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ANGELUS: Angelus, 5 February 2012

ANGELUS: Angelus, 12 February 2012

AUDIENCE: 1 February 2012

AUDIENCE: 8 February 2012

HOMILY: 2 February 2012: Celebration of Vespers on the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord and the 16th Day of Consecrated Life

HOMILY: 18 February 2012: Ordinary Public Consistory for the creation of new Cardinals and for the vote on several Causes of Canonization

MESSAGE: Message of Card. Tarcisio Bertone, Secretary of State, on behalf of His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI on the occasion of the International Symposium “Towards Healing and Renewal” [Rome, Pontifical Gregorian University, 6-9 February 2012] (January 30, 2012)

SPEECH: To Prelate Auditors, Officials and Advocates of the Tribunal of the Roman Rota on the occasion of the inauguration of the Judicial Year (January 21, 2012)

SPEECH: To members of the Regional Board of Lazio, the Municipal Council of Rome and the Administration of the Province of Rome for the traditional exchange of New Year greetings (January 12, 2012)

SPEECH: To the Community of the Almo Collegio Capranica of Rome (January 20, 2012)

SPEECH: To the Community of the NeoCatechumenal Way (January 20, 2012)

SPEECH: To the John Paul II Foundation for the Sahel (February 10, 2012)

MESSAGE: Lent 2012

MESSAGE: XLIX World Day of Prayer for Vocations, 2012

MESSAGE: XLIX World Day of Prayer for Vocations, 2012

MESSAGE: World Mission Day 2012

BTW, here’s a link to Jeff Miller’s ebook version of The Weekly Benedict (vol. , available in ePub and Kindle formats. (NOTE: This is lagged a few weeks since Jeff does the ebooks after I compose The Weekly Benedict.)

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ANGELUS: Angelus, 29 January 2012

AUDIENCE: 25 January 2012

HOMILY: 25 January 2012: Feast of the Conversion of St Paul the Apostle – Celebration of Vespers

SPEECH: To the Rectors, Professors and Seminarians of the Pontifical Seminaries of the Italian Regions of Campania, Calabria and Umbria on the occasion of the Centenary of their Foundation (January 26, 2012)

SPEECH: To participants in the Plenary Meeting of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (January 27, 2012)

MESSAGE: 46th World Communications Day, 2012 - Silence and Word: Path of Evangelization

MESSAGE: 15th World Day of Consecrated Life: Feast of the Presentation of the Lord – Homily (February 2, 2011)

MESSAGE: World Mission Day 2012

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ANGELUS: Angelus, 22 January 2012

AUDIENCE: 18 January 2012, Week of Prayer for Christian Unity

MESSAGE: 46th World Communications Day, 2012 - Silence and Word: Path of Evangelization

NOTE: Not much this week, despite a lot of recent activity from the pope. There’s some really good Benedict-ions waiting to be translated into English (I am particularly waiting for translations of his annual January addresses to the Roman Rota and the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, both of which are up in Italian). I wish the Vatican translation squad would get moving and get them done and posted.

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ANGELUS: Angelus, 15 January 2012

AUDIENCE: 11 January 2012

SPEECH: To members of the General Inspectorate for Public Security at the Vatican (January 13, 2012)

SPEECH: To the Bishops of the United States of America on theirad Limina visit (January 19, 2012)

SPEECH: To members of the Ecumenical Delegation of the Lutheran Church of Finland on the Feast of St Henrik (January 19, 2012)

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ANGELUS: Angelus, 1st January 2012, Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God

ANGELUS: Angelus, 6 January 2012, Solemnity of the Epiphany of the Lord

ANGELUS:Angelus, 8 January 2012, Feast of the Baptism of the Lord

AUDIENCE: 28 December 2011

AUDIENCE: 4 January 2012

HOMILY: 1st January 2012: Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God

HOMILY: 6 January 2012: Solemnity of the Epiphany of the Lord

HOMILY: 8 January 2012: Feast of the Baptism of the Lord

MESSAGE: Message for the closing of the Jubilee Year in Naples (December 16, 2011)

MESSAGE: 20th World Day of the Sick, 2012

SPEECH: To the Members of the Diplomatic Corps accredited to the Holy See for the traditional exchange of New Year greetings (January 9, 2012)

Due to the holidays, I didn't do The Weekly Benedict last week, so here's another double-dose of our awesome pope! (In fact, it's an unusually large double-dose, because the pope is especially active this time of year–so pray for his health and rest–and because the Vatican web site guys got their hinders in gear and delivered a whole month's worth of speeches in English at once.)

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ANGELUS: Angelus, 18 December 2011

ANGELUS: Angelus, 26 December 2011, Feast of Saint Stephen

AUDIENCE: 14 December 2011

AUDIENCE: 21 December 2011

MESSAGE: "Urbi et Orbi" – Christmas Day 2011

HOMILY: 11 December 2011: Pastoral Visit to the Roman parish of "Santa Maria delle Grazie" at Casal Boccone

HOMILY: 12 December 2011: Holy Mass for Latin AmericaHOMILY:

HOMILY: 15 December 2011: Vespers with the University students of the Rome

HOMILY: 24 December 2011: Midnight Mass

HOMILY:31 December 2011: Vespers and Te Deum 

MESSAGE:Message to Card. Gianfranco Ravasi on the occasion of the 16th Public Session of the Pontifical Academies (November 30, 2011)

