The Weekly Francis – 19 July 2017

This version of The Weekly Francis covers material released in the last week from 29 June 2017 to 18 July 2017.

Letters

• 29 June 2017 – Letter of the Holy Father to Mrs Angela Merkel, Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany, on the occasion of the G20 Summit

Motu Proprio

• 11 July 2017 – Apostolic Letter issued ‘Motu Proprio’ Maiorem hac dilectionem on the offer of life

Papal Tweets

• “Migrants are our brothers and sisters in search of a better life, far away from poverty, hunger, and war.” @Pontifex 8 July 2017
• “I entrust sailors, fishermen, and all those in difficulty on the seas faraway from home, to the motherly protection of Mary, Star of the Sea” @Pontifex 9 July 2017
• “Europe has a unique patrimony of ideals and spiritual values, one that deserves to be proposed again with passion and renewed vigour.” @Pontifex 11 July 2017
• “Let us be led by the Virgin Mary on the path that leads to the holy mountain that is Christ, where God and man meet.” @Pontifex 16 July 2017
• “We must overcome all forms of racism, of intolerance and of the instrumentalization of the human person.” @Pontifex 18 July 2017

Papal Instagram

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