Chronological list of catechesis given by
Pope Benedict XVI
at the weekly Wednesday General Audiences
2005
27 Apr - Reasons for choosing the name Benedict 
4 May - Psalm 120 - 11 May - Apocalypse 15 - 18 May - Psalm 112 - 25 May - Psalm 114 - 1 Jun - Philippians 2 - 8 Jun - Psalm 110 - 15 Jun - Psalm 122 - 22 Jun - Psalm 123 - 3 Aug - Psalm 124 - 10 Aug - Psalm 130 - 17 Aug - Psalm 125 - 24 Aug - WYD Cologne - 31 Aug - Psalm 126 - 7 Sep - Colossians 1 - 14 Sep - Psalm 131 - 21 Sep - Psalm 131 - 28 Sep - Psalm 134 - 5 Oct - Psalm 134 - 12 Oct - Psalm 121 - 19 Oct - Psalm 129 - 26 Oct - Philippians 2 - 2 Nov - Psalm 111 - 9 Nov - Psalm 135 - 16 Nov - Psalm 135 - 23 Nov - Ephesians 1 - 30 Nov - Psalm 136 - 7 Dec - Psalm 137 - 14 Dec - Psalm 138 - 21 Dec - The Light of Christmas - 28 Dec - Psalm 138
2006
4 Jan - Colossians 1 - 11 Jan - Psalm 143 - 18 Jan - Prayer for Christian Unity - 25 Jan - Psalm 143 - 1 Feb - Psalm 144 - 8 Feb - Psalm 144 - 15 Feb - The Magnificat 22 Feb - Chair of St Peter 1 Mar - Ash Wednesday - 15 Mar - The will of Jesus on the Church - 22 Mar - The Apostles, Witnesses of Christ - 29 Mar - Gift of 'communion' - 5 Apr - The service to communion - 12 Apr - Significance of the Pascal Triduum - 19 Apr - Significance of Easter - 26 Apr - Communion in time: Tradition - 3 May - Apostolic Tradition of the Church - 10 May - Apostolic succession - 17 May - Peter, the fisherman 24 May - Peter, the Apostle - 31 May - Pilgrimage to Poland - 7 Jun - Peter, the rock - 14 Jun - Andrew, the 'Protoclete' - 21 Jun - James, the Greater 28 Jun - James, the Lesser - 5 Jul - John, son of Zebedee 2 Aug - Altar Servers - 9 Aug - John, the theologian - 16 Aug - Assumption of Mary - 23 Aug - John, the 'Seer of Patmos' - 30 Aug - Matthew, the tax collector 6 Sep - Philip, the Apostle - 20 Sep - Pilgrimage to Germany - 27 Sep - Thomas, 'the twin' 4 Oct - Bartholomew 11 Oct - Simon & Jude - 18 Oct - Judas & Matthias - 25 Oct - Paul of Tarsus - 8 Nov - Paul & the centrality of Jesus Christ - 15 Nov - Paul & the spirit in our hearts - 22 Nov - Paul & the life in the Church - 6 Dec - Pilgrimage to Turkey - 13 Dec - Timothy & Titus - 20 Dec - Meaning of Christmas - 27 Dec - Mystery of Christmas
2007
3 Jan - Mystery of Christmas - 10 Jan - St Stephen, the Protomartyr - 17 Jan - Prayer for Christian Unity - 24 Jan - Prayer for Christian Unity - 31 Jan - Barnabas, Silas & Apollos - 7 Feb - Aquila & Priscilla - 14 Feb - Women at the service of the Gospel - 21 Feb - Ash Wednesday - 7 Mar - St Clement of Rome - 14 Mar - St Ignatius of Antioch - 21 Mar - St Justin, philosopher & martyr - 28 Mar - St Irenaeus of Lyons - 4 Apr - Easter Triduum - 11 Apr - Easter Octave - 18 Apr - Clement of Alexandria - 25 Apr - Origen of Alexandria - 2 May - Origen of Alexandria - 23 May - Pilgrimage to Brazil - 30 May - Tertullian - 6 Jun - St Cyprian - 13 Jun - Eusebius of Caesarea - 20 Jun - St Athanasius of Alexandria - 27 Jun - St Cyril of Jerusalem - 4 Jul - St Basil - 1 Aug - St Basil - St Gregory Nazianzus - 22 Aug - St Gregory Nazianzus - 29 Aug - St Gregory of Nyssa - 5 Sep - St Gregory of Nyssa - 12 Sep - Pilgrimage to Austria - 19 Sep - St John Chrysostom - 26 Sep - St John Chrysostom - 3 Oct - St Cyril of Alexandria - 10 Oct - St Hilary of Poitiers - 17 Oct - St Eusebius of Vercelli - 24 Oct - St Ambrose of Milan - 31 Oct - St Maximus of Turin - 7 Nov - St Jerome - 14 Nov - St Jerome - 21 Nov - Aphraates, 'the Sage' - 28 Nov - St Ephrem - 5 Dec - St Chromatius of Aquileia - 12 Dec - St Paulinus - 19 Dec - Birth of Christ
2008
2 Jan - Mary's Divine Motherhood 9 Jan - St Augustine's Life - 16 Jan - St Augustine: his last years & death - 23 Jan - Prayer for Christian Unity - 30 Jan - St Augustine: his doctrine. Faith & Reason - 6 Feb - Lent - 20 Feb - St Augustine's writings - 27 Feb - St Augustine's triple conversion - 5 Mar - St Leo the Great - 12 Mar - Boethius & Cassiodorus - 19 Mar - Easter Triduum - 26 Mar - Easter Octave - 9 Apr - St Benedict 30 Apr - Pilgrimage to USA - 7 May - Pentecost - 14 May - Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite - 21 May - St Romanus the Melodist - 28 May - St Gregory the Great - 4 Jun - St Gregory the Great - 11 Jun - St Columbanus - 18 Jun - St Isidore of Seville - 25 Jun - St Maximus the Confessor - 2 Jul - St Paul's religious & cultural environment - 13 Aug - Prayer and Ss Edith Stein & Maximilian Kolbe - 20 Aug - Walking in the company of the saints - 27 Aug - St Paul's life before & after Damascus - 3 Sep - St Paul's conversion - 10 Sep - St Paul's concept of Apostolate - 17 Sep - Pilgrimage to France - 24 Sep - Paul, the Twelve and the pre-Pauline Church - 1 Oct - The Council of Jerusalem and the Incident in Antioch - 8 Oct - St Paul's relationship with Jesus - 15 Oct - The St Paul's ecclesiological dimension - 22 Oct - Pre-existence and Incarnation - 29 Oct - Theology of the Cross - 5 Nov - Decisiveness of the Resurrection - 12 Nov - Expectation of the Parusia - 19 Nov - Doctrine of Justification - 26 Nov - Faith & works - 3 Dec - Adam and Christ: from (original) sin to freedom - 10 Dec - The Role of the Sacraments - 17 Dec - Spiritual meaning of Christmas
2009
7 Jan - Spiritual Worship - 14 Jan - The Theological Vision of the Letters to the Colossians and to the Ephesians - 21 Jan - Prayer for Christian Unity - 28 Jan - The Theological Vision of the Pastoral Letters - 4 Feb - The Martyrdom and Heritage of St Paul - 11 Feb - St John Climacus - 18 Feb - St Bede the Venerable - 11 Mar - St Boniface - 1 Apr - Pilgrimage to Cameroon & Angola - 8 Apr - Holy Triduum of Easter - 15 Apr - Easter Octave - 22 Apr - Ambrose Autpert - 29 Apr - St Germanus of Constantinople - 6 May - St John Damascene - 20 May - Pilgrimage to the Holy Land - 27 May - St Theodore the Studite - 3 Jun - Rabanus Maurus - 10 Jun - John Scotus Erigena - 17 Jun - Ss Cyril & Methodius - 24 Jun - Year for Priests - 1 Jul - Year for Priests - 8 July - Caritas in veritate - 5 Aug - St John Mary Vianney 12 Aug - Connection between the Blessed Virgin Mary & the priesthood - 19 Aug - St John Eudes & clergy formation - 26 Aug - Safeguarding of Creation - 2 Sep - St Odo of Cluny - 9 Sep - St Peter Damian - 16 Sep - Symeon the New Theologian - 23 Sep - St Anselm - 30 Sep - Pilgrimage to Czech Republic - 7 Oct - St John Leonardi - 14 Oct - Peter the Venerable - 21 Oct - St Bernard of Clairvaux 28 Oct - Monastic Theology & Scholastic Theology 4 Nov - Two theological models in comparison: Bernard & Abelard - 11 Nov - The Cluniac Reform - 18 Nov - The Cathedral from Romanesque to Gothic Architecture. The Theological background - 25 Nov - Hugh & Richard of Saint-Victor - 2 Dec - William of Saint-Thierry - 9 Dec - Rupert of Deutz - 16 Dec - John of Salisbury - 23 Dec - Christmas - 30 Dec - Peter Lombard
2010
13 Jan - The Mendicant Orders - 20 Jan - Prayer for the Unity of Christians - 27 Jan - St Francis of Assisi 3 Feb - St Dominic Guzman 10 Feb - St Anthony of Padua 17 Feb - Ash Wednesday - 3 Mar - St Bonaventure - 10 Mar - St Bonaventure - 17 Mar - St Bonaventure - 24 Mar - St Albert the Great - 31 Mar - Easter Triduum - 7 Apr - Easter Octave - 14 Apr - Munus docendi - 21 Apr - Pilgrimage to Malta - 28 Apr - Ss Leonard Murialdo & Joseph Cottolengo - 5 May - Munus sanctificandi - 19 May - Pilgrimage to Portugal - 26 May - Munus regendi - 2 Jun - St Thomas Aquinas - 9 Jun - Pilgrimage to Cyprus - 16 Jun - St Thomas Aquinas - 23 Jun - St Thomas Aquinas - 30 Jun - St Joseph Cafasso - 7 Jul - John Duns Scotus - 4 Aug - St Tarcisius - 11 Aug - The Martyr - 18 Aug - St Pius X - 25 Aug - People close to us on the pathway of life - 1 Sep - St Hildegard von Bingen - 8 Sep - St Hildegard of Bingen - 15 Sep - St Clare of Assisi - 22 Sep - Pilgrimage to the UK - 29 Sep - St Matilda of Hackeborn - 6 Oct - St Gertrude the Great - 13 Oct - Bl Angela of Foligno - 20 Oct - St Elizabeth of Hungary - 27 Oct - St Bridget of Sweden - 3 Nov - Marguerite d'Oingt - 10 Nov - Pilgrimage to Spain - 17 Nov - St Juliana of Cornillon - 24 Nov - St Catherine of Siena - 1 Dec - Julian of Norwich - 15 Dec - St Veronica Giuliani - 22 Dec - Christmas - 29 Dec - St Catherine of Bologna
2011
5 Jan - Christmastide - 12 Jan - St Catherine fo Genoa - 19 Jan - Prayer for Christian Unity - 26 Jan - St Joan of Arc - 2 Feb - St Teresa of Avila - 9 Feb - St Peter Canisius - 16 Feb - St John of the Cross - 23 Feb - St Robert Bellarmine - 2 Mar - St Francis de Sales - 9 Mar - Ash Wednesday - 23 Mar - St Lawrence of Brindisi - 30 Mar - St Alphonsus Liguori 6 Apr - St Theresa of Lisieux 13 Apr - Holiness - 20 Apr - Easter Triduum - 27 Apr - Easter Octave - 4 May - Man in Prayer 11 May - Man in Prayer 18 May - Abraham's intercession for Sodom - 25 May - Nocturnal fight & encounter with God - 1 Jun - Moses intercession for the people - 8 Jun - Pilgrimage to Croatia - 15 Jun - Prophets and prayers compared - 22 Jun - The people of God who pray: the Psalms - 3 Aug - Reading of the Bible, nourishment of the spirit - 10 Aug - "Oases" of the spirit - 17 Aug - Meditation - 24 Aug - Pilgrimage