The Weekly Francis – 6 July 2023

This version of The Weekly Francis covers material released in the last week, from 31 May 2023 to 4 July 2023.

Angelus

Apostolic Letter

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Papal Tweets

  • “Holy women and men do not have easier lives than others. On the contrary, they are often objects of opposition. But through #prayer, they nourish the flame of their faith, as oil used to do for lamps. And thus, they move ahead walking in faith and hope.” @Pontifex, 30 June 2023
  • “This is Christian prophecy: responding to evil with good, to hatred with love, to division with reconciliation. Faith transforms reality from within.” @Pontifex, 1 July 2023
  • “A prophet is a living sign who points God out to others, a reflection of Christ’s light on the path of the brothers and sisters, someone who helps others read the present under the action of the Holy Spirit, to understand God’s plans and correspond to them. #Angelus” @Pontifex, 2 July 2023
  • “Let us #PrayTogether that Catholics place at the centre of their lives the Eucharistic Celebration, which transforms human relationships and opens up an encounter with God and their brothers and sisters. #PrayerIntention #ClickToPray CHDRoym Video@Pontifex, 3 July 2023

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The Weekly Francis – 29 June 2023

This version of The Weekly Francis covers material released in the last week, from 23 June 2023 to 29 June 2023.

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  • “One of the things that draws art closer to faith is the fact that both tend to be troubling. Neither art nor faith can leave things simply as they are: they change, transform, move and convert them.” @Pontifex, 23 June 2023
  • “Artists remind us that the dimension in which we move, even unconsciously, is always that of the Spirit. The art is like a sail swelling with the wind of the Spirit and propelling us forward.” @Pontifex, 23 June 2023
  • “The secret of the lives of the #saints is their familiarity and confidence with God, which grew within them and made it easier for them to recognize what was pleasing to Him. This familiarity overcomes the fear or the doubt that His will is not for our good.” @Pontifex, 24 June 2023
  • “I am very saddened by what happened a few days ago in the women’s Penitentiary Centre in Honduras. I pray for the deceased and for their families. May the Virgin of Suyapa, Mother of Honduras, help hearts to open themselves to reconciliation and brotherhood even within prisons.” @Pontifex, 25 June 2023
  • “The cost to remain faithful to what counts is going against the tide, being separated from those who “follow the current”. But it doesn’t matter, Jesus says. What matters is not to throw away the greatest good: life. This is the only thing that should frighten us. #GospelOfTheDay” @Pontifex, 25 June 2023
  • “Let us put a stop to the horror of torture! It is essential that the international community put the dignity of the person above all else and dedicate itself without delay to abolish torture and provide support to the victims.” @Pontifex, 26 June 2023
  • “God looks with joy upon all those who serve the needy. This is how goodness grows: in the simplicity of hands and hearts stretched out to others and in the courage of the small steps that approach those who are most vulnerable in the name of Jesus.” @Pontifex, 27 June 2023
  • “Education does not consist in filling heads with ideas, but in accompanying and encouraging students on a journey of human and spiritual growth, showing them how friendship with the Risen Jesus enlarges the heart and makes life more human. #GeneralAudience” @Pontifex, 28 June 2023
  • “It is only by following the Lord that we come to know him each day, only by becoming his disciples and listening to his words that we become his friends and experience his transforming love.#StsPeterandPaul
    i Homily@Pontifex, 29 June 2023

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The Weekly Francis – 15 June 2023

This version of The Weekly Francis covers material released in the last week, from 20 May 2023 to 15 June 2023.

