Recent Appointments

• 2010.09.07: Archbishop Isidore Battikha, B.A. (60) resigned from the office of Metropolitan Archbishop of Homs of the Greek-Melkites (Syria)
• 2010.09.05: Fr. Carlos Alfonso Azpiroz Costa, O.P. (53) resigned from the office of Master of the Order of Order of Preachers (Dominicans)
• 2010.09.05: Fr. Bruno Cadoré, O.P. (56) was appointed as Master of the Order of Order of Preachers (Dominicans)
• 2010.09.04: Msgr. Giorgio Lingua (50) was elected Titular Archbishop of Tuscania and Apostolic Nuncio of Jordan and Apostolic Nuncio of Iraq
• 2010.09.04: Bishop Francis Gerard Brooks, Bishop emeritus of Dromore (United Kingdom), passed away at the age of 86
• 2010.09.02: Bishop Pedro Marcos Ribeiro da Costa, Bishop emeritus of Saurimo (Angola), passed away at the age of 88
• 2010.09.01: Bishop Jean-Marie Kélétigui, Bishop emeritus of Katiola (Cote d’Ivoire), passed away at the age of 78
• 2010.09.01: Bishop Tomaz Pedro Barbosa da Silva Nunes, Auxiliary Bishop of Lisboa (Portugal), passed away at the age of 67
• 2010.08.30: Bishop Patrick Dougherty, Bishop emeritus of Bathurst (Australia), passed away at the age of 78

Upcoming Celebrations

• 2009.12.31 – 2010.12.31: Jubilee Year of Compostela 2010
• 2010.09.16 – 2010.09.19: Apostolic Journey to the Great Britain
• 2010.09.27: World Tourism Day 2010
• 2010.10.10 – 2010.10.24: Special Assembly for Middle East of the Synod of Bishops
• 2010.10.16: World Food Day 2010
• 2010.10.24: World Mission Sunday 2010
• 2010.11.06 – 2010.11.07: Apostolic Journey to Spain
• 2010.12.25 – 2011.01.01: Christmas Octave 2010
• 2011.03.09 – 2011.04.21: Lent 2011
• 2011.04.21 – 2011.04.24: Triduum 2011

Recent Major Papal Documents

• 2009.11.04: Apostolic Constitution Anglicanorum cœtibus Providing for Personal Ordinariates for Anglicans Entering into Full Communion with the Catholic Church
• 2009.10.26: Motu Proprio Omnium in mentem Modifying some canons of the Code of Canon Law
• 2009.07.07: Motu Proprio “Approving the new Statute of the Labour Office of the Holy See”
• 2009.07.02: Motu Proprio Ecclesiæ unitatem On the Society of St. Pius X
• 2009.06.29: Encyclical Charity in Truth / Caritas in Veritate On integral human development in charity and truth

Recent Curial Documents

• 2010.08.27: Pontifical Council for Inter-Religious Dialogue, Message “To the Muslims for the Feast of Ramadan 2010”
• 2010.07.05: Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, Curial Letter “To bishops and priests in China”
• 2010.06.06: Synod of Bishops, Instrumentum laboris The Catholic Church in the Middle East: Communion and Witness
• 2010.05.21: Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Curial Letter “On the modifications introduced in Normae de gravioribus delictis”
• 2010.05.21: Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Norms “New norms on the more grave delicts”

Recent Minor Papal Documents

• 2010.08.26: Letter “For the 100th anniversary of the birth of Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta”
• 2010.08.06: Message “For the 25th World Youth Day (2011)”
• 2010.07.27: Letter “For the 15th centenary of the Shrine of Holy Mary of the Graces 'Our Lady of Mentorella'”
• 2010.07.09: Letter “For the 5th anniversary of the death of Br. Roger of Taizé”
• 2010.06.30: Message “For the 4th centenary of the Baptism of the Grand Chief Membertou of the Mik’maq (1st August 2010, Chapel Island, Nova Scotia, Canada”

Recent Papal Speeches

• 2010.09.05: Homily “Mass in Monti Lepini Square, Carpineto Romano”
• 2010.08.15: Homily “Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary - Mass at the Parish of Saint Thomas of Villanova in Castel Gandolfo”
• 2010.07.05: Speech “Inauguration of a new Fountain in the Vatican Gardens dedicated to Saint Joseph”
• 2010.07.04: Speech “Meeting with the young people in the Cathedral of Sulmona”
• 2010.07.04: Homily “Mass in Garibaldi Square, Sulmona”