Celebration of the Conversion of St Paul, Apostle (Sunday, 25 January 2009). Decree of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, granting a special faculty for the celebration of the Conversion of St Paul, Apostle in the Pauline Year. In force of the faculties attributed to this Congregation by the Supreme Pontiff, Benedict XVI, grants, in an extraordinary way, that next 25 January 2009, the Third Sunday "per annum", the singular churches can celebrate a Mass according to the formula Conversion of St Paul, Apostle, as found in the Roman Missal. In this case, the Second Reading of the Mass is taken from the Roman Lectionary for the Third Sunday “per annum”, and the Creed is recited. This concession, by special mandate of the Supreme Pontiff, is valid only for the Year 2009.
