Year: 2021

This version of The Weekly Francis covers material released in the last week from 6 December 2021 to 15 December 2021.

Angelus

• 12 December 2021 – Angelus

General Audiences

• 15 December 2021 – General Audience ’ Catechesis on Saint Joseph – 3. Saint Joseph, man of silence

Letters

• 8 December 2021 – Chirograph of the Holy Father Francis on the institution of theFratelli tutti Foundation

Speeches

• 6 December 2021 – Apostolic Journey to Cyprus and Greece’ Press Conference on the return flight to Rome
• 10 December 2021 – To members of the Union of Italian Catholic Jurists
• 15 December 2021 – To the Organisers and Artists of the Christmas Concert in the Vatican

Papal Tweets

• “We’re all called to contribute courageously and decisively to respect everyone’s basic rights, especially of those who are ‘invisible’: the hungry and thirsty, the naked, the sick, strangers or prisoners, those living on the margins or are discarded from society. #HumanRightsDay” @Pontifex, 10 December 2021
• “God never tires of waiting for us. When we turn away, He comes to look for us; when we fall, He picks us up; when we return to Him after losing our way, He waits for us with open arms. His love is always gives us the courage to start anew.” @Pontifex, 11 December 2021
• “Today I would like to extend my best wishes to Caritas Internationalis on its 70th anniversary. May you continue to witness to and incarnate the love of the Church for the poor and the most vulnerable all over the world! @iamcaritas” @Pontifex, 12 December 2021
• ““What should we do?” (Lk. 3:10). With this question, the #GospelOfTheDay reminds us that life has a task for us. Life is a gift that the Lord grants us, saying to us: discover who you are, and work hard to make the dream that is your life come true!” @Pontifex, 12 December 2021
• “Let us #PrayTogether for dear Ukraine, so that the tensions be resolved through dialogue, not with weapons. I am saddened that this year more weapons were produced than last year. Weapons are not the way. May this year’s celebration of the Lord’s Birth bring peace to Ukraine.” @Pontifex, 12 December 2021
• “Life is a time for making decisive, eternal choices. Trivial choices lead to a trivial life; great choices to a life of greatness. In fact, we become what we choose. If we choose God, we grow daily in his love, and if we choose to love others, we find true happiness.” @Pontifex, 13 December 2021
• “#Advent invites us to prepare ourselves for Christmas, welcoming Jesus without fear. If we open wide the doors of our life, everything takes on a new light and our family, work, suffering, health, friendship, become opportunities to discover His consoling presence.” @Pontifex, 14 December 2021
• “As we draw near to #Christmas, let us learn from Saint Joseph how to cultivate spaces for silence in which another Word can emerge, that of the Holy Spirit who dwells in us. #GeneralAudience” @Pontifex, 15 December 2021
• “In the past few hours there has been a devastating explosion in #Haiti in which many people, including children, lost their lives. I am close to the families of the victims, as well as the injured. Let us #PrayTogether for these our brothers and sisters who are so sorely tried.” @Pontifex, 15 December 2021

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This version of The Weekly Francis covers material released in the last week from 20 November 2021 to 8 December 2021.

Angelus

• 8 December 2021 – Angelus, Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Homilies

• 3 December 2021 – Apostolic Journey to Cyprus and Greece’ Holy Mass at the ‘GSP Stadium’ in Nicosia
• 5 December 2021 – Apostolic Journey to Cyprus and Greece’ Holy Mass at ‘Megaron Concert Hall’ in Athens

Messages

• 20 November 2021 – Message of His Holiness Pope Francis to Participants in the VII Conference ‘Rome MED Dialogues’

