Special Celebrations in 2020

Date	Celebration
2019.12.08 – 2021.12.10	Jubilee Year of Loreto 2020 jubilee Pope Francis, Speech To the Italian Air Force, at the conclusion of the Lauretan Jubilee (2021.12.10)
2019.12.25 – 2020.01.01	Christmas Octave 2019 Christmas Pope Francis, Homily “Mass on the Solemnity of the Nativity of the Lord” (2019.12.24) Office for the Liturgical Celebrations of the Supreme Pontiff, Liturgical Booklet “Mass on the Solemnity of the Nativity of the Lord” (2019.12.24) Pope Francis, Message “Urbi et Orbi Message for Christmas 2019” (2019.12.25) Pope Francis, Homily “Vespers and Te Deum in thanksgiving for the past year” (2019.12.31) Office for the Liturgical Celebrations of the Supreme Pontiff, Liturgical Booklet “Vespers and Te Deum in thanksgiving for the past year” (2019.12.31) Pope Francis, Homily “Mass on the Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God” (2020.01.01) Office for the Liturgical Celebrations of the Supreme Pontiff, Liturgical Booklet “Mass on the Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God” (2020.01.01)
2020.01.01	World Day of Peace 2020 peace Pope Francis, Message For the celebration of World Day of Peace 2020: Peace as a journey of hope: dialogue, reconciliation and ecological conversion (2019.12.08)
2020.01.18 – 2020.01.25	Week of Prayer for Christian Unity 2020 ecumenism Office for the Liturgical Celebrations of the Supreme Pontiff, Liturgical Booklet “Second Vespers on the Feast of Conversion of St. Paul” (2020.01.25)
2020.01.26	67ᵗʰ World Leprosy Day leprosy
2020.01.26	Sunday of the Word of God 2020 Bible Pope Francis, Homily “Mass for the Sunday of the Word of God” (2020.01.26) Office for the Liturgical Celebrations of the Supreme Pontiff, Liturgical Booklet “Sunday of the Word of God” (2020.01.26)
2020.02.02	World Day for Consecrated Life 2020 religious Pope Francis, Homily “Mass on the 24ᵗʰ World Day For Consecrated Life” (2020.02.01) Office for the Liturgical Celebrations of the Supreme Pontiff, Liturgical Booklet “Mass on the 24ᵗʰ World Day For Consecrated Life” (2020.02.01) Pope Francis, Message For the 24ᵗʰ Day of Consecrated Life (2020) (2020.02.02)
2020.02.08	International Day of Prayer and Awareness Against Human Trafficking 2020 trafficking
2020.02.11	World Day of the Sick 2020 sick Pope Francis, Message For the 28ᵗʰ World Day of the Sick (2020) (2020.01.03)
2020.02.23	Visit to Bari for “Mediterranean, Frontier of Peace” papal journey in Italy Pope Francis, Speech “Meeting with bishops of the Mediterranean” (2020.02.23) Pope Francis, Homily “Mass for the Meeting of reflection and spirituality: “The Mediterranean, A Frontier of Peace”” (2020.02.23) Basilica Pontificia di San Nicola, Bari
2020.02.26 – 2020.04.09	Lent 2020 Lent Pope Francis, Message For Lent 2020: “We implore you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God” (2 Cor 5:20) (2019.10.07) Pope Francis, Homily “Mass, Blessing and Imposition of the Ashes” (2020.02.26) Office for the Liturgical Celebrations of the Supreme Pontiff, Liturgical Booklet “Ash Wednesday” (2020.02.26) Apostolic Penitentiary, Decree “Granting of special Indulgences to the faithful in the current pandemic” (2020.03.19) Apostolic Penitentiary, Note “On the Sacrament of Reconciliation in the current pandemic” (2020.03.19) Pope Francis, Message “Urbi et Orbi Blessing” (2020.03.27) Pope Francis, Homily “Moment of prayer and Urbi et Orbi Blessing” (2020.03.27) Pope Francis, Message For the Holy Week (2020.04.03) Pope Francis, Homily “Palm Sunday - 35ᵗʰ World Youth Day” (2020.04.05) Office for the Liturgical Celebrations of the Supreme Pontiff, Liturgical Booklet “Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion” (2020.04.05)
2020.04.05	World Youth Day 2020 youth Pope Francis, Message For the 35ᵗʰ World Youth Day (2020) (2020.02.11) Pope Francis, Homily “Palm Sunday - 35ᵗʰ World Youth Day” (2020.04.05)
2020.04.09 – 2020.04.12	Triduum 2020 Triduum Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, Decree “For the celebration of Triduum in time of Covid-19” (2020.03.19) Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, Decree “In time of Covid-19 (II)” (2020.03.25) Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, Decree “On the special intention to be added to the Solemn Intercessions during the Celebration of the Passion of the Lord for the year 2020 only” (2020.03.30) Pope Francis, Homily “Mass of the Lord’s Supper” (2020.04.09) Office for the Liturgical Celebrations of the Supreme Pontiff, Liturgical Booklet “Mass of the Lord’s Supper” (2020.04.09) Office for the Liturgical Celebrations of the Supreme Pontiff, Liturgical Booklet “Good Friday” (2020.04.10) Office for the Liturgical Celebrations of the Supreme Pontiff, Liturgical Booklet “Way of the Cross” (2020.04.10) Pope Francis, Homily “Easter Vigil in the Holy Night of Easter” (2020.04.11) Office for the Liturgical Celebrations of the Supreme Pontiff, Liturgical Booklet “Easter Vigil in the Holy Night of Easter” (2020.04.11) Pope Francis, Message “Urbi et Orbi Message for Easter Sunday 2020” (2020.04.12) Office for the Liturgical Celebrations of the Supreme Pontiff, Liturgical Booklet “Easter Sunday” (2020.04.12)