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  • “I sincerely appreciate the prayers and numerous expressions of closeness and affection received in the past few days. I am praying for everyone, especially those who suffer. I ask you to keep me in your prayers.” @Pontifex, 9 June 2023
  • “The future of the human family in a globalized world is along the path of fraternity and social friendship. #NotAlone” @Pontifex, 10 June 2023
  • “The Eucharist calls us to love God before everything & our brothers & sisters. This Bread is the Sacrament par excellence of love. Christ offers Himself and breaks Himself for us, & asks us to do likewise, so that our life might become bread that feeds our brothers and sisters.” @Pontifex, 11 June 2023
  • “Many children, instead of receiving a good education, are exploited, subjected to slave labour. No effort should be spared to end the scourge of child labour! Children are our hope. Let us not allow that hope to be stifled! #EndChildLabour” @Pontifex, 12 June 2023
  • ““Do not turn your face away from anyone who is poor” (Tb 4:7). Whenever we encounter a poor person, we cannot look away, for that would prevent us from encountering the face of the Lord Jesus. Message@Pontifex, 13 June 2023
  • “Jesus is the hand of the Father who never abandons us, the strong and faithful hand of the Father who always and only wants our good.” @Pontifex, 14 June 2023
  • “The elderly entrust the past to the present in order to construct the future. Let us honour them, neither depriving ourselves of their company nor depriving them of ours.May we never allow the elderly to be cast aside! #GrandparentsElderly #laityfamilylife Message@Pontifex, 15 June 2023

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The Weekly Francis – 8 June 2023

This version of The Weekly Francis covers material released in the last week, from 20 May 2023 to 7 June 2023.

Angelus

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  • “Today, at the end of the month of May, moments of prayer are planned in Marian shrines throughout the world for the upcoming Synod of Bishops. Let us ask the Virgin Mary to accompany with her maternal protection this important stage of the Synod.” @Pontifex, 31 May 2023
  • “Today, the Church celebrates the Visitation of Mary to her cousin Elizabeth, who proclaims her blessed because she believed the word of the Lord (Lk 1:45). Let us look to Mary, and implore from her the gift of an ever more courageous faith.” @Pontifex, 31 May 2023
  • “Dear parents, never tire of talking about your faith to your children: may you always have the strength to be mediators of the faith you received from your parents. #GlobalParentsDay” @Pontifex, 1 June 2023
  • “If we live like sons and daughters, brothers and sisters on earth, people will come to know that all of us have a Father in heaven.” @Pontifex, 2 June 2023
  • “Prayer is the space of dialogue with the Father, through Christ in the Holy Spirit.” @Pontifex, 3 June 2023
  • “Our God is communion of love: this is how Jesus revealed him to us. And do you know how we can remember this? With the simplest gesture, which we learnt as children: the sign of the cross. #MostHolyTrinity” @Pontifex, 4 June 2023
  • “Let’s #PrayTogether for the many victims of the railway accident that occurred two days ago in India. I am close to the wounded and their families. May the heavenly Father welcome the souls of the deceased into his Kingdom.” @Pontifex, 4 June 2023
  • “It is necessary to accelerate the change of course in favor of a culture of care that is centered on human dignity and the common good, one nourished by an alliance between human beings and the environment that must mirror God’s creative love. #EnvironmentDay” @Pontifex, 5 June 2023
  • “On what would have been her 150th birthday, let us ask Saint Therese of the Child Jesus, the patron saint of missions, for the grace to love Jesus as she loved Him, the grace to offer Him our trials and our sorrows, as she did, so that He might be known and loved by all.” @Pontifex, 7 June 2023

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The Weekly Francis – 30 May 2023

Should we be concerned about some of the aspects of Pope Francis’s inaugural Mass?

This version of The Weekly Francis covers material released in the last week, from 12 May 2023 to 30 May 2023.