Speeches

• 2 December 2021 – Apostolic Journey to Cyprus and Greece’ Greeting to journalists on the flight to Cyprus (2 December2021)
• 2 December 2021 – Apostolic Journey to Cyprus and Greece’ Meeting with Priests, Consacrated Persons, Deacons, Catechists, Ecclesial Associations and Movements of Cyprus at the Maronite Cathedral of Our Lady of Grace in
• 2 December 2021 – Apostolic Journey to Cyprus and Greece’ Meeting with Authorities, Civil Society and the Diplomatic Corps in the ‘Ceremonial Hall’ of the Presidential Palace in Nicosia
• 3 December 2021 – Apostolic Journey to Cyprus and Greece’ Ecumenical Prayer with Migrants at the Parish Church of the Holy Cross in Nicosia
• 3 December 2021 – Apostolic Journey to Cyprus and Greece’ Meeting with the Holy Synod at the Orthodox Cathedral in Nicosia
• 4 December 2021 – Apostolic Journey to Cyprus and Greece’ Apostolic Journey to Cyprus and Greece’ Meeting with Bishops, Priests, Religious, Consecrated Persons, Seminarians, Catechists at the Cathedral of Saint Dionysi
• 4 December 2021 – Apostolic Journey to Cyprus and Greece’ Meeting of His Beatitude Hieronymos II and His Holiness Francis with the Respective Entourages (‘Throne Room’ of the Orthodox Archbishopric of Greece in Athens,
• 4 December 2021 – Apostolic Journey to Cyprus and Greece’ Meeting with Authorities, Civil Society and the Diplomatic Corps (Presidential Palace in Athens)
• 5 December 2021 – Apostolic Journey to Cyprus and Greece’ Visit to the Refugees at ‘Reception and Identification Centre’ in Mytilene
• 6 December 2021 – Apostolic Journey to Cyprus and Greece’ Meeting with young people (Saint Dionysius School of the Ursuline Sisters in Maroussi, Athens)

