Year: 2021

This version of The Weekly Francis covers material released in the last week from 6 June 2021 to 13 October 2021.

Angelus

• 10 October 2021 – Angelus

General Audiences

• 13 October 2021 – General Audience ’ Catechesis on the Letter to the Galatians – 11. Christian freedom, universal leaven of liberation

Homilies

• 10 October 2021 – Holy Mass – Opening of the Synodal Path

Letters

• 6 June 2021 – Letter of His Holiness Pope Francis on the occasion of the Jubilee proclaimed to mark 900 years since the foundation of the abbey of Premontré, France
• 10 June 2021 – Letter of His Holiness Pope Francis to the Cardinal Reinhard Marx
• 7 October 2021 – Letter of the Holy Father Francis to the Grand Chancellor of the Pontifical Lateran University for the institution of the study cycle on ‘Care of our Common Home and the protection of Creation’, and o

Messages

• 10 October 2021 – Message of the Holy Father on the occasion of the 60th Perugia-Assisi March for Peace

Speeches

• 2 October 2021 – To the Members of the ‘Foi et Lumière’ International Movement
• 7 October 2021 – Concluding ceremony of the Prayer for Peace Meeting organized by the St. Egidio Community’ ‘Peoples as Brothers, Future Earth. Religions and Cultures in Dialogue’
• 7 October 2021 – Academic Act for the Institution of the study cycle on ‘Care of our Common Home and the protection of Creation’, and of the UNESCO Chair ‘On Futures of Education for Sustainability’
• 7 October 2021 – To members of the Saint Irenaeus Joint Orthodox–Catholic Working Group
• 9 October 2021 – To the Participants in the Pre-COP26 Parliamentary Meeting
• 9 October 2021 – Moment of reflection for the beginning of the synodal journey
• 11 October 2021 – To Participants in the General Chapter of the Sisters of Charity of Saint Joan Antida Thouret

Papal Tweets

• “We are about to begin a synodal process ”Towards a Synodal Church: Communion, Participation, Mission“. This process was conceived as an exercise in mutual listening involving the entire People of God. #Synod” @Pontifex, 8 October 2021
• “If peoples are to remain brothers and sisters, prayer must rise unceasingly to Heaven, and one single word constantly echo on earth: peace. #FraternityForFuture Speech” @Pontifex, 8 October 2021
• “We undertake the journey to cultivate peace in God’s name aware that we are brothers and sisters. Even though some foment division and conflict, we believe in the importance of journeying together for peace: with one another, never again against one another. #FraternityForFuture” @Pontifex, 8 October 2021
• “The Synod offers us the opportunity to become a Church of closeness, that does not stand aloof from life, but immerses herself in today’s problems and needs, bandaging wounds and healing broken hearts with the balm of God. #ListeningChurch” @Pontifex, 9 October 2021
• “Synodality is an expression of the Church’s style. The word “synod” says it all: it means “journeying together”. And the movement is the fruit of docility to the Holy Spirit, who directs this history, in which all have a part to play. #Synod” @Pontifex, 9 October 2021
• “Let us experience this moment of encounter, listening and reflection as a season of grace that offers us the opportunity of becoming a synodal Church: an open square where all can feel at home and participate. #Synod #ListeningChurch” @Pontifex, 9 October 2021
• “The Synod offers us the opportunity to become a listening Church, to break out of our routine and pause from our pastoral concerns in order to stop and listen. #ListeningChurch” @Pontifex, 9 October 2021
• “Dear brothers and sisters, may this Synod be a true season of the Spirit! For we need the Spirit, the ever new breath of God, who sets us free from every form of self-absorption, revives what is moribund, loosens shackles and spreads joy. #ListeningChurch” @Pontifex, 9 October 2021
• “In the #GospelOfTheDay, Jesus listens with his heart and not just with his ears. He does more than simply answer the rich man’s question but lets him tell his story, to speak freely about himself. #Synod #ListeningChurch” @Pontifex, 10 October 2021
• “In this #Synod, we too are called to become experts in the art of encounter by taking time to encounter the Lord and one another, to listen to what the Spirit wants to say to the Church. #ListeningChurch” @Pontifex, 10 October 2021
• “The experience of encounter changes us and it frequently suggests new ways we never thought of taking. This is how God so often points out new paths. Everything changes once we are capable of genuine encounters with Him and with one another. #Synod #ListeningChurch” @Pontifex, 10 October 2021
• “Celebrating a #Synod means walking on the same road, together. Let us look at Jesus in the #GospelOfTheDay who first encounters the rich man on the road; then he listens to his questions, and finally he helps him discern what he must do to inherit eternal life. #ListeningChurch” @Pontifex, 10 October 2021
• “True encounter arises only from listening. #Synod #ListeningChurch Homily” @Pontifex, 10 October 2021
• “Let us invoke the Holy Spirit with greater fervour and frequency, and humbly listen to him, journeying together as He, the source of communion and mission, desires: with docility and courage. #Synod #ListeningChurch” @Pontifex, 11 October 2021
• “Participating in a #Synod means taking the same path as the Word made flesh: following in his footsteps, listening to his word and the words of others, discovering with amazement that the Holy Spirit always surprises us with fresh paths and new ways of speaking.” @Pontifex, 12 October 2021
• “Today we remember the final apparition of #OurLadyOfFatima. I entrust you all to the heavenly Mother of God. May she accompany you on your way and be of comfort in the trials of life.” @Pontifex, 13 October 2021
• “The Lord has liberated us from slavery freely, and set us on the path to walk in the fullness of freedom. #GeneralAudience” @Pontifex, 13 October 2021

