STATEMENTS OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE,
H. EM. Cardinal TARCISIO BERTONE, S.D.B.

2013

• Message signed by Card. Tarcisio Bertone, Secretary of State, on behalf of the Holy Father, to Card. Angelo Scola for the celebrations of the 1700th anniversary of the Edict of Milan (15 May 2013)
  [Italian]

• Homily of Card. Tarcisio Bertone on the occasion of the feast of the Pontifical Swiss Guard (6 May 2013)
  [Italian]

• Homily of Card. Tarcisio Bertone on the occasion of the Pilgrimage of Confraternities for the Year of Faith (Basilica of St. Mary of the Angels and the Martyrs, 4 May 2013)
  [Italian]

• Homily of Card. Tarcisio Bertone on the occasion of the Episcopal Ordinations of H.E. Msgr. Ettore Balestrero, H.E. Msgr. Michael W. Banach and H.E. Msgr. Brian Udaigwe (27 April 2013)
  [Italian]

• Message signed by Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone on behalf of Pope Francis to those taking part in the Fourth National Eucharistic Congress in Costa Rica [Cartago, 14-21 April 2013] (22 April 2013)
  [English, Spanish]

• Message of the Cardinal Secretary of State to the Monasteries of Contemplative Life (21 February 2013)
  [English, French, German, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish]

• Tribute to the Holy Father Benedict XVI at the conclusion of Ash Wednesday Mass (13 February 2013)
  [English, French, Italian, Spanish]

• 900th anniversary of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta (Saint Peter's Basilica, 9 February 2013)
  [Italian]

• Message in the name of the Holy Father to participants in the Conference promoted by the Embassies of France and Germany on the occasion of the 50^th Anniversary of the Élysée Treaty (Pontifical Gregorian  University, 7 February 2013)
  [French, German, Italian]

• Inauguration of the exhibition entitled  "Il cammino di Pietro" (Rome, Castel Sant’Angelo, 6 February 2013)
  [Italian]

• Inauguration of the Judicial Year of the Tribunal of the Roman Rota (26 January 2013)
  [Italian]

• Presentation of the volume “La porta stretta” by Cardinal Angelo Bagnasco (24 January 2013)
  [Italian]

• Homily by Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, Secretary of State, on the occasion of the celebration of vespers for the Feast of St Anthony Abbot, Patron of the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy (17 January 2013)
  [Italian]

• Inauguration of the new offices of the Vatican Publishing House (15 January 2013)
  [Italian]

• Inauguration of the judicial year of the Tribunal of the Vatican City State (12 January 2013)
  [Italian]