2020.05.03	World Day of Prayer for Vocations 2020 vocation Pope Francis, Message For the 57ᵗʰ World Day for Vocations (2020) (2020.03.08)
2020.05.14	Day of Prayer for an end to the pandemic pandemic
2020.05.24	World Communications Day 2020 communication Pope Francis, Message For the 54ᵗʰ World Communications Day (2020): That you may tell your children and grandchildren: Life becomes history (2020.01.24)
2020.05.24	Day of Prayer for the Church in China 2020 China
2020.06.19	World Day of Prayer for the Sanctification of Priests 2020 priest
2020.07.12	Sea Sunday 2020 sea Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development, Message “For Sea Sunday 2020” (2020.07.12)
2020.09.01	World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation 2020 ecology Pope Francis, Message For the World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation 2020 (2020.09.01)
2020.09.04	World Day of Prayer and Fasting for Lebanon Lebanon
2020.09.27	106ᵗʰ World Day of Migrants and Refugees 2020 migrant Pope Francis, Message For the 106ᵗʰ World Day of Migrants and Refugees (2020) (2020.05.13)
2020.09.27	World Tourism Day 2020 tourism Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development, Message “For World Tourism Day 2020” (2020.08.06)
2020.10.03	Pastoral Visit to Assisi papal journey in Italy Pope Francis, Speech “Visit to Assisi for the signing of the Encyclical Letter “Fratelli tutti” on fraternity and social friendship” (2020.10.03) Basilica Papale di San Francesco d’Assisi, Assisi
2020.10.16	World Food Day 2020 food Pope Francis, Message For the World Food Day 2020 (2020.10.16) Pope Francis, Message For the 40ᵗʰ World Food Day (2020) (2020.10.16)
2020.10.18	World Mission Sunday 2020 mission Pope Francis, Message For World Day for Missions 2020 (2020.05.31)
2020.11.15	World Day of the Poor 2020 poverty Pope Francis, Message “World Day of the Poor 2020: “Stretch forth your hand to the poor”” (2020.06.13) Pope Francis, Homily “Mass on the World Day of the Poor 2020” (2020.11.15) Office for the Liturgical Celebrations of the Supreme Pontiff, Liturgical Booklet “Mass for the World Day of the Poor” (2020.11.15)
2020.11.28	Ordinary Public Consistory for the Creation of 13 Cardinals cardinal consistory Pope Francis, Homily “Ordinary Public Consistory for the creation of new Cardinals” (2020.11.28) Office for the Liturgical Celebrations of the Supreme Pontiff, Liturgical Booklet “Ordinary Public Consistory for the creation of new Cardinals” (2020.11.28) Pope Francis, Homily “Mass with the new Cardinals” (2020.11.29)
2020.12.08 – 2021.12.08	Year of st. Joseph St. Joseph Pope Francis, Apostolic Letter Patris corde For the 150ᵗʰ anniversary of the proclamation of St. Joseph as Patron of the Universal Church (2020.12.08) Apostolic Penitentiary, Decree “Indulgences conceded for the Year of St. Joseph” (2020.12.08) Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, Curial Letter “On some new invocations in the Litany in honour of Saint Joseph” (2021.05.01)
2020.12.25 – 2021.01.01	Christmas Octave 2020 Christmas Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, Decree “Permitting priests to say four masses on Christmas, the Solemnity of Mary Mother of God and Epiphany” (2020.12.16) Pope Francis, Homily “Mass on the Solemnity of the Nativity of the Lord” (2020.12.24) Office for the Liturgical Celebrations of the Supreme Pontiff, Liturgical Booklet “Mass on the Solemnity of the Nativity of the Lord” (2020.12.24) Pope Francis, Message “Urbi et Orbi Message for Christmas 2020” (2020.12.25) Office for the Liturgical Celebrations of the Supreme Pontiff, Liturgical Booklet “Vespers and Te Deum in thanksgiving for the past year” (2020.12.31) Pope Francis, Homily “Mass on the Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God” (2021.01.01) Office for the Liturgical Celebrations of the Supreme Pontiff, Liturgical Booklet “Mass on the Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God” (2021.01.01)
2020.12.31 – 2021.12.31	Jubilee Year of Compostela 2021 jubilee

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