Apostolic Journey to Benin
(November 18-20, 2011)  

on the occasion of the signing and publication
of the Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation
of the Second Special Assembly for Africa of the Synod of Bishops

Live broadcasting from CTV
(Vatican Television Center)

 

• Program
• Missal for the Apostolic Journey
• Photo Gallery: Various Events - Eucharistic Celebration

• Africae Munus: Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation on the Church in Africa in Service to Reconciliation, Justice and Peace  (November 19, 2011)
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• Meeting of His Holiness Benedict XVI with journalists during the flight to Benin (Papal Flight, 18 November 2011)
  

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• Welcome Ceremony at Cardinal Bernardin Gantin International Airport of Cotonou (November 18, 2011) (Video)
  

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• Visit to the Cathedral of Cotonou (November 18, 2011) (Video)
  

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• Meeting with Government members, representatives of the Institutions of the Republic, Diplomatic Corps and representatives of the major religions gathered in the Presidential Palace of Cotonou (November 19, 2011) (Video)
  

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• Meeting with priests, seminarians, men and women religious and lay faithful gathered in the Courtyard of St Gall Seminary (Ouidah, 19 November 2011) (Video)
  

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• Visit at the Basilica of the Immaculate Conception of Mary of Ouidah and signing of the Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation (November 19, 2011) (Video)
  

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• Meeting with children at St. Rita Parish in Cotonou (November 19, 2011) (Video)
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• Meeting with the Bishops of Benin at the Apostolic Nunciature of Cotonou (November 19, 2011)
  

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

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

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• Recitation of the Angelus Domini (Cotonou, 20 November 2011) (Video)
  

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• Farewell ceremony at Cardinal Bernardin Gantin International Airport (Cotonou, 20 November 2011)
  

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