Recent Appointments

• 2010.02.06: Msgr. Novatus Rugambwa (52), Undersecretary of Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People, was elected Titular Archbishop of Tagaria and Apostolic Nuncio of São Tomé and Príncipe
• 2010.02.05: Msgr. Arūnas Poniškaitis (43) was elected Titular Bishop of Sinna and Auxiliary Bishop of Vilnius (Lithuania)
• 2010.02.04: Bishop Joseph Ignace Randrianasolo, Bishop emeritus of Mahajanga (Madagascar), passed away at the age of 62
• 2010.02.02: Fr. Justin Kientega (50) was elected Bishop of Ouahigouya (Burkina Faso)
• 2010.02.02: Bishop Carlos Germán Mesa Ruiz (66), Bishop of Arauca (Colombia), was appointed as Bishop of Socorro y San Gil (Colombia)
• 2010.02.02: Bishop Guillermo Orozco Montoya (63), Bishop of San José del Guaviare (Colombia), was appointed as Bishop of Girardota (Colombia)
• 2010.02.02: Bishop Roger Victor Rakotondrajao (49) succeeded as Bishop of Mahajanga (Madagascar)
• 2010.02.02: Bishop Joseph Ignace Randrianasolo (62) resigned from the office of Bishop of Mahajanga (Madagascar)
• 2010.02.02: Bishop Oscar Armando Campos Contreras (62), Titular Bishop of Summa and Auxiliary Bishop of Antequera (Mexico), was appointed as Bishop of Tehuantepec (Mexico)
• 2010.02.02: Archbishop Augustine Kasujja (63), Apostolic Nuncio of Madagascar and Apostolic Nuncio of Seychelles and Apostolic Delegate of Comoro Islands and Apostolic Nuncio of Mauritius, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio of Nigeria

Upcoming Celebrations

• 2009.06.19 – 2010.06.11: Year for Priests
• 2009.12.31 – 2010.12.31: Jubilee Year of Compostela 2010
• 2010.02.11: World Day of the Sick 2010
• 2010.02.12 – 2010.02.28: Winter Olympic Games 2010 (Vancouver, Canada)
• 2010.02.17 – 2010.04.01: Lent 2010
• 2010.03.28: World Youth Day 2010
• 2010.04.01 – 2010.04.04: Triduum 2010
• 2010.04.17 – 2010.04.18: Apostolic Journey to Malta
• 2010.04.25: World Day of Prayer for Vocations 2010
• 2010.05.02: Pastoral Visit to Torino

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

• 2010.01.29: Pontifical Council for Pastoral Assistance to Health Care Workers, Message “For the 57th World Day of Leprosy (2010)”
• 2009.12.19: Secretariat of State, Declaration “On the protection of the figure of the Pope”
• 2009.12.08: Synod of Bishops, Lineamenta “Special Assembly for the Middle East - 2010”
• 2009.11.10: Secretariat of State, Curial Letter “To all the Priests of the Catholic Church in the People’s Republic of China”
• 2009.11.04: Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Norms “Complementary Norms for the Apostolic Constitution Anglicanorum coetibus”

Recent Minor Papal Documents

• 2010.01.24: Message “For the 44th World Communications Day (2010)”
• 2010.01.22: Letter “To the newly-elected Patriarch Irinej of the Serbian Orthodox Church”
• 2010.01.16: Letter “To the President of Haiti, following the earthquake which devasted the country”
• 2010.01.16: Letter “To the Archbishop of Cap-Haïtien and President of the Episcopal Conference of Haiti, following the earthquake which devasted the country”
• 2009.12.30: Message “For the 21st Winter Olympic Games and the 10th Winter Paralymic Games”

Recent Papal Speeches

• 2010.02.08: Speech “To participants in the 19th Plenary Assembly of the Pontifical Council for the Family”
• 2010.02.06: Speech “To the Ambassador of Guatemala to the Holy See”
• 2010.02.06: Speech “To the Board of Directors and personnel of the ACEA (Municipal Company for Energy and Environment)”
• 2010.02.05: Speech “To the Bishops of the Episcopal Conference of Scotland on their ad Limina visit”
• 2010.02.02: Homily “Feast of the Presentation of the Lord”