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This version of The Weekly Francis covers material released in the last week from 18 September 2021 to 6 October 2021.

Angelus

• 3 October 2021 – Angelus

General Audiences

• 6 October 2021 – General Audience – Catechesis On the Letter to the Galatians’ 10. Christ has set us free

Messages

• 29 September 2021 – Video Message of the Holy Father to the participants in a seminar on the promotion of sustainable education in the context of ‘Youth4Climate’ Driving Ambition’ [Milan, Italy, 28 – 30 September] (29 Se

Speeches

• 18 September 2021 – To the Faithful of the Diocese of Rome
• 27 September 2021 – To Participants in the Plenary Assembly of the Pontifical Academy for Life
• 4 October 2021 – To the Participants in the Meeting ‘Faith and Science’ Towards COP26’
• 5 October 2021 – To the Participants in the Meeting ‘Religions and Education’ towards a Global Compact on Education’

Papal Tweets

• “To respond concretely to the serious phenomenon of global warming is a moral imperative. Lack of action will have secondary effects, especially on the poorest, who are also the most vulnerable. #SeasonOfCreation” @Pontifex, 30 September 2021
• “Let us #PrayTogether that every baptized person may be engaged in evangelization, available to the mission, by being witnesses of a life that has the flavour of the Gospel. #PrayerIntention #Synod” @Pontifex, 30 September 2021
• “Saint #ThereseOfTheChildJesus is one of the saints who speaks to us the most about God’s grace and how God takes care of us, takes us by the hand and lets us easily climb the mountain of life – if only we abandon ourselves completely to Him.” @Pontifex, 1 October 2021
• “Life is a gift, and when it is long it is a privilege. The “wealth of many years” is a wealth in terms of the persons themselves, their experience and history. #IDOP2021” @Pontifex, 1 October 2021
• “#GuardianAngels help us in our lives and show us where we need to go. Our angel is the daily bridge to our encounter with the Father.” @Pontifex, 2 October 2021
• “To you, young people, I once again entrust the task of placing fraternity at the centre of the economy. Now as never before we feel the need for young people who, through study and practice, know how to demonstrate that a different economy exists. #EoF2021” @Pontifex, 2 October 2021
• “Let us #PrayTogether for the gift of peace for the beloved land of Myanmar: so that the hands of those who live there no longer need to wipe away tears of pain and death, but instead join together to overcome difficulties and work together to bring peace.” @Pontifex, 3 October 2021
• “The #GospelOfTheDay (Mk 10:2–16) says that Jesus is very tender with the little ones. The difficulties and situations that reveal our weakness are privileged opportunities to experience His love: in dark or lonely moments, God’s tenderness towards is made even more present.” @Pontifex, 3 October 2021
• “Being poor in spirit is the way of achieving everything as persons and as a society: it leads toward using our resources, techologies and talents for integral human development, for the common good, social justice and the care of our common home. #Beatitudes” @Pontifex, 3 October 2021
• “Together with #SaintFrancis we praise You, Father, with all your creatures who have come forth from your powerful hands. They are yours and are filled with your presence and your tenderness. #LaudatoSi’ #SeasonOfCreation” @Pontifex, 4 October 2021
• “Care for our common home is also a call to respect: respect for creation, respect for our neighbour, respect for ourselves and for the Creator. #SeasonOfCreation” @Pontifex, 4 October 2021
• “#COP26 in Glasgow is called to provide effective responses to the unprecedented ecological crisis and the crisis of values we are presently experiencing, and in this way to offer concrete hope to future generations. Let us accompany it with our spiritual closeness. #Faiths4COP26” @Pontifex, 4 October 2021
• “Openness to interdependence and sharing, the dynamism of love and a call to respect: these are three interpretative keys that can shed light on our efforts to care for our common home. #Faiths4COP26 Speech” @Pontifex, 4 October 2021
• “If we desire a more fraternal world, we need to educate the younger generations to acknowledge, appreciate and love each person, regardless of physical proximity, place of birth or where they live. #GlobalCompactOnEducation [Speech” @Pontifex, 5 October 2021
• “Today, on this World #Teachers’ Day, we wish to express our gratitude to every teacher and our concern for education. #GlobalCompactOnEducation” @Pontifex, 5 October 2021
• “Freedom makes free to the extent to which it transforms a person’s life and directs it toward the good. #GeneralAudience” @Pontifex, 6 October 2021
• “This coming 9 October, the new synodal way will begin. Let us #PrayTogether so that the reflections and exchanges of this Assembly might help us rediscover the joy of being the People of God who journeys together, listening to everyone. #Synod #ListeningChurch” @Pontifex, 6 October 2021