Homilies

Messages

Regina Caeli

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Papal Tweets

  • “The first task of Christians is to keep alive the flame that Jesus brought to earth (Lk 12:49), which is the Love of God: the Holy Spirit. Without the fire of the Spirit, prophecies are extinguished, sorrow supplants joy, and routine substitutes love.” @Pontifex, 26 May 2023
  • “The Holy Spirit is the source of joy, born of our relationship with God, from knowing that we are not alone, lost or defeated even amid struggles and dark nights, because He is with us. We can overcome everything with God, even the abyss of pain and death.” @Pontifex, 27 May 2023
  • “If the world is divided, if the Church is polarized, if hearts are broken, let us not waste time in criticizing others and growing angry with one another; instead, let us invoke the Spirit.” @Pontifex, 28 May 2023
  • “Come, Creator Spirit, harmony of humanity, renew the face of the earth. Come, Gift of gifts, harmony of the Church, make us one in you. Come, Spirit of forgiveness and harmony of the heart, transform us as only you can, through the intercession of Mary.” @Pontifex, 28 May 2023
  • “Holy Spirit, Spirit of Jesus and of the Father, inexhaustible wellspring of harmony, to you we entrust the world; to you we consecrate the Church and our hearts. JsrQZMtg Homily@Pontifex, 28 May 2023
  • “Let’s #PrayTogether for the populations who live at the border between Myanmar and Bangladesh, hard hit by a cyclone. I hope access to humanitarian aid will be enabled, and I appeal for a sense of solidarity to aid these brothers and sisters of ours.” @Pontifex, 28 May 2023
  • “The People of God, in order to be filled with the Spirit, must therefore journey together, “do Synod”. That is how harmony in the Church is renewed: by journeying together with the Spirit at the centre. Brothers and sister, let us build harmony in the Church!” @Pontifex, 29 May 2023
  • “I thank all who have joined the #FamilyGlobalCompact, and I invite them to devote themselves creatively and confidently to every initiative that can help put the family once more at the heart of our pastoral and social engagement. @laityfamilylife” @Pontifex, 30 May 2023
  • “Let us #PrayTogether that the international community commit itself concretely to abolish torture, guaranteeing support to victims and their families. #PrayerIntention #ClickToPray fWAu Video@Pontifex, 30 May 2023

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The Weekly Francis – 25 May 2023

This version of The Weekly Francis covers material released in the last week, from 4 May 2023 to 25 May 2023.

General Audiences

Letters

Messages

Regina Caeli

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Papal Tweets

  • “Amidst the hardships and difficulties of the missions, may the commitment and example of Saint Francis Xavier help us discover the deep joy of the missionary, happy to bring Christ to the farthest ends of the earth. #GeneralAudience” @Pontifex, 17 May 2023
  • “Jesus ascends to the Father to intercede on our behalf, to present our humanity to Him. Thus, before the eyes of the Father, our lives, our hopes, our wounds are always present through Jesus’s humanity. #AscensionOfTheLord” @Pontifex, 18 May 2023
  • “Christians do not diminish the seriousness of suffering, they raise their eyes to the Lord and under the blows of adversity, trust in him and pray for those who suffer. They keep their eyes on Heaven, but their hands are extended to earth, to serve their neighbour concretely.” @Pontifex, 19 May 2023
  • “We are the dust of the earth, upon which God has poured out His heaven, the dust that contains His dreams. We are God’s hope, His treasure, and His Glory.” @Pontifex, 20 May 2023
  • “We should not be afraid of proclaiming the truth, even if it is at times uncomfortable, but of doing so without charity, without heart. #WCD RyQx Message@Pontifex, 21 May 2023
  • “With the Ascension, something new and beautiful happened: Jesus brought our humanity into heaven, that is, in God. That humanity that he had assumed on earth did not remain here. It ascended into God and there it will remain forever.” @Pontifex, 21 May 2023
  • “Yesterday, #LaudatoSiWeek began. I invite everyone to collaborate in the care of our common home. There is such a need to put our capabilities and creativity together! N” @Pontifex, 22 May 2023
  • “The Holy Spirit keeps faith ever young. He does not bind Himself to passing epochs or trends, but brings the relevance of Jesus, risen and living, into our world today.” @Pontifex, 23 May 2023
  • “When the Gospel is lived in its fullness, we do not turn in on ourselves, but bear witness to the faith by making it become a contagious faith. Our passion for evangelization is born in this way. #GeneralAudience” @Pontifex, 24 May 2023
  • “Today we commemorate the Blessed Virgin #MaryHelpOfChristians. May Our Mother of Consolation grant the grace to bear witness to the faith to the Church, her pastors and the faithful, especially families, the elderly and those who are ill.” @Pontifex, 24 May 2023
  • “On the feast of Our Lady of Sheshan, let us #PrayTogether that the Good News of Christ crucified and risen may be proclaimed in its fullness, beauty and freedom, bearing fruit for the good of the Catholic Church and all of Chinese society.” @Pontifex, 24 May 2023
  • “Let us heed the call to stand with the victims of environmental and climate injustice, and to put an end to the senseless war against Creation. #LaudatoSiWeek #SeasonOfCreation
    Message@Pontifex, 25 May 2023

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The Weekly Francis – 16 May 2023

This version of The Weekly Francis covers material released in the last week, from 13 April 2023 to 16 May 2023.