to Spain - 31 Aug - Art & Prayer - 7 Sep - Arise, Lord! Save me!: Psalm 3 - 14 Sep - "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?", Psalm 21 - 28 Sep - Pilgrimage to Germany - 5 Oct - Psalm 23 - 12 Oct - Psalm 126 - 19 Oct - The "Great Hallel" - Psalm 135 - 26 Oct - Prayer in preparation for Meeting in Assisi - 2 Nov - Commemoration of the faithful departed 9 Nov - The great song of the "Law", Psalm 118 - 16 Nov - The King Messiah, Psalm 109 - 23 Nov - Pilgrimage to Benin - 30 Nov - Prayer through Jesus's whole life - 7 Dec - The jewel of the Hymn of jubilation - 14 Dec - Prayer before the beneficial and healing action of God - 21 Dec - Holy Christmas - 28 Dec - Prayer & the Holy Family
2012
4 Jan - The Lord's Nativity: Mystery of joy & light - 11 Jan - Jesus's prayer at the Last Supper - 18 Jan - Prayer for Unity of Christians - 25 Jan - Jesus's prayer at the hour of his exultation - 1 Feb - Jesus's prayer at Gethsemane - 8 Feb - Jesus's prayer facing death - 15 Feb - Jesus's prayer in the imminence of death - 22 Feb - Ash Wednesday - 7 Mar - Prayer & silence: Jesus, Master of Prayer - 14 Mar - The Praying Presence of Mary - 4 Apr - Pilgrimage to Mexico & Cuba - 11 Apr - The Lord's Easter - 18 Apr - The "Little Pentecost" - 25 Apr - The Primacy of Prayer & the Word of God - 2 May - The Prayer of the first Christian Martyr - 9 May - St Peter's Imprisonment - 16 May - Prayer & St Paul - 23 May - The Spirit & the "Abba" of Believers - 30 May - In Jesus Christ the faithful 'Yes' of God & the 'Amen' of the Church - 6 Jun - VII World Meeting of Families - 13 Jun - Contemplation & the Strength of Prayer - 27 Jun - The Hymn to Christ - 1 Aug - St Alphonsus Maria di Liguori & Prayer 8 Aug - St Dominic Guzman & Prayer - 22 Aug - The Blessed Virgin Mary, Queen Beata Vergine Maria Regina 29 Aug - The Martyrdom of St John the Baptist - 5 Sep - Prayer in the first part of the Apocalypse - 12 Sep - Prayer in the second part of the Apocalypse - 19 Sep - Pilgrimage to Lebanon - 26 Sep - The Liturgy, School of Prayer - 3 Oct - The Sacred Liturgy, especially the Eucharistic Celebration - 10 Oct - Vatican Council II - 17 Oct - Introduction to the Year of Faith Papa Benedetto in italiano 24 Oct - What is faith? Che cosa รจ la fede? 31 Oct - The Faith of the Church La fede della Chiesa 7 Nov - The Desire for God Il desiderio di Dio 14 Nov - Ways which lead to the Knowledge of God 21 Nov - The Reasonableness of Faith in God 28 Nov - How to Speak of God? 5 Dec - God Reveals His Benevolent Plan 12 Dec - The Stages of Revelation - 19 Dec - The Virgin Mary: Icon of obedient faith
2013
2 Jan - He was conceived by the work of the Holy Spirit 9 Jan - He was made man 16 Jan - Jesus Christ "Mediator and Fullness of All Revelation" - 23 Jan - I believe in God - 30 Jan - I believe in God: the Father Almighty - 6 Feb - I believe in God: Creator of heaven and earth, Creator of the human being - 13 Feb - The Temptations of Jesus and Conversion for the Kingdom of Heaven 27 Feb - Gratitude to God