The Weekly Francis – 23 June 2013

This version of The Weekly Francis covers material released in the last week from 12 June 2013 – 23 June 2013 (subscribe here; get as an eBook version for your Kindle, iPod, iPad, Nook, or other eBook reader):

Angelus

• 16 June 2013 – Angelus on the “Evangelium Vitae” Day

General Audiences

• 12 June 2013

Letters

• 15 June 2013 – Letter – To H.E. Mr David Cameron, British Prime Minister, on the occasion of the G8 Meeting [17–18 June 2013]

Speeches

• 13 June 2013 – Speech – To Members of the XIII Ordinary Council of the General Secretariat of the Synod of Bishops
• 14 June 2013 – To the Community of Writers of “La Civiltà Cattolica”
• 15 June 2013 – To a delegation of French Parliamentarians from the Groupe d’amitié France-Saint Siège
• 20 June 2013 – To the Participants in the 38th Conference of FAO

Daily Homilies (fervorinos)

• 17 June 2013 – “Jesus is the secret of a Christian’s benevolence”
• 18 June 2013 – “The hard lesson of loving our enemies”
• 19 June 2013 – “The grace of joy and magnanimity”
• 19 June 2013 – “Pope Francis condemns hypocrisy”
• 20 June 2013 – “How to pray the Our Father”
• 21 June 2013 – “In search of the true treasure”
• 22 June 2013 – “Serve the Word of God, not the idolatry of riches and worldly cares”

Papal Tweets

• “Are you angry with someone? Pray for that person. That is what Christian love is.” @pontifex, 17 June 2013
• “Christians are ready to proclaim the Gospel because they can’t hide the joy that comes from knowing Christ.” @pontifex, 19 June 2013
• “Let us never forget that it is the Lord who guides the Church. He is the one who makes our apostolates fruitful.” @pontifex, 21 June 2013
• “If we have found in Jesus meaning for our own lives, we cannot be indifferent to those who are suffering and sad.” @pontifex, 22 June 2013
• “We are all sinners. But may the Lord not let us be hypocrites. Hypocrites don’t know the meaning of forgiveness, joy and the love of God.” @pontifex, 23 June 2013

Notes

• (1) This version of The Weekly Francis includes the daily homilies of the Holy Father. These homilies are not published in full and summaries are provided by Vatican Radio.
  In a statement from Vatican spokesman Fr. Federico Lombardi:

After careful reflection, therefore, it was decided that the best way to make the richness of the Pope’s homilies accessible to a wider public, without altering their nature, is to publish an ample synthesis, rich also in original quoted phrases that reflect the genuine flavor of the Pope’s expressions. It is what L’Osservatore Romano is committed to doing every day, whereas Vatican Radio, on the basis of its characteristic nature, offers a briefer synthesis, but accompanied also with some passages of the original recorded audio, as well as CTV which offers a video-clip corresponding to one of the inserted audios published by Vatican Radio.

• (2) The full English translation of the General Audience on 5 June 2013 has still not been released.

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