General Audiences

Messages

Regina Caeli

Speeches

Papal Tweets

  • “In our daily mission as baptized Christians, may the love of Christ push us toward the peripheries of our societies to meet our brothers and sisters who have been cast aside and abandoned, to show them the Lord’s tenderness. #GeneralAudience” @Pontifex, 10 May 2023
  • “I wholeheartedly thank His Holiness Tawadros II, Patriarch of the See of Saint Mark, for his commitment to the growing friendship between the Coptic Orthodox Church and the Catholic Church. May the blessed day quickly draw near when we will be one in Christ!” @Pontifex, 10 May 2023
  • “Everyone must have the chance to live a dignified life in their native land. The choice to migrate or remain is a right that should be guaranteed for all. Let us work to ensure this is the case. #WDMR2023 @vaticanIHD C Message@Pontifex, 11 May 2023
  • “It is with great joy that I welcomed today His Holiness Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of St. Mark, beloved brother and dear friend, with whom I celebrated the 50th anniversary of the historic meeting between Pope St. Paul VI and Pope Shenouda III.” @Pontifex, 11 May 2023
  • “May the prayers of the Coptic martyrs, united with those of the Theotokos, continue to help our Churches grow in friendship, until the blessed day when we can celebrate at the same altar and receive together the Body and Blood of the Savior. oSUknZj Image@Pontifex, 11 May 2023
  • “#Birth rates and a welcoming attitude reveal how much happiness is present in society. A happy community naturally develops the desire to generate and welcome others, while an unhappy society is reduced to a group of individuals defending what they have at all costs.” @Pontifex, 12 May 2023
  • “May #OurLadyOfFatima, the Mother of Jesus and our own mother, help us create paths of encounter and dialogue that lead toward peace, and grant us the courage to trod them without hesitation. #PrayTogether” @Pontifex, 13 May 2023
  • “The Holy Spirit is demanding, because He is a true, faithful friend, who hides nothingand suggests what we need to change and where we need to grow. But when He corrects us, He never instills distrust. Rather, He assures us that we can always succeed with God. #GospelOfTheDay” @Pontifex, 14 May 2023
  • “The #family is the main antidote to material and spiritual poverty, and to the problem of the demographic winter. Family-friendly social, economic and cultural policies need to be promoted in every country, as well as policies that welcome life.” @Pontifex, 15 May 2023
  • “Building #peace means initiating and sustaining processes of development to eliminate poverty, to defeat hunger, to guarantee health and care, to safeguard the common home, to promote fundamental rights and to overcome discrimination determined by human mobility.” @Pontifex, 16 May 2023

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The Weekly Francis – 9 May 2023

This version of The Weekly Francis covers material released in the last week, from 3 March 2023 to 9 May 2023.

Apostolic Letter

General Audiences

Messages

Regina Caeli

Speeches

Papal Tweets

  • “#FreedomofthePress is an important indicator of a country’s state of health. In fact, dictatorships are quick to restrict it or suppress it. We need journalists who are free, who help us not to forget many situations of suffering.#WPFD2023” @Pontifex, 3 May 2023
  • “The Risen Christ is our future. He is the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end, the starting point and the ultimate goal of the history of humanity. As much as it is marked by fragility, our life has been solidly placed in His hands. #GeneralAudience” @Pontifex, 3 May 2023
  • “If in our hearts we are carring some burden or suffering that seems to crush us, it is the moment to go out to meet Jesus, who is close, to open the tomb of our problems and look beyond the threshold toward his light. #Prayer” @Pontifex, 4 May 2023
  • “If you don’t have much time to pray, there is a wise spiritual practice that can help you. Often throughout the day, you can repeat very short prayers, so-called aspirations, to remain “in harmony” with the Lord.” @Pontifex, 5 May 2023
  • “Praying the #HolyRosary daily in the family guarantees that in that family the oil of faith and joy never runs out, but flows out of the life of its members who are in communion with God.” @Pontifex, 6 May 2023
  • “Let us not be overwhelmed by the present: let us look up to Heaven, let us remember the goal, to think that we are called to eternity, to the encounter with God. Let us renew today the choice to love Jesus, and to follow him. #GospelOfToday (Jn14:1–12)” @Pontifex, 7 May 2023
  • “In this month of May, let us pray the Rosary, asking the Blessed Virgin for the gift of peace, especially for beleaguered Ukraine. May the leaders of nations listen to the desire of the suffering people who want peace!” @Pontifex, 8 May 2023
  • “Life is not about showing off our abilities, but a journey towards the One who loves us: by keeping our gaze fixed on the Lord, we will find the strength needed to persevere with renewed joy.” @Pontifex, 9 May 2023

