Author: jeffmiller

This version of The Weekly Francis covers material released in the last week from 2 March 2022 to 22 March 2022.

Angelus

• 20 March 2022 – Angelus

General Audiences

• 16 March 2022 – General Audience – Catechesis on Old Age

Letters

• 2 March 2022 – Letter of the Holy Father Francis to the Father General of the Congregation of Saint Joseph on the 150th anniversary of its founding

Messages

• [15 March 2022 – Message of the Holy Father Francis to Archbishop Gintaras Grušas of Vilnius and President of the Council of Bishops’ Conferences of Europe for the opening of the European Catholic Social Days Bratisl

Speeches

• 12 March 2022 – Inauguration of the Judicial Year of Vatican City State Tribunal
• 18 March 2022 – To participants in the International Congress promoted by the Pontifical Foundation Gravissimum Educationis
• 21 March 2022 – Members of the voluntary organization ‘Ho avuto sete’ (‘I was thirsty’)

Papal Tweets

• “God entrusts the task of saving humanity from the flood to the eldest of all, the “righteous” Noah. In his care for life in all its forms, Noah obeys God’s command, repeating the tender and generous gesture of creation. #BlessingOfTime #GeneralAudience” @Pontifex, 16 March 2022
• “Дорогие братья и сёстры, среди боли, причинённой этой войной, помолимся вместе, испрашивая у Господа прощение и #мир. #МолимсяВместе #Украина LMWL Image” @Pontifex, 16 March 2022
• “Cеред болю цієї війни усі разом помолімося, просячи у Господа прощення і просячи миру. Ми прокажемо молитву. #МолімосяРазом #Україна #Мир E Image” @Pontifex, 16 March 2022
• “Dear brothers and sisters, in the pain of this war we all pray together, asking the Lord for forgiveness and asking for #peace. #PrayTogether #Ukraine PXWp Image” @Pontifex, 16 March 2022
• “#Lent is a journey of healing, to live each day with a renewed spirit, a different “style”. Prayer, charity and fasting are aids to this: they restore us to a living relationship with God, our brothers and sisters, and ourselves.” @Pontifex, 17 March 2022
• “#Lent is the time granted us by the Lord to be renewed, to nurture our interior life and to journey towards Easter, towards the things that do not pass away, towards the reward we are to receive from the Father.” @Pontifex, 18 March 2022
• “#PrayTogether #Ukraine #Peace #StJoseph AwAr Image” @Pontifex, 19 March 2022
• “#МолімосяРазом #Україна #Мир Image” @Pontifex, 19 March 2022
• “#МолимсяВместе #Украина #Мир T Image” @Pontifex, 19 March 2022
• “Мені приємно знати, що людям, які залишилися під бомбами, не бракує підтримки душпастирів, які в ці трагічні дні життям свідчать Євангеліє милосердя та братерства. Дякую за це свідчення! #Україна #Мир” @Pontifex, 20 March 2022
• “Let us be close to this martyred people, let us embrace them with affection with concrete commitment and prayer. And please let us not get used to war and violence, let us not tire of welcoming them with generosity, not only now, but also in the weeks and months to come. #Ukraine” @Pontifex, 20 March 2022
• “Будем же близки к этому истерзанному народу, обнимем его нашей любовью, конкретными обязательствами и молитвой. Пожалуйста, не будем привыкать к войне и насилию, но без устали, великодушно принимать людей не только сейчас, но и в предстоящие недели и месяцы. #Украина” @Pontifex, 20 March 2022
• “Let us think of these women and children who in time, without work, separated from their husbands, will be sought out by the ‘vultures’ of society. Please, let us protect them. #Ukraine #Peace #PrayTogether” @Pontifex, 20 March 2022
• “Не забуваймо про жінок, про дітей, які з часом, без роботи, далеко від своїх чоловіків, можуть стати жертвами суспільних ”стерв’ятників“. Захистімо їх, будь ласка. #Україна #Мир #МолімосяРазом” @Pontifex, 20 March 2022