Papal Tweets

• “The way of peace, which reconciles conflicts and regenerates fraternity, is marked by dialogue. We ought to help one another to believe in the patient and unassuming power of dialogue. I is not an easy road, but there is no other way to achieve reconciliation. #ApostolicJourney” @Pontifex, 2 December 2021
• “The Beatitudes are the perennial charter of Christianity, the compass that indicates the routes that Christians must take in the voyage of life. When they are lived out, the Gospel becomes youthful and fills society with fresh hope. #ApostolicJourney” @Pontifex, 2 December 2021
• “We are brothers and sisters, loved by a single Father. We need to work together to build a future worthy of humanity, to overcome divisions and work for unity. We need to welcome and integrate one another, and to walk together as brothers and sisters, all of us! #ApostolicJourney” @Pontifex, 2 December 2021
• “Like the blind men in the #GospelOfTheDay, we are like wayfarers immersed in darkness. The first thing to do is go to Jesus: He alone is the true light that illumines every person, the one who gives abundant light and love., who alone frees the heart from evil. #ApostolicJourney” @Pontifex, 3 December 2021
• “It is the Lord Jesus whom we meet in the faces of our marginalized and discarded brothers and sisters, in the migrant who is despised, rejected, put in a cage, but also in the migrant journeying toward hope, toward a better human life. #ApostolicJourney” @Pontifex, 3 December 2021
• “Dear brothers and sister with #disabilities, the Pope and the Church are near you in a special way, with affection and tenderness. All of us together are Church because Jesus chose to be our friend. Message” @Pontifex, 3 December 2021
• “We need enlightened Christians, who with consoling gestures and words, kindle the light of hope amid the darkness, who sow the seeds of the Gospel in the parched fields of everyday life and bring warmth to the wastelands of suffering and poverty. #ApostolicJourney” @Pontifex, 3 December 2021
• “The Holy Spirit desires that Orthodox and Catholics humbly and respectfully draw near to one another again. He invites us not to grow resigned to past divisions and to cultivate together the field of the Kingdom with patience, perseverance and concrete gestures. #ApostolicJourney” @Pontifex, 3 December 2021
• “Our Church is mother, and a mother always gathers her children tenderly. Let us put our trust in this Mother Church who gathers all of us and who patiently, tenderly and courageously leads us forward on our journey in the Lord. #ApostolicJourney” @Pontifex, 3 December 2021
• “We, as the Church, are asked to be yeast that leavens patiently in hiding within the dough of the world, thanks to the Holy Spirit. The secret of the Kingdom of God is found in the little things, things that are often unseen and don’t make noise. #ApostolicJourney” @Pontifex, 4 December 2021
• “This is the attitude of a true apostle: to go confidently forward, preferring the uncertainty of unexpected situations rather than force of habit. This courage is born from confident trust in God’s greatness who loves to work through our lowliness. #ApostolicJourney” @Pontifex, 4 December 2021
• “Today, the Spirit is calling us to heal humanity’s wounds with the oil of love. May we, Catholics and Orthodox together, develop forms of cooperation in charity to serve the men and women of our time and to bring them the consolation of the Gospel. #ApostolicJourney” @Pontifex, 4 December 2021
• “Let us implore the Spirit of communion to spur us to follow his lead and to help us base communion not on calculations, strategies and expedience, but on the one model to which we must look: the Most Holy Trinity. #ApostolicJourney” @Pontifex, 4 December 2021
• “This country can be called the memory of Europe and I am happy to visit it. From this cradle of civilization, may there ever continue to resound a message that lifts our gaze both on high and towards others. #ApostolicJourney #Greece Speech” @Pontifex, 4 December 2021
• “I would like to encourage a communitarian vision on the issue of migration, that attention be paid to those in greatest need, so that, in proportion to each country’s means, they will be welcomed, protected, promoted and integrated, in respect for their human rights and dignity.” @Pontifex, 4 December 2021
• “Migrant sisters and brothers, I am here on Lesvos to say I am near you, to look into your eyes full of fear and expectancy, eyes that have seen violence and poverty, eyes streaked by too many tears. Magration is a humanitarian crisis that concerns everyone. #ApostolicJourney” @Pontifex, 5 December 2021
• “The future will be prosperous only if it is reconciled with those who are the weakest. When we reject the poor, we reject peace. History teaches us that narrow self-interest and nationalism lead to disastrous consequences. #ApostolicJourney” @Pontifex, 5 December 2021
• “Let’s look at the faces of the children. They challenge and ask us: “What kind of world do you want to give us?” Let’s not hastily turn away from the shocking pictures of their tiny bodies lying lifeless on the beaches. Let’s stop this shipwreck of civilization. #ApostolicJourney” @Pontifex, 5 December 2021
• “I beg all of you, let’ss stop this shipwreck of civilization! Speech” @Pontifex, 5 December 2021
• “In our lives, there will always be times when we get the impression that we are in a desert. Yet it is precisely there that the Lord makes his presence felt with words of closeness, compassion and tenderness: “Do not fear, for I am with you” (Is 41:10). #ApostolicJourney” @Pontifex, 5 December 2021
• “Let us ask for the grace to believe that with God things really do change, that he will banish our fears, heal our wounds, turn our arid places into springs of water. Let us ask for the grace of that hope, that revives our faith and rekindles our charity. #ApostolicJourney” @Pontifex, 5 December 2021
• “In Greek, there is an illuminating saying: o fílos ine állos eaftós, “a friend is another self”. Yes, other people are the path to discovering ourselves. Good decisions are always about others, not just about ourselves. #ApostolicJourney” @Pontifex, 6 December 2021
• “I thank you most heartily for the welcome I received in Cyprus and Greece. Thanks to everyone who collaborated in this #ApostolicJourney! Efcharistó! I will carry you in my memory and in my prayers.” @Pontifex, 6 December 2021
• “In this Season of #Advent, let us ask the Lord, through the fatherly intercession of Saint Joseph, to remain always like sentinels in the night, attentive to see the light of Christ in our poorest brothers and sisters.” @Pontifex, 7 December 2021
• “In her humility, Mary she knows she receives everything from God. Therefore, free from herself, she is completely turned toward God and others. #MaryImmaculate does not look on herself. This is true humility: not looking on oneself, but looking toward God and others.” @Pontifex, 8 December 2021

Papal Instagram

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This version of The Weekly Francis covers material released in the last week from 17 November 2021 to 1 December 2021.