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The Weekly Francis – 2 May 2023

This version of The Weekly Francis covers material released in the last week, from 13 April 2023 to 2 May 2023.

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Messages

Regina Caeli

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Papal Tweets

  • “Faith was passed down from generation to generation through life, through witnesses who brought the flame of the Gospel, the joy of the saving love of Jesus, and the hope of his promise. Faith grows through witness.” @Pontifex, 27 April 2023
  • “We are called to be open to the times in which we live, with their changes and challenges. We are called to sow the seeds of the Gospel, to prune the dead branches of evil and to bear fruit. #ApostolicJourney” @Pontifex, 28 April 2023
  • “St. Stephen of #Hungary was an intrepid evangelizer who listened and dialogued with everyone, and cared for the poor. This is the Church we dream of: a Church able to listen, dialogue and care for the most vulnerable; a welcoming Church that courageously brings the Gospel to all.” @Pontifex, 28 April 2023
  • “Those who profess to be Christian are called to bear witness and walk with everyone to cultivate a humanism inspired by the Gospel which moves along two fundamental tracks: acknowledging that we are beloved children of the Father, and loving one another as brothers and sisters.” @Pontifex, 28 April 2023
  • “#Peace will never come by pursuing individual strategic interests, but only from policies capable of looking to the bigger picture and the development of all: policies attentive to individuals, the poor and the future, and not merely to power, profit and the present.” @Pontifex, 28 April 2023
  • “Those who “bind themselves to God”, as did Sts Francis of Assisi and Elizabeth of #Hungary did, become charitable to the poor. For “he who does not love his brother whom sees, cannot love God whom he has not seen” (1 Jn 4:20). #ApostolicJourney Speech@Pontifex, 29 April 2023
  • “I encourage you to speak the language of #charity always. Whenever you strive to bring bread to the hungry, the Lord makes joy blossom and your lives are fragrant with the love you give. #ApostolicJourney #Hungary” @Pontifex, 29 April 2023
  • “When you pray, don’t be afraid to bring everything going on inside you to Jesus: emotions, fears, problems, expectations, memories, hopes. Prayer is dialogue. Prayer is life. #ApostolicJourney #Hungary” @Pontifex, 29 April 2023
  • “Each of us is precious to Jesus. Remember that no one can take your place in the history of the Church and the world. No one else can do what only you can do. So let’s help each other to believe that we are loved and precious, that we are made for great things! #ApostolicJourney” @Pontifex, 29 April 2023
  • “I thank the beloved Hungarian people for their welcome and the affection I have experienced in these days. I entrust all Hungarians to Our Lady. Grateful for these days, I keep you in my heart and ask you to pray for me. Isten áld meg a magyart!” @Pontifex, 30 April 2023
  • “Self-knowledge means to be able to recognize our limitations and to curb the presumption of self-sufficiency. This proves beneficial because,once we realize that we are creatures, we become creative. We learn to immerse ourselves in the world instead of attempting to dominate it.” @Pontifex, 30 April 2023
  • “In our words, deeds and daily activities, let’s try to be like Jesus: an open door that never shuts in anyone’s face, a door that allows everyone to enter and experience the beauty of the Lord’s love and forgiveness. #ApostolicJourney” @Pontifex, 30 April 2023
  • “Queen of Peace, instil in the hearts of peoples and their leaders the desire to build peace and to give the younger generations a future of hope, not war, a future full of cradles not tombs, a world of brothers and sisters, not walls and barricades. https://t.co/wpzoNWCCLg Image@Pontifex, 30 April 2023
  • “How sad and painful it is to see closed doors: the closed doors of our selfishness, of our indifference towards those who are suffering, towards those who are foreigners, different, the migrant, the poor. Let’s open those doors, please! PyPj Homily@Pontifex, 30 April 2023
  • “The gift of vocation is like a divine seed that springs up in the soil of our lives, opens our hearts to God and to others, so that we can share the treasure we have found. God calls us in love and we, in gratitude, respond to Him in love. #Vocations xMakr Message@Pontifex, 30 April 2023
  • “Jesus the Good Shepherd calls us by name and takes care of us with infinite tenderness. He is the door, and the one who enters through Him has eternal life. He is our future, a future of “life in abundance” (Jn 10:10). Therefore, let us never get discouraged. #ApostolicJourney” @Pontifex, 30 April 2023
  • “Saint Joseph teaches us that, in the midst of life’s tempests, we must never be afraid to let the Lord steer our course.” @Pontifex, 1 May 2023
  • “Let us #PrayTogether that ecclesial movements and groups may daily rediscover their mission, an evangelizing mission, and that they place their own charisms at the service of the world’s needs.
    #PrayerIntention #ClickToPray Video@Pontifex, 2 May 2023

