congress on the Pastoral Care of Tourism [Cancún, 23-27 April 2012] (April 18, 2012) (Pope Benedict XVI)
- Message to the President of the Pontifical Biblical Commission on the occasion of the annual Plenary Assembly (April 18, 2012) (Pope Benedict XVI)
- Message to the Bishop of Trier (Federal Republic of Germany) for the opening ceremonies of the pilgrimage to the "Sacred Tunic" on the 500th anniversary of its public display [Cathedral of Trier, 13 April 2012] (April 6, 2012) (Pope Benedict XVI)
- Video Message on the occasion of the national meeting of the Church of France for the 50th anniversary of the opening of the Second Vatican Council [Lourdes, 24-25 March 2012] (March 24, 2012) (Pope Benedict XVI)
- Message for the Way of the Cross at Rome's Rebibbia District Prison (March 22, 2012) (Pope Benedict XVI)
- Message on the occasion of the Brotherhood Campaign in Brazil (February 11, 2012) (Pope Benedict XVI)
- Message to participants in the international conference "Jesus, Our Contemporary" [Rome, 9-11 February 2012] (February 9, 2012) (Pope Benedict XVI)
- Message to the 36th Session of the Governing Council of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) (13 February 2013) (Pope Benedict XVI)
- Message on the occasion of the Brotherhood Campaign in Brazil (8 February 2013) (Pope Benedict XVI)
- Message to the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby on the occasion of the confirmation of election (4 February 2013) (Pope Benedict XVI)
- Video Message to the Catholic Church of Cambodia on the occasion of the National Conference on the Second Vatican Council [Phnom Penh, 5-7 January 2013] (7 January 2013) (Pope Benedict XVI)