The Weekly Francis – 2 September 2013

This version of The Weekly Francis covers material released in the last week from 21 August to 2 September 2013.

Angelus

• 25 August 2013
• 1 September 2013

Daily Homilies (fervorinos)

• 2 September 2013 – The threat of gossip

Speeches

• 21 August 2013 – Pope Francis meets a group of students and teachers from the Seibu Gakuen Bunri Junior High School of Saitama, Japan

Papal Tweets

• “Jesus is the gate opening up to salvation, a gate open to everyone.” @pontifex, 27 September 2013
• “Let us allow Jesus into our lives, and leave behind our selfishness, indifference and closed attitudes to others.” @pontifex, 27 September 2013
• “The love of God is not something vague or generic; the love of God has a name and a face: Jesus Christ.” @pontifex, 29 September 2013
• “Faith is not something decorative or for show. To have faith means to put Christ truly at the centre of our lives.” @pontifex, 30 September 2013
• “Let us ask Mary to help us fix our eyes intently on Jesus, to follow him always, even when this is demanding.” @pontifex, 31 September 2013
• “Let us pray for peace: peace in the world and in each of our hearts.” @pontifex, 1 September 2013
• “War never again! Never again war!” @pontifex, 2 September 2013
• “We want a peaceful world, we want to be men and women of peace.” @pontifex, 2 September 2013
• “How much suffering, how much devastation, how much pain has the use of arms carried in its wake.” @pontifex, 2 September 2013

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