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The Weekly Francis – 26 April 2023

This version of The Weekly Francis covers material released in the last week, from 19 April 2023 to 30 April 2023.

General Audiences

Messages

Regina Caeli

Speeches

Papal Tweets

  • “Let us #PrayTogether that we may never tire of bearing witness to the Gospel, even in times of tribulation. May all the martyr saints be seeds of peace among peoples for a more humane and fraternal world, as we await the full manifestation of the Kingdom of Heaven.” @Pontifex, 19 April 2023
  • “Let us persevere in our closeness in prayer for dear and distressed #Ukraine, which continues to endure terrible suffering. Let us #PrayTogether.” @Pontifex, 19 April 2023
  • “God’s gaze never stops with our past filled of errors, but looks with infinite confidence at what we can become.” @Pontifex, 20 April 2023
  • “Praising God is like breathing pure oxygen: it purifies the soul, it makes you look far ahead, it does not leave you imprisoned in the difficult and dark moment of hardship.” @Pontifex, 21 April 2023
  • “The Book of Genesis tells us that the Lord entrusted human beings with the responsibility of being stewards of creation (Gen 2:15). Care for the Earth, then, is a moral obligation for all men and women as children of God. #EarthDay @EarthDay” @Pontifex, 22 April 2023
  • “The #GospelOfToday (Lk 24: 13–35) invites us to tell Jesus everything, sincerely, without fear of saying the wrong thing. The Lord is happy whenever we open ourselves to Him; only in this way can He take us by the hand, accompany us and make our hearts burn again.” @Pontifex, 23 April 2023
  • “Next Friday I will go to Budapest, in Hungary. It will be a journey to the centre of Europe, over which the icy winds of war continue to blow, while the displacement of so many people puts urgent humanitarian questions on the agenda.” @Pontifex, 23 April 2023
  • “Dear Hungarian brothers and sisters, I know you are making great efforts to prepare for my arrival: I thank you from my heart. And I ask you all to accompany me with your prayers.” @Pontifex, 23 April 2023
  • “Using weapons to resolve conflicts is a sign of weakness and fragility. Negotiation, proceeding in mediation, and conciliation require courage. #Peace” @Pontifex, 24 April 2023
  • “We discover we are children of God at the moment we discover we are brothers and sisters, children of the same Father. This is why it is essential to be part of a journeying community. No one goes to the Lord alone.” @Pontifex, 25 April 2023
  • “This year, for the World Day of Prayer for #Vocations, I would ask you, in your reflection and prayer, to take as your guide the theme “Vocation: Grace and Mission”. xLCuT Message@Pontifex, 26 April 2023
  • “Monks and nuns are the beating heart of the proclamation of the Gospel: their prayer is oxygen for all the members of the Body of Christ, the invisible force that sustains the mission. #GeneralAudience” @Pontifex, 26 April 2023

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