SPEECH: To participants in the Plenary Assembly of the Pontifical Council for the Family (December 1, 2011)

SPEECH: To members of the International Theological Commission (December 2, 2011) 

SPEECH: To participants in the Third World Congress for the Pastoral Care of Foreign Students promoted by the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People (December 2, 2011) 

SPEECH: "Christmas Oratorio from the Alps" and projection of the film "From Heaven to Earth – Advent and Christmas in the Bavarian Alps", offered to the Holy Father by theBayerischer Rundfunk (December 2, 2011)

SPEECH: Lighting via video link of the Christmas Tree, decorated with hundreds of lights, in the Italian town of Gubbio (Perugia) (December 7, 2011) SPEECH: 

SPEECH: Act of Veneration of the Blessed Virgin Mary on the occasion of the Feast of the Immaculate Conception (December 8, 2011)

SPEECH: Pastoral Visit to the Roman Parish of "Santa Maria delle Grazie" in Casal Boccone (December 11, 2011)

SPEECH: To the new Ambassadors accredited to the Holy See on the occasion of the presentation of the Letters of Credence (December 15, 2011) 

SPEECH: To a delegation from Ukraine who donated the Christmas tree for St Peter's Square (December 16, 2011)

SPEECH: To the Bishops of the Episcopal Conferences of the Pacific and of New Zealand on their ad Limina visit (December 17, 2011)

SPEECH: Pastoral Visit to Rebibbia Prison – Rome (December 18, 2011) 

SPEECH: Responses to the questions posed by the inmates (New Prison of Rebibbia – Rome, 18 December 2011)

SPEECH: Christmas greetings to Cardinals, Archbishops, Bishops and Directors of the Governorate of Vatican City State (December 22, 2011)

I didn't get to The Weekly Benedict last week, so here's a double dose of our awesome pope! 

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AUDIENCE: 30 November 2011 (series on prayer)

AUDIENCE: 7 December 2011 (series on prayer)

ANGELUS: Angelus, 4 December 2011 

ANGELUS: Angelus, 8 December 2011, Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary 

ANGELUS: Angelus, 11 December 2011

MESSAGE: 45th World Day of Peace 2012, Educating Young People in Justice and Peace

MESSAGE: 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)

SPEECH: Concert offered by the Asturias Principality Symphony Orchestra (November 26, 2011)

SPEECH: To students taking part in the meeting promoted by theSorella Natura Foundation (November 28, 2011) 

So the new Mass Translation has gone into effect! (Woo-hoo!) But there are still questions about it that need to be asked.

For example: If you're in a *different* liturgy (not the Mass, one of the other sacraments) and the priest says "The Lord be with you," what are you supposed to say? The old "And also with you" or the new "And with your spirit"?

Or what if you're saying the Confetior in another service? Or how about using the Collect from Mass in the Liturgy of the Hours? Or taking Communion to an elderly person who suffers from dementia and is only used to the old translation?

Also, what should you do if a priest tells you in confession not to confess all your mortal sins? Does this invalidate the confession? Do you need to go back and confess them? What to say to a priest who tells you this kind of thing?

What are our responsibilities as customers? Do we have a moral obligation to refuse to purchase products that may have involved animal cruelty or poor working conditions at factories in the third world? Is it a sin to do so? How could we untangle these questions?

Suppose you innocently mention something to a co-worker and that results in the co-worker going out and committing a mortal sin. How responsible are you for what happened? Did *you* sin?

These are among the questions we explore in this week's episode of the Jimmy Akin Podcast!

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SHOW NOTES:

JIMMY AKIN PODCAST EPISODE 023 (12/03/11) 

* CHRIS ASKS ABOUT THE NEW MASS TRANSLATION AND THE LITURGY OF THE HOURS

http://www.ncregister.com/daily-news/archbishop-aymond/

* AIMEE ASKS ABOUT A PRIEST WHO TOLD HER NOT TO CONFESS PAST MORTAL SINS IN CONFESSION

* LUKE FROM MINNESOTA ASKS ABOUT USING PRODUCTS FROM COMPANIES ENGAGED IN ANIMAL CRUELTY OR WORKER MISTREATMENT

* JACK FROM ARDMORE ASKS ABOUT PROVIDING INFORMATION TO PEOPLE WHICH LEADS TO THEIR COMMITTING MORTAL SIN

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ANGELUS: Angelus, 27 November 2011

AUDIENCE: 23 November 2011, Apostolic Journey to Benin

SPEECH: To the Bishops from the United States of America on their ad Limina visit (November 26, 2011)

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AUDIENCE: 16 November 2011, Psalm 110 (109)

APOSTOLIC VOYAGE TO BENIN (cont. from last week) . . .

SPEECH: Meeting with children at St. Rita Parish in Cotonou (November 19, 2011) 

SPEECH: Meeting with the Bishops of Benin at the Apostolic Nunciature of Cotonou (November 19, 2011)

HOMILY: Holy Mass at the "Stade de l’amitié" of Cotonou  (November 20, 2011) 

SPEECH: Consignment of the Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation to the Bishops of Africa at the "Stade de l’amitié" of Cotonou (November 20, 2011)

ANGELUS: Recitation of the Angelus Domini (Cotonou, 20 November 2011) 

SPEECH: Farewell ceremony at Cardinal Bernardin GantinInternational Airport (Cotonou, 20 November 2011)