Angelus

• 28 November 2021 – Angelus

Apostolic Letter

• 17 November 2021 – Apostolic Letter issued ‘Motu proprio’ by which the Holy Father establishes the Pontifical Commission for the Verification and Application of the M. P. Mitis Iudex in the Churches of Italy (17 Novembe

General Audiences

• 1 December 2021 – General Audience of 1st December 2021’ Catechesis on Saint Joseph – 3. Saint Joseph’ just man and husband of Mary

Messages

• 20 November 2021 – Message of His Holiness Pope Francis to mark the International Day of Persons with Disabilities [3 December 2021]
• 25 November 2021 – Video Message of the Holy Father for the 11th Festival of the Social Doctrine of the Church [Verona, 25–28 November 2021]
• 26 November 2021 – Message of the Holy Father, signed by the Cardinal Secretary of State, for the ‘Semaines Sociales de France’
• 27 November 2021 – Video message of the Holy Father on the occasion of his upcoming Apostolic Journey to Cyprus and Greece [2–6 December 2021]
• 29 November 2021 – Message of His Holiness Pope Francis to mark the 70th anniversary of the International Organization of Migration (IOM)
• 30 November 2021 – Message of Pope Francis to His Holiness Bartholomew I on the occasion of the Feast of Saint Andrew

Papal Tweets

• “Let us not to forget to thank God. If we are bearers of gratitude, the world itself will become better, even if only a little bit, but that is enough to transmit a bit of hope. Everything is united and connected, and each one can do their part wherever they are. #Thanksgiving” @Pontifex, 25 November 2021
• “The prayer of adoration is the prayer that makes us recognize God as the beginning and the end of all of History. And this prayer is the living flame of the Spirit that gives strength to witness and to mission.” @Pontifex, 26 November 2021
• “Let us be fearless amid the messy situations all around us, because that is where the Lord is, in our midst; God continues to perform his miracle of bringing forth good fruit (Jn 15:5). Christian joy is born precisely of this certainty.” @Pontifex, 27 November 2021
• “I thank all those who are committed to alleviating their suffering. Let us remember migrants, their suffering and #PrayTogether.” @Pontifex, 28 November 2021
• “I feel sorrow thinking about those who died crossing the English Channel, those on the borders of Belarus, many of whom are children, those who drown in the Mediterranean, those who are repatriated to North Africa and forced into servitude.” @Pontifex, 28 November 2021
• “Even during these days so many migrants are exposed to very serious dangers, and so many lose their lives at our borders!” @Pontifex, 28 November 2021
• “In the #GospelOfTheDay, Jesus exhorts us to be vigilant: not to allow our hearts to become lazy. We cannot be ”sleepy Christians“ without spiritual fervor, with our intensity in prayer, without passion for the Gospel.” @Pontifex, 28 November 2021
• “Our life becomes beautiful when we wait for a dear one or someone important. May this #Advent help us transform our hope into the certainty that He whom we await loves us and will never abandon us.” @Pontifex, 28 November 2021
• “Service makes our talents bear fruit and gives meaning to our lives. Those who do not live to serve, serve for little in this life.” @Pontifex, 29 November 2021
• “Let us #PrayTogether for catechists, called to announce the Word of God: that they may be courageous and creative witnesses through the power of the Holy Spirit. #PrayerIntention” @Pontifex, 30 November 2021
• “Today is World #AIDS day. Let us #PrayTogether for the many people who are affected by this syndrome. In some areas of the world, access to the necessary treatment is not available for many of them. Let us commit ourselves to guarantee fair and effective health care.” @Pontifex, 1 December 2021
• “It’s often difficult to move from the logic of falling in love to the logic of mature love. To love is not the pretension that life should correspond to our imagination. Rather, it means to choose in complete freedom to take responsibility for life as it comes.” @Pontifex, 1 December 2021
• “Tomorrow I will go to Cyprus and Greece to visit the dear populations of these countries rich in history, spirituality and civilization. It will be a journey to the sources of apostolic faith and fraternity among Christians of various confessions. Accompany me with your prayer!” @Pontifex, 1 December 2021

Papal Instagram

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