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Pope Benedict XVI performs a benediction of the statue of Saint Genevieve Torres Morales, the founder of the Spanish religious order Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and of the Holy Angels, at the Vatican October 4, 2006. EDITORIAL USE ONLY REUTERS/Osservatore Romano (VATICAN)

Pope Benedict XVI is greeted by an unidentified Orthodox prelate during the weekly general audience in St. Peter's square at the Vatican, Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2006. The Pontiff circled St. Peter's Square Wednesday in his open-topped popemobile as he greeted 30,000 faithful, a day after a Turkish airliner's hijacking by a Turk demanding to get a message to the pontiff had ratcheted up concerns about Benedict's pilgrimage to Turkey next month. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Pope Benedict XVI gives his blessing to the faithful during his weekly audience in Saint Peter's Square at the Vatican October 4, 2006. In the photo Cardinal McCARRICK Theodore Edgar (1st L), Cardinal KEELER William Henry (2nd L) and Cardinal RIGALI Justin Francis (1st R) (Daniele Colarieti/CPP)

Pope Benedict XVI is greeted by an unidentified Orthodox prelate during the weekly general audience in St. Peter's square at the Vatican, Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2006. (Daniele Colarieti/CPP)

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Previous catecheses on the Apostles:
Profile of St. Peter (May 17, 2006)
On Peter, the Apostle (May 24, 2006)
The Custodian of the Communion With Christ (Peter, the Rock) (June 7, 2006)
St. Andrew, the First Called (June 14, 2006)
James the Greater (June 21, 2006)
James the Less (June 28, 2006)
John, Son of Zebedee (July 5, 2006)
John, the Theologian (August 9, 2006)
Apostle John, the Seer of Patmos (August 23, 2006)
On St. Matthew, A Model of Acceptance of God's Mercy (August 30. 2006)
The Apostle Philip, He Invites Us to Come and See Jesus (September 6, 2006)
The Apostle Thomas, His Question Gives Us the Right ... to Ask Jesus for Explanations (September 27, 2006)