On August 3, 2006, Pope announced his retirement from international soccer.

On October 17, 2007, the Pope announced that he would make Scherer a Cardinal.

Today, the Pope still announces two monthly intentions.

The Pope announced a return to earlier musical styles, championed by Don Perosi.

This bull was approved by the Council on 3 April 1312 and the Pope announced a future crusade.

At the end of the Mass, the Pope announced the location of the next Congress.

The Pope announced the next Congress was to take place in Dublin, in 2012:

This meant that the Pope could have announced the appointment publicly at some future time.

On 11 June 2009, Pope announced that he would stand down at the 2010 election.

When he visited Poland a year ago, the Pope announced that he had agreed in principle to establish full diplomatic relations.