Year: 2021

This version of The Weekly Francis covers material released in the last week from 13 August 2021 to 25 August 2021.

Angelus

• 22 August 2021

General Audiences

• 25 August 2021

Messages

• 13 August 2021 – Video message of the Holy Father to the Participants in the Virtual Continental Congress of Religious Life, organized by CLAR [13–15 August 2021]
• 23 August 2021 – Message of His Holiness Pope Francis, signed by the Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin, on the occasion of the 71st National Liturgical Week [Cremona, 23–26 August 2021]
• 24 August 2021 – Video Message to participants in the Laudato si’ Inter-University Congress [Argentina, 1- 4 September 2021]

Papal Tweets

• “The climate crisis always generates more serious humanitarian crises and the poor are the most vulnerable regarding extreme weather events. A solidarity founded on justice, on peace and on the unity of the human family is needed. #WorldHumanitarianDay” @Pontifex 19 August 2021
• “Patience helps us to be merciful in the way we view ourselves, our communities and our world.” @Pontifex 21 August 2021
• “We should not pursue God in dreams and in images of grandeur and power, but He must be recognised in the humanity of Jesus and, as a consequence, in that of the brothers and sisters we meet on the path of life. #GospelOfTheDay (Jn 6:60–69) #Angelus” @Pontifex 22 August 2021
• “Let us work together to eradicate the appalling scourge of modern slavery that still shackles millions of people in inhumanity and humiliation. Every human being is the image of God, and is free and destined to exist in equality and fraternity.” @Pontifex 23 August 2021
• “It is in humility that we build the future of the world.” @Pontifex 24 August 2021
• “Let us ask the Lord to help us be consistent and to courageously combat anything that can lead us away from the truth and from the faith we profess. Only thus can we truly build unity and fraternity. #GeneralAudience” @Pontifex 25 August 2021
• “Yesterday, in Tokyo, the Paralympic Games got underway. I send my greetings to the athletes and I thank them because they offer everyone a witness of hope and courage.” @Pontifex 25 August 2021

Papal Instagram

• Franciscus

This version of The Weekly Francis covers material released in the last week from 12 August 2021 to 18 August 2021.

Angelus

• 15 August 2021

General Audiences

• 18 August 2021

Messages

• 18 August 2021 – Video Message of the Holy Father to the people on the vaccination campaign against COVID–19

Papal Tweets

• “With the help of young people and their innovative spirit, we can make the dream come true of a world where bread, water, medicine and work flow abundantly and reach those most in need first. #YouthDay” @Pontifex 12 August 2021
• “Prayer is vital for life: just as we cannot live without breathing, so we cannot be Christians without praying.” @Pontifex 13 August 2021
• “There is no better way to pray than to place oneself like Mary in an attitude of openness, with a heart open to God: ‘Lord, what you want, when you want, and how you want’.” @Pontifex 14 August 2021
• “Mary’s secret is humility. It is her humility that attracted God’s gaze to her. Today, looking at Mary #assumed into heaven, we can say that humility is the way that leads to Heaven. #Angelus” @Pontifex 15 August 2021
• “#LetUsPray for Afghanistan, so that the clamour of weapons might cease and solutions can be found at the table of dialogue. Only thus can the battered population of that country return to their own homes and live in peace.” @Pontifex 15 August 2021
• “#LetUsPray also for Haiti. I want to express my closeness to the dear people hard hit by the earthquake. May the solidarity of all alleviate the consequences of the tragedy!” @Pontifex 15 August 2021
• “Let us remember those who cannot go on vacation. I think especially of the ill, the elderly, the incarcerated, the unemployed, refugees and all those who are alone or in difficulty. May Mary extend her maternal protection over each one of you.” @Pontifex 15 August 2021
• “God does not come to free us from our ever-present daily problems, but to free us from the real problem, which is the lack of love. This is the main cause of our personal, social, international and environmental ills. Thinking only of ourselves: this is the father of all evils.” @Pontifex 17 August 2021
• “Vaccination is a simple way of promoting the common good and caring for each other, especially the most vulnerable.” @Pontifex 18 August 2021
• “It is good for us to ask ourselves if we still live in the period in which we need the Law (cfr Gal 3:23–25), or if instead we are fully aware of having received the grace of becoming children of God so as to live in love. ” @Pontifex 18 August 2021

Papal Instagram

• Franciscus

This version of The Weekly Francis covers material released in the last week from 8 August 2021 to 11 August 2021.

Angelus

• 8 August 2021

General Audiences

• 11 August 2021

Papal Tweets

• “In #TheGospelOfTheDay (Jn 6:41–51), Jesus reveals Himself as the Bread of life. For He alone nourishes the soul, He alone makes us feel loved even if everyone else disappoints us, He alone gives us the strength to love and forgive in difficulties, He alone gives eternal life.” @Pontifex 8 August 2021
• “God does not come in extraordinary events, but works amid the apparent monotony of our daily life, in the frequently dull rhythm of our activities, in the little things that, working with tenacity and humility, we achieve in our efforts to do his will.” @Pontifex 10 August 2021
• “The external law cannot bring life because it does not change the heart. The radical newness of the Christian life is life according to the Holy Spirit who frees us from the law and at the same time brings it to fulfilment in the commandment of love. #GeneralAudience” @Pontifex 11 August 2021

Papal Instagram

• Franciscus