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This version of The Weekly Francis covers material released in the last week from 14 September 2021 to 29 September 2021.

Angelus

• 26 September 2021 – Angelus

General Audience

• 29 September 2021 – General Audience – Catechesis on the Letter to the Galatians’ 9. Life of faith

Homily

• 23 September 2021 – Mass with the Council of Bishops’ Conferences of Europe

Letter

• 23 September 2021 – Letter of the Holy Father – Concession of the Ecclesiastica Communio to the new Patriarch of Cilicia of the Armenians

Message

• 14 September 2021 – XXXVI World Youth Day, 2021’ ‘Stand up. I appoint you as a witness of what you have seen.’ (cf. Acts 26’16)

Speech

• 25 September 2021 – To the Bishops who are friends of the Focolare Movement (25 September2021)

Tweets

• “Let us help today’s Europe, faint with weariness, to rediscover the ever youthful face of Jesus! Homily” @Pontifex, 23 September 2021
• “Do not look the other way at the suffering of your brothers and sisters deprived of freedom and dignity, victims of contemporary slavery. Let us ask #OurLadyOfRansom to help us work together to break their chains and give them back a dignified life.” @Pontifex, 24 September 2021
• “All of us are brothers and sisters! Let us pray to the Most High that, after this time of trial, there may no longer be “others”, but rather, a great “we”, rich in diversity.” @Pontifex, 25 September 2021
• “In the #GospelOfTheDay Jesus exhorts us: instead of judging everything and everyone, let us be careful of ourselves! Indeed, the risk is that of being inflexible towards others and indulgent towards ourselves.” @Pontifex, 26 September 2021
• “Today the Church is called to go out to the streets of the existential peripheries to heal the wounded and seek the lost, without prejudices or fear, without proselytism, but ready to expand her tent to welcome everyone in an ever larger WE. #WDMR2021” @Pontifex, 26 September 2021
• “I appeal to all men and women to journey together towards an ever broader “we”, to renew the human family, to build together a future of justice and peace, and to ensure that no one is left out. #WDMR2021” @Pontifex, 26 September 2021
• “The arms race, including nuclear weapons, continues to squander precious resources that could better be used to benefit the integral development of peoples and protect the natural environment. #NuclearDisarmament” @Pontifex, 26 September 2021
• “The example of #SaintVincentDePaul encourages us to make time and space for the poor, and to make their worries and troubles our own, because a Christianity without contact with those who suffer becomes disembodied, incapable of touching the flesh of Christ.” @Pontifex, 27 September 2021
• “Dear young people, once again I would like to take you by the hand and walk with you on the spiritual pilgrim)age that leads to the 2023 World Youth Day in Lisbon. #WYD2023 Message @Pontifex, 27 September 2021
• “During this time of crisis – health, social, environmental – let us reflect on how the use of material goods can be harmful for the earth. Let us choose to change and to move toward a simpler and more respectful style of life regarding creation. #SeasonOfCreation” @Pontifex, 28 September 2021
• “Christian spirituality proposes moderation and simplicity that allows us to stop and appreciate the small things, to be grateful for the opportunities life affords us, to be spiritually detached from what we possess, and not succumb to sadness for what we lack. #SeasonOfCreation” @Pontifex, 28 September 2021
• “Today, the Church remembers the #ArchangelSaints Michael, Gabriel and Raphael, messengers of God’s grace. Let us entrust ourselves to them so that our good works might make God’s love visible in the world.” @Pontifex, 29 September 2021
• “The response of faith demands that we be active in our love for God and in our love of neighbour. #GeneralAudience” @Pontifex, 29 September 2021
• “Fighting against the terrible scourge of hunger means also fighting waste. To throw food away means to throw people away. It is scandalous today not to notice how precious food is as a good, and how so much good ends up so badly. #FLWDay” @Pontifex, 29 September 2021
• “Dear young people, I would like to thank you for your dreams and good projects, and for the fact that you are as concerned about human relations as you are about caring for the environment. Thank you. It is a concern that is good for everyone. #Youth4Climate” @Pontifex, 29 September 2021

Papal Instagram

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