• “Подумаем о детях и женщинах, которые со временем – без работы, разлученные со своими мужьями – будут разыскиваться ‘стервятниками’ общества. Пожалуйста, защитим их. #Украина #Мир #МолимсяВместе” @Pontifex, 20 March 2022
• “It comforts me to know that the people left under the bombs do not lack the closeness of their pastors, who in these tragic days are living the Gospel of charity and fraternity. Thank you for this witness! #Ukraine #Peace” @Pontifex, 20 March 2022
• “Будьмо поруч із цим багатостраждальним народом і обіймімо його конкретними зусиллями та молитвою. Прошу вас, не звикаймо до війни та насильства, не втомлюймося великодушно приймати, не лише тепер, але й наступними тижнями та місяцями. #Україна” @Pontifex, 20 March 2022
• “Меня утешает, что люди, оставшиеся под бомбами, не лишены близости пастырей, которые в эти трагические дни живут по Евангелию милосердия и братства. Спасибо за это свидетельство! #Украина #Мир” @Pontifex, 20 March 2022
• “Також і цього тижня ракети та бомби падали на цивільних, літніх людей, дітей, вагітних матерів. Все це – нелюдяне, більше того, це є також святотатством, бо виступає проти сакральності людського життя, яке є понад будь-якими стратегіями! #Україна #Мир” @Pontifex, 20 March 2022
• “На этой неделе ракеты и бомбы падали также на мирных жителей, стариков, детей и беременных матерей. Всё это бесчеловечно! Более того, это даже кощунственно, ибо противоречит священному характеру человеческой жизни, которая гораздо важнее любой стратегии! #Украина #Мир” @Pontifex, 20 March 2022
• “The violent aggression against #Ukraine does not stop, a senseless massacre where every day there is a repetition of slaughter and atrocities. There is no justification for this! I plead with the international community to truly commit to ending this abhorrent war. #Peace” @Pontifex, 20 March 2022
• “Не припиняється сповнена насильства агресія проти #України, безглузде кровопролиття, де кожного дня здійснюється спустошення та жорстокість. Немає виправдання для цього! Благаю всіх діячів міжнародної спільноти докладати зусилля для того, щоби припинити цю огидну війну. #Мир” @Pontifex, 20 March 2022
• “Не прекращается насильственная агрессия против Украины, бессмысленная бойня, в которой зверства повторяются каждый день. Этому не может быть оправдания! Я призываю всех лидеров международного сообщества постараться положить конец этой отвратительной войне. #Мир” @Pontifex, 20 March 2022
• “God is Father and looks after you as the best of fathers: He does not look at the achievements you have not yet reached, but the fruits you can bear. He does not keep track of your shortcomings but encourages your potential. He does not dwell on the past, but bets on your future.” @Pontifex, 20 March 2022
• “In the #GospelOfTheDay (Lk 13:1–9) the Lord asks us for conversion. It is an urgent call, especially during this time of #Lent. Let us turn from evil, let us be open to the logic of the Gospel because where love and fraternity reign, evil has no more power!” @Pontifex, 20 March 2022
• “This week again missiles and bombs have fallen on civilians, the elderly, children, and pregnant mothers. All this is inhuman! Indeed, it is also sacrilegious because it goes against the sacredness of human life, and this comes before any strategy! #Ukraine #Peace” @Pontifex, 20 March 2022
• “During this Lenten season, let us pray by looking at the Crucified Lord. Let us open our hearts to the touching tenderness of God, and in his wounds place our own wounds and those of our world. #Lent” @Pontifex, 21 March 2022
• “#МолімосяРазом #Україна #Мир geFvKbZ Image” @Pontifex, 22 March 2022
• “#PrayTogether #Ukraine #Peace AS Image” @Pontifex, 22 March 2022
• “#МолимсяВместе #Украина #Мир Image” @Pontifex, 22 March 2022

