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

General Audiences

Speeches

Papal Tweets

  • “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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Jeff Miller is a former atheist who after spending forty years in the wilderness finds himself with both astonishment and joy a member of the Catholic Church.