Papal Instagram

• Franciscus

This version of The Weekly Francis covers material released in the last week from 12 March 2022 to 15 March 2022.

Angelus

• 13 March 2022 – Angelus

Homilies

• 12 March 2022 – Holy Mass on the 400th anniversary of the Canonization of St. Ignatius of Loyola

Speeches

• 14 March 2022 – To the Members of the ‘Social Soul in Business Values’ Association

Papal Tweets

• “#PrayTogether #Ukraine #Peace ux Image” @Pontifex, 12 March 2022
• “#МолімосяРазом #Україна #Мир Pc Image” @Pontifex, 12 March 2022
• “#МолимсяВместе #Украина #Mир Image” @Pontifex, 12 March 2022
• “For the followers of Jesus, now is not a time for sleeping, for letting our souls be sedated. One of the great tragedies of our time is the refusal to open our eyes to reality and instead to look the other way. #PrayTogether #Ukraine #Peace” @Pontifex, 12 March 2022
• “To pray is to bring the beating heart of current affairs into God’s presence, so that his gaze will shine out upon history. #PrayTogether #Ukraine #Peace” @Pontifex, 12 March 2022
• “If #prayer is living, it “unhinges” us from within and continually prompts us to allow ourselves to be troubled by the plea of all those who suffer in our world. Let us also ask ourselves how we are bringing the present war to our prayers. #PrayTogether #Ukraine #Peace” @Pontifex, 12 March 2022
• “Прошу всі дієцезальні та чернечі спільноти помножувати молитви за мир. Бог є тільки Богом миру, Він не є Богом війни, і той, хто підтримує насильство, профанує Його ім’я. #МолімосяРазом #Україна #Мир” @Pontifex, 13 March 2022
• “The city that bears the name of the Virgin Mary, Mariupol, has become a city martyred by the ruinous war that is devastating Ukraine. #LetsPrayTogether #Ukraine #Peace” @Pontifex, 13 March 2022
• “Before the barbarism of killing children and innocent and defenceless citizens, no strategic reasons hold: the only thing to be done is to cease the unacceptable armed aggression before cities are reduced to cemeteries. #LetsPrayTogether #Ukraine #Peace” @Pontifex, 13 March 2022
• “I would like once again to urge the welcoming of the many refugees, in whom Christ is present, and to give thanks for the great network of solidarity that has formed. #LetsPrayTogether #Ukraine #Peace” @Pontifex, 13 March 2022
• “Хочу ще раз закликати приймати численних біженців, в яких перебуває Христос, і подякувати за велику мережу солідарності, що сформувалася. #МолімосяРазом #Україна #Мир” @Pontifex, 13 March 2022
• “I ask all diocesan and religious communities to increase their moments of prayer for peace. God is only the God of peace, he is not the God of war, and those who support violence profane his name. #LetsPrayTogether #Ukraine #Peace” @Pontifex, 13 March 2022
• “With an aching heart I add my voice to that of the common people, who implore the end of the war. In the name of God, listen to the cry of those who suffer, and put an end to the bombings and the attacks! #LetsPrayTogether #Ukraine #Peace” @Pontifex, 13 March 2022
• “З болем у серці приєдную мій голос до голосу простих людей, що благають про кінець війни. Нехай же в ім’я Боже буде почутим крик страждаючих… У Боже ім’я, прошу вас: припиніть цю різанину! #МолімосяРазом #Україна #Мир” @Pontifex, 13 March 2022
• “Like the disciples, we too are in need of God’s light, that makes us see things in a different way: it attracts us, it reawakens us, it reignites our desire and strength to pray, to look within ourselves, and to dedicate time to others. #GospelOfTheDay (Lk 9:28–36)” @Pontifex, 13 March 2022
• “Місто, яке носить ім’я Діви Марії, Маріуполь, стало містом-мучеником лютої війни, яка спустошує Україну. #МолімосяРазом #Україна #Мир” @Pontifex, 13 March 2022
• “Прошу все епархиальные и монашеские общины приумножить моменты молитвы о мире: Бог – это всецело Бог мира, а не Бог войны, и кто поддерживает насилие, оскверняет Его имя. #МолимсяВместе #Украина #Мир” @Pontifex, 13 March 2022
• “Я хотел бы еще раз призвать к приему многочисленных беженцев, в которых пребывает Христос, и поблагодарить за создание большой сети солидарности. #МолимсяВместе #Украина #Мир” @Pontifex, 13 March 2022
• “С болью в сердце я присоединяю свой голос к голосу обычных людей, взывающих к прекращению войны. Во имя Бога, да будет услышан вопль страждущих… Во имя Бога прошу вас: остановите это кровопролитие! #МолимсяВместе #Украина #Мир” @Pontifex, 13 March 2022
• “Перед варварством убийства детей, невинных и беззащитных гражданских лиц не может быть убедительных стратегических доводов: нужно прекратить это недопустимую вооруженную агрессию прежде, чем она превратит города в кладбища. #МолимсяВместе #Украина #Мир” @Pontifex, 13 March 2022
• “Город, носящий имя Пресвятой Девы Марии, Мариуполь, стал городом-мучеником раздирающей душу войны, которая изнуряет Украину. #МолимсяВместе #Украина #Мир” @Pontifex, 13 March 2022
• “Перед варварством вбивства дітей, невинного і беззбройного цивільного населення, не існує жодних стратегічних причин, якими це можна обґрунтувати: єдине, що потрібно, – це припинити неприйнятну збройну агресію, перше ніж вона перетворить міста в цвинтарі. #Україна #Мир” @Pontifex, 13 March 2022
• “Temptations often appear seemingly in the form of good: the devil uses deception, he arrives “with an angelic face”. If we give in to his flattery, we end up justifying our falsity, masking it with good intentions.” @Pontifex, 14 March 2022
• “В пятницу 25 марта, во время покаянного богослужения в 17 часов в базилике Святого Петра, совершу акт посвящения России и Украины Непорочному Сердцу Пресвятой Богородицы.
• “#МолимсяВместе ”#мир #Россия #Украина” @Pontifex, 15 March 2022
• “#Lent is a favourable time to seek out – and not to avoid – those in need; to reach out – and not to ignore – those who need a sympathetic ear and a good word; to visit – and not to abandon – those who are lonely.” @Pontifex, 15 March 2022
• “On Friday 25 March, during the Celebration of Penance at 17.00 in Saint Peter’s Basilica, I will consecrate #Russia and #Ukraine to the Immaculate Heart of Mary. #PrayTogether #Peace” @Pontifex, 15 March 2022
• “У п’ятницю, 25 березня, під час Покаянного богослужіння в базиліці Святого Петра о 17:00, я посвячу #Росію та #Україну Непорочному Серцю Марії. #МолімосяРазом #Мир” @Pontifex, 15 March 2022

Papal Instagram

• Franciscus

This version of The Weekly Francis covers material released in the last week from 10 January 2022 to 8 March 2022.

Angelus

• 6 March 2022 – Angelus

General Audiences

• 2 March 2022 – General Audience – Catechesis on Old Age – 2. Longevity’ symbol and opportunity

Homilies

• 2 March 2022 – Holy Mass, Blessing and Imposition of the Ashes

Messages

• 10 January 2022 – Message of the Holy Father for the 2022 Campaign for Fraternity of the Church in Brazil
• 1 March 2022 – Message of the Holy Father Francis to the Participants in the International Academic Conference on Women Doctors of the Church and Co-Patronesses of Europe

Speeches

• 4 March 2022 – To the Italian League for the Fight against Tumours
• 5 March 2022 – To the members of the ‘Progetto Agata Smeralda’

Papal Tweets

• “2 March, Ash Wednesday, Day of prayer and fasting for peace in #Ukraine. #PrayTogether Image” @Pontifex, 2 March 2022
• “2 March, Ash Wednesday, Day of prayer and fasting for peace in #Ukraine. #PrayTogether Image” @Pontifex, 2 March 2022
• “The alliance between the two extreme generations of life – children and the elderly – also helps the other two – young people and adults – to bond with each other, to make everyone’s existence richer in humanity. #GeneralAudience #BlessingOfTime @LaityFamilyLife @PontAcadLife” @Pontifex, 2 March 2022
• “The #ashes remind us that worldliness is like the dust that is carried away by a slight gust of wind. Sisters and brothers, we are not in this world to chase the wind; our hearts thirst for eternity.Homily” @Pontifex, 2 March 2022
• “2 March, Ash Wednesday, Day of prayer and fasting for peace in #Ukraine. #PrayTogether Image” @Pontifex, 2 March 2022
• “Today we enter the time of #Lent. Our prayer and fasting will be a plea for #peace in #Ukraine, bearing in mind that peace in the world always begins with our personal conversion, following Christ.” @Pontifex, 2 March 2022
• “#PrayTogether #Ukraine Image” @Pontifex, 3 March 2022
• “#МолімосяРазом #Україна Image” @Pontifex, 3 March 2022
• “#МолимсяВместе #Украина Image” @Pontifex, 3 March 2022
• “Prayer, charity and fasting are not medicines meant only for ourselves but for everyone: they can change history, because they are the principal ways for God to intervene in our lives and in the world. They are weapons of the spirit. #Lent” @Pontifex, 4 March 2022
• “#PrayTogether #Ukraine #Peace Image” @Pontifex, 5 March 2022
• “#МолімосяРазом #Україна #Мир Image” @Pontifex, 5 March 2022
• “#МолимсяВместе #Украина #Мир Image” @Pontifex, 5 March 2022
• “Along with the collaborators of the Roman Curia, the Spiritual Exercises will begin. We keep all the needs of the Church and the human family in our prayer. And you too, please, pray for us.” @Pontifex, 6 March 2022
• “I would also like to thank the journalists who put their lives at risk to provide information. Thank you, brothers and sisters, for this service that allows us to be close to the tragedy of that population and enables us to assess the cruelty of a war. #Ukraine #Peace” @Pontifex, 6 March 2022
• “#PrayTogether #Ukraine #Peace Image” @Pontifex, 6 March 2022
• “#МолімосяРазом #Україна #Мир Image” @Pontifex, 6 March 2022
• “#МолимсяВместе #Украина #Мир Image” @Pontifex, 6 March 2022
• “#МолімосяРазом #Україна #Мир Image” @Pontifex, 6 March 2022
• “#МолимсяВместе #Украина #Мир Image” @Pontifex, 6 March 2022
• “No compromises with evil! We must not fall into that slumber of the conscience that makes us say: “But after all, it’s not serious, everyone does it”! Let us look at Jesus, who does not make agreements with evil. He opposes the devil with the #WordOfGod and overcomes temptation.” @Pontifex, 6 March 2022
• “#PrayTogether #Ukraine #Peace Image” @Pontifex, 6 March 2022
• “#8марта Image” @Pontifex, 8 March 2022
• “#8march Image” @Pontifex, 8 March 2022
• “#8березня Image” @Pontifex, 8 March 2022
• “Let us #PrayTogether for Christians facing new bioethical challenges; may they continue to defend the dignity of all human life with prayer and action. #PrayerIntention Video” @Pontifex, 8 March 2022

Papal Instagram

• Franciscus

This version of The Weekly Francis covers material released in the last week from 11 November 2021 to 1 March 2022.

Angelus

• 27 February 2022 – Angelus

General Audiences

• 23 February 2022 – General Audience

Messages

• 11 November 2021 – Lent 2022’ ‘Let us not grow tired of doing good, for in due time we shall reap our harvest, if we do not give up. So then, while we have the opportunity, let us do good to all’ (Gal 6’9–10)

Speeches

• 28 February 2022 – Audience with Representatives of the Churches in Iraq on the anniversary of the Apostolic Journey in Iraq

Papal Tweets

• “I invite everyone to make this coming 2nd March, Ash Wednesday, a Day of Fasting for Peace: let believers dedicate themselves intensively to prayer and fasting. May the Queen of Peace preserve the world from the madness of war.” @Pontifex, 23 February 2022
• “I would like to appeal to those with political responsibilities to make a serious examination of conscience before God, who is the God of peace and not of war, the Father of all, not just of some, who wants us to be brothers and not enemies. #Ukraine #Peace” @Pontifex, 23 February 2022
• “The young must dialogue with the old, and the #old with the young. And this bridge will be the transmission of wisdom in humanity, because the elderly are like the roots of the tree, and the young are like the flowers and the fruit. #BlessingOfTheTimes #GeneralAudience” @Pontifex, 23 February 2022
• ““Let us never grow tired of doing good” (Gal 6:9). Message” @Pontifex, 24 February 2022
• “On the synodal journey, humility alone can enable us to encounter and listen, to dialogue and discern. #Synod” @Pontifex, 25 February 2022
• “#PrayTogether #Ukraine Image” @Pontifex, 25 February 2022
• “#PrayTogether #Ukraine Image” @Pontifex, 25 February 2022
• “#PrayTogether #Ukraine Image” @Pontifex, 25 February 2022
• “#PrayTogether #Ukraine Image” @Pontifex, 26 February 2022
• “#PrayTogether #Ukraine Image” @Pontifex, 26 February 2022
• “#PrayTogether #Ukraine Image” @Pontifex, 26 February 2022
• “Я вновь обращаюсь ко всем с призывом провести 2 марта, в Пепельную среду, день молитвы и поста за мир на Украине, чтобы стать ближе к страданиям украинского народа, почувствовать, что все мы братья и сёстры, и молить Бога о прекращении войны. #МолимсяВместе #Украина Image” @Pontifex, 27 February 2022
• “Знову звертаюся до всіх із закликом провести 2 березня, в Попільну середу, День молитви і посту за мир в Україні, щоби бути поруч із стражданнями українського народу, щоб усім почуватися братами й сестрами та випрошувати в Бога кінець війни. #МолімосяРазом #Україна Image” @Pontifex, 27 February 2022
• “I renew my invitation for everyone to take part on 2 March, Ash Wednesday, in a Day of Prayer and Fasting for Peace in #Ukraine, in order to be near to the suffering Ukrainian people, to be aware that we are all brothers and sisters, and to implore God for an end to the war. Image” @Pontifex, 27 February 2022
• “Let us ask ourselves what type of words we use. Words that express care, respect, understanding, closeness, compassion, or do we pollute the world by spreading venom: criticizing, complaining, feeding widespread aggression? #GospeloftheDay (Lk 6,39–46)” @Pontifex, 27 February 2022
• “#PrayTogether #Ukraine Image” @Pontifex, 28 February 2022
• “#МолімосяРазом #Україна Image” @Pontifex, 28 February 2022
• “#МолимсяВместе #Украина Image” @Pontifex, 28 February 2022
• “#МолімосяРазом #Україна Image” @Pontifex, 1 March 2022
• “#PrayTogether #Ukraine Image” @Pontifex, 1 March 2022
• “#МолимсяВместе #Украина Image” @Pontifex, 1 March 2022

Papal Instagram

• Franciscus

This version of The Weekly Francis covers material released in the last week from 10 February 2022 to 22 February 2022.

Angelus

• 13 February 2022 – Angelus
• 20 February 2022 – Angelus

Apostolic Letter

• 11 February 2022 – Apostolic Letter issued ’Motu proprio’Fidem servare, modifying the internal structure of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
• 11 February 2022 – Apostolic Letter issued ’Motu proprio’Competentias quasdam decernere introducing changes to some norms of the Code of Canon Law and the Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches

General Audiences

• 16 February 2022 – General Audience – Catechesis on Saint Joseph’ 12. Saint Joseph, Patron of the Church

Letters

• 11 February 2022 – Letter of the Holy Father to H.E. Msgr. Rino Fisichella for the Jubilee 2025

Messages

• 10 February 2022 – Video Message of the Holy Father to the participants in the Webinar ‘World Day of the Sick’ Meaning, Goals and Challenges’
• 10 February 2022 – Video Message of the Holy Father for the 30th anniversary of the election of Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew
• 11 February 2022 – Video Message of the Holy Father Francis on the occasion of the Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes

Speeches

• 17 February 2022 – International Theological Symposium on the Priesthood
• 18 February 2022 – To participants in the Plenary Meeting of the Congregation for the Eastern Churches
• 19 February 2022 – To the members of ‘Voir Ensemble’ Association

Papal Tweets

• “Closeness is a precious balm that provides support and consolation to the sick in their suffering. As Christians, we experience that closeness as a sign of the love of Jesus Christ, the Good Samaritan, who draws near with compassion to every man and woman.” @Pontifex, 10 February 2022
• “Our Christian way of looking at others refuses to see them as a burden or a problem, but rather as brothers and sisters to be helped and protected.” @Pontifex, 11 February 2022
• “Today is #WorldDayOfTheSick. #LetsPrayTogether for our sick brothers and sisters, their families, for health and pastoral workers, and for all those who care for them.” @Pontifex, 11 February 2022
• “Discover the meaning of life by coming to the aid of those who suffer, understanding their anguish and bringing relief.” @Pontifex, 12 February 2022
• “Child soldiers are robbed of their childhood, their innocence, their future, and often of their very lives. Each one of them is a cry raised to God that accuses the adults who put weapons in their little hands. #RedHandDay” @Pontifex, 12 February 2022
• “The news coming out of Ukraine is very worrying. I entrust to the intercession of the Virgin Mary, and to the conscience of political leaders, every effort on behalf of peace. #PrayTogether” @Pontifex, 13 February 2022
• “The Beatitudes declare that those who are poor, who lack many goods, are blessed, or happy. This poverty is also an attitude toward the meaning of life: Jesus’ disciples do not believe they possess it or know everything already. Rather, they know they must learn every day.” @Pontifex, 13 February 2022
• “Faith is born and reborn: not from a duty, not from something to be done, but from a gaze of love to be welcomed. Christian life thus becomes beautiful, if it is not based on our abilities and our plans, but rather on God’s gaze.” @Pontifex, 14 February 2022
• “May the holy brothers Cyril and Methodius, witnesses of a Christianity still united and full of zeal for the preaching of the Gospel, help us to persevere on our journey by fostering our fraternal communion in the name of Jesus.” @Pontifex, 14 February 2022
• ““In old age they will still bear fruit” (Psalms 92:15). I have chosen this theme for the Second World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly, to be held on 24 July 2022, to promote dialogue among the generations, especially between grandparents and grandchildren. @LaityFamilyLife” @Pontifex, 15 February 2022
• “The #elderly should be cared for like a treasure of humanity: they are our wisdom, our memory. It is crucial that grandchildren remain close to their grandparents, who are like roots from which they draw the sap of human and spiritual values. @LaityFamilyLife” @Pontifex, 15 February 2022
• “It is very important to bring together the wisdom of the #elderly and the enthusiasm of the young. The encounter between grandparents and grandchildren is key, especially in this moment of economic and social crisis that humanity is undergoing. @LaityFamilyLife” @Pontifex, 15 February 2022
• “I encourage you to ask for the intercession of Saint Joseph precisely at the most difficult times in your life. Where our mistakes become a scandal, let us ask Saint Joseph to give us the courage to speak the truth, ask for forgiveness, and humbly begin again. #GeneralAudience” @Pontifex, 16 February 2022
• “Fraternal love is a gymnasium of the spirit, where day by day we measure ourselves and test our spiritual life.” @Pontifex, 17 February 2022
• “Dear priests, these are the signposts that point the way to appreciating and rekindling missionary zeal: closeness to God, to the Bishop, to brother priests, and to the people entrusted to your care. Event” @Pontifex, 17 February 2022
• “Our love for God and neighbor is our passport to heaven. Our earthly possessions are dust that scatters, but the love we share – in our families, at work, in the Church, and in the world – will save us, for it will endure forever.” @Pontifex, 18 February 2022
• “The Church is a family of brothers and sisters with one Father, who gave us Jesus as our brother, to help us understand how much He loves fraternity. In fact, he wants all humanity to become one universal family. #FrattelliTutti” @Pontifex, 19 February 2022
• “With the Spirit of Jesus, we can respond to evil with good, we can love those who do us harm. This is what Christians do. How sad it is, when people and populations proud to be Christians see others as enemies and think to wage war against each other!” @Pontifex, 20 February 2022
• “Turning the other cheek is not the withdrawal of the loser, but the action of one who has a greater inner strength, who defeats evil with good, who opens up a breach in the heart of the enemy, unmasking the absurdity of his hatred. It is dictated not by calculation, but by love.” @Pontifex, 20 February 2022
• “Pessimism and complaining are not Christian. We were not made to be downcast, but to look up to heaven.” @Pontifex, 21 February 2022
• “I have chosen as theme for the next World Day of Migrants and Refugees “Building the future with migrants and refugees”, a future according to God’s plan, which we are all called to contribute to. #WDMR2022” @Pontifex, 22 February 2022

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This version of The Weekly Francis covers material released in the last week from 29 January 2022 to 9 February 2022.

Angelus

• 6 February 2022 – Angelus

General Audiences

• 9 February 2022 – General Audience – Catechesis on Saint Joseph’ 11. Saint Joseph, patron of the good death

Homilies

• 2 February 2022 – Holy Mass on the 26th World Day For Consecrated Life

Messages

• 2 February 2022 – XXVI World Day for Consecrated Life – Feast of the Presentation of the Lord
• 4 February 2022 – Video Message of His Holiness Pope Francis to mark the Second International Day of Human Fraternity
• 8 February 2022 – Video Message of the Holy Father on the occasion of the 8th International Day of Prayer and Awareness against Human Trafficking

Speeches

• 29 January 2022 – To the Members of the Italian Association of Leather Chemists
• 3 February 2022 – To the Management and Staff of the Office Responsible for Public Security at the Vatican
• 4 February 2022 – To a Group of the ‘House of the Spirit and the Arts’ Foundation
• 5 February 2022 – To the members of the National Association of Italian Municipalities (ANCI)
• 7 February 2022 – To the Community of the Pontifical Lombard Seminary in Rome

Papal Tweets

• “I thank all those who act in the conviction that we can live in harmony and peace, conscious of the need for a more fraternal world, inasmuch as all of us are creatures of God: brothers and sisters. #HumanFraternityDay” @Pontifex, 4 February 2022
• “The path of fraternity is long and challenging, yet it is the anchor of salvation for humanity. Let us counter times of darkness and mindsets of conflict with fraternity. @alimamaltayeb #HumanFraternityDayvatican.vaVideo Message of His Holiness Pope Francis to mark the Second International Day of Human Fraternity” @Pontifex, 4 February 2022
• “God’s grace is offered to everyone; and many who are the least on this earth will be the first in heaven (cf. Mk 10:31).” @Pontifex, 5 February 2022
• “The other one, happened here in Italy, in Monferrato: John, a Ghanaian boy, 25 years old, a migrant, fell ill with a terrible cancer and wanted to go back home to embrace his father before dying. The whole village took up a collection so that he could die in his father’s arms.” @Pontifex, 6 February 2022
• “Today is the International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation. This practice, unfortunately widespread in various regions of the world, demeans the dignity of women and gravely undermines their physical integrity.” @Pontifex, 6 February 2022
• “The Lord climbs into the boat of our lives when we have nothing to offer Him; to enter our voids and fill them with His presence; to make use of our miseries to proclaim His mercy. #GospeloftheDay (Lk 5, 1–11)” @Pontifex, 6 February 2022
• “Often, like Peter in the #GospeloftheDay (Lk 5, 1–11), we experience the disappointment of trying so hard and not seeing the desired results. But it is precisely that empty boat, the symbol of our incapacity, that becomes the pulpit from which Jesus proclaims the Word.” @Pontifex, 6 February 2022
• “Amid so much bad news, there are good things. Today I would like to mention two: one, in Morocco, where an entire people worked to save a child, Rayan. thank you to these people for their witness.” @Pontifex, 6 February 2022
• “Oggi si celebra la Giornata internazionale contro le mutilazioni genitali femminili. Questa pratica, purtroppo diffusa in diverse regioni del mondo, umilia la dignità della donna e attenta gravemente alla sua integrità fisica.” @Pontifex, 6 February 2022
• “The crisis of faith, in our lives and in our societies, has to do with the eclipse of desire for God, with the habit of being content to live from day to day, without ever asking what God really wants from us. We have forgotten to lift our eyes to heaven.” @Pontifex, 7 February 2022
• “To caress an elderly person expresses the same hope as caressing a child, because the beginning of life and the end are always a mystery, a mystery that should be respected, accompanied, cared for, loved.” @Pontifex, 9 February 2022
• “Human trafficking is violence! The violence suffered by every woman and girl is an open wound on the body of Christ, on the body of all humanity, a deep wound that affects every one of us too. #PrayAgainstTraffickingvatican.va Video Message of the Holy Father to the participants in the World Day of Prayer, Reflection and…” @Pontifex, 9 February 2022
• “Today, Feast of Saint Bakhita, #LetsPrayTogether for the victims of human trafficking, a crime that primarily affects women and girls. Let’s work together for an economy of care and to eliminate all inequalities. #PrayAgainstTrafficking” @Pontifex, 9 February 2022
• “It makes no sense to accumulate if one day we will die. What we must accumulate is love, and the ability to share, the ability not to remain indifferent when faced with the needs of others. #GeneralAudience” @Pontifex, 9 February 2022
• “Let us continue to implore the God of peace that tensions and threats of war be overcome through serious dialogue. Let’s not forget: war is madness!” @Pontifex, 9 February 2022

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This version of The Weekly Francis covers material released in the last week from 20 January 2022 to 26 January 2022.

Angelus

• 23 January 2022 – Angelus

General Audiences

• 26 January 2022 – General Audience – Catechesis on Saint Joseph’ 9. Saint Joseph, a man who ‘dreams’

Homilies

• 23 January 2022 – Holy Mass on the occasion of the Sunday of the Word of God
• 25 January 2022 – Solemnity of the Conversion of Saint Paul – Celebration of Second Vespers

Messages

• 24 January 2022 – LVI World Communications Day, 2022 – Listening with the ear of the heart

Speeches

• 20 January 2022 – To the Members of the Italian Association of Private Construction Contractors (ANCE)

Papal Tweets

• “The unity for which Jesus prayed, which certainly demands mature freedom born of firm decisions, endurance and sacrifice, is the reason for the world to believe. #Prayer #ChristianUnity” @Pontifex, 21 January 2022
• “The Word brings us close to God. Let us carry it with us always, in a place where we can remember to open it daily, so that amid all those words that ring in our ears, there may also be a few verses of the #WordOfGod that can touch our hearts.” @Pontifex, 21 January 2022
• “#ChristianUnity is not attained so much by agreement about some shared value, but by doing something concrete together for those who bring us closest to the Lord: the poor, for in them Jesus is present (Mt 25:40). Sharing in works of charity helps us make greater progress.” @Pontifex, 22 January 2022
• “Let us ask the Lord for the strength to turn off the television and open the Bible, to turn off our cell phone and open the Gospel. It will make us feel God’s closeness to us and fill us with courage as we make our way through life. #WordOfGod” @Pontifex, 22 January 2022
• “I am following with concern the increase of tensions that threaten to inflict a new blow to peace in Ukraine and call into question the security of the European Continent. Therefore, I propose that next Wednesday, 26 January be a day of prayer for peace.” @Pontifex, 23 January 2022
• “The Word of God is the beacon that guides the synodal journey that has begun throughout the Church. As we strive to listen to each other, with attention and discernment, let us listen together to the Word of God and the Holy Spirit. #Synod” @Pontifex, 23 January 2022
• “By the power of the Holy Spirit, the Word of God has come to dwell among us and it desires to continue to dwell in our midst, in order to fulfil our expectations and to heal our wounds. #SundayoftheWord Homily” @Pontifex, 23 January 2022
• “The word of God nurtures and renews faith: let us put it back at the centre of our prayer and our spiritual life! #SundayoftheWord” @Pontifex, 23 January 2022
• “At the heart of the life of God’s holy people and our journey of faith are not ourselves and our own words. At its heart is God and his word. #SundayoftheWord” @Pontifex, 23 January 2022
• “It is only by paying attention to whom we listen, to what we listen, and to how we listen that we can grow in the art of communicating, the heart of which is not a theory or a technique, but the openness of heart that makes closeness posible. #WCD Message” @Pontifex, 24 January 2022
• “We have set out on a journey led by God’s kindly light that dissipates the darkness of division and directs our journey towards unity. The world needs God’s light, and that light shines only in love, in communion and in fraternity.” @Pontifex, 24 January 2022
• “Let us progress together in seeking God boldly and in concrete ways. Let us keep our gaze ever fixed on Christ (Heb 12.2) and remain close to one another in #prayer. #ChristianUnity” @Pontifex, 25 January 2022
• “Like Saul before his encounter with Christ, we need to change course, to invert the route of our habits and our ways, in order to find the path that the Lord points out to us: the path of humility, fraternity and adoration. #ChristianUnity” @Pontifex, 25 January 2022
• “O Lord, grant us the courage to change course, to be converted, to follow your will and not our own; to go forward together, towards you, who by your Spirit wish to make us one. #ChristianUnity Homily” @Pontifex, 25 January 2022
• “Today I ask you to pray for peace in #Ukraine: Let us ask the Lord to grant that the country may grow in the spirit of brotherhood, and that divisions will be overcome. May the prayers that today rise up to heaven touch the minds and hearts of world leaders.” @Pontifex, 26 January 2022

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This version of The Weekly Francis covers material released in the last week from 6 January 2022 to 19 January 2022.

Angelus

• 16 January 2022 – Angelus

General Audiences

• 19 January 2022 – General Audience – Catechesis on Saint Joseph’ 8. Saint Joseph, father in tenderness

Homilies

• 9 January 2022 – Feast of the Baptism of the Lord

Messages

• 6 January 2022 – Message of the Holy Father Francis for the 625th anniversary of the Theological Faculty of the Pontifical John Paul II University in Krakow

Speeches

• 13 January 2022 – To the Delegation of the French Catholic Action Movement
• 17 January 2022 – To the Ecumenical Delegation from Finland
• 17 January 2022 – To the Delegation of the Custody of The Holy Land on the Centenary of the journal ‘La Terra Santa’

Papal Tweets

• “We are living in a difficult time, many people are facing difficulties and suffering. In a time like this, we need someone who can encourage us, help us, inspire us. Saint Joseph is a bright witness in dark times. Let us turn to him to find our way again.vaticannews.va Parents who face challenges for their children’s sake are heroes – Vatican NewsPope Francis’ interview with Vatican Media on being parents in the time of Covid and the witness of Saint Joseph, an example of strength and …” @Pontifex, 13 January 2022
• “Even if all human doors were barred, God’s door is open. #Prayer” @Pontifex, 14 January 2022
• “Lack of charity causes unhappiness, because love alone satisfies the human heart.” @Pontifex, 15 January 2022
• “Let us #PrayTogether for the people hit by strong rain and flooding in various regions of Brazil during these past weeks, especially for the victims and their families, and for those who have lost their homes.” @Pontifex, 16 January 2022
• “The first sign Jesus accomplished was not an extraordinary healing or something prodigious in the temple of Jerusalem, but an action that responded to a simple and concrete need of common people. This is how God loves to act. #GospelOfTheDay (Jn 2:1–11)” @Pontifex, 16 January 2022
• “It is love that transforms: ordinary things become extraordinary when they are done with love.” @Pontifex, 17 January 2022
• “Like the Magi who came from the East to Bethlehem to honour the Messianic King, we Christians are also pilgrims on the way toward full unity, in the diversity of our confessions and traditions. Let us #PrayTogether and keep our eyes fixed on Jesus, our only Lord. #ChristianUnity” @Pontifex, 18 January 2022
• “Tenderness is not a question of emotion or sentiment: it is the experience of feeling loved and welcomed even in our poverty and misery, and thus transformed by God’s love. #GeneralAudience” @Pontifex, 19 January 2022
• “Today let us #PrayTogether for those who are in prison. May God’s tenderness reach them in their journey of reparation and return to society, and bring forth in each of us a strong desire for conversion. #GeneralAudience” @Pontifex, 19 January 2022
• “Let us #PrayTogether for the people of the islands of Tonga, who were struck in recent days by a volcanic eruption that has caused enormous material damage. We ask the Lord to relieve the suffering of these brothers and sisters.” @Pontifex, 19 January 2022

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This version of The Weekly Francis covers material released in the last week from 10 December 2021 to 12 January 2022.

Angelus

• 9 January 2022 – Angelus, Feast of the Baptism of the Lord

General Audiences

• 12 January 2022 – General Audience, Catechesis on Saint Joseph’ 7. Saint Joseph the Carpenter

Messages

• 10 December 2021 – 30th World Day of the Sick 2022

Speeches

• 7 January 2022 – To a Delegation of French Catholic entrepreneurs
• 8 January 2022 – To Members of the Saints Peter and Paul Association
• 10 January 2022 – To the Diplomatic Corps accredited to the Holy See

Papal Tweets

• “The Lord works wonders with those who are lowly, with those who do not believe that they are great but who give ample space to God in their life. He extends His mercy to those who trust in Him, and raises up the humble.” @Pontifex, 8 January 2022
• “Today’s Gospel shows us the #BaptismOfJesus. He who is the Son of God, the Messiah goes to the Jordan River to be baptized. He lines up with the sinners, He shares our plight, He goes down into the river and at the same time into the wounded history of humanity to heal it.” @Pontifex, 9 January 2022
• “When we pray, the Father says to us, as he does to Jesus in the #GospelOfTheDay: “You are my beloved child” (Lk 3:22). Being God’s children began on the day of our Baptism, which immersed us in Christ and we became beloved children of the Father. #BaptismOfJesus” @Pontifex, 9 January 2022
• “We belong to Christ, we are joined to him through Baptism; His presence is in us, His light is in us, His life is in us. Let us therefore walk joyfully in hope sustained by his Word: it is the Word of life. #BaptismOfTheLord” @Pontifex, 9 January 2022
• “#LetUsPray for the victims of the protests that have broken out in recent days in Kazakhstan and for their families. I hope that social harmony will be restored as soon as possible through the search for dialogue, justice and the common good.” @Pontifex, 9 January 2022
• “The prophet Jeremiah tells us that God has “plans for our welfare and not for evil, to give us a future and a hope” (29:11). We should be unafraid, then, to make room for peace in our lives by cultivating dialogue and fraternity among one another.” @Pontifex, 10 January 2022
• “The issue of migration, together with the pandemic and climate change, has clearly demonstrated that we cannot be saved alone and by ourselves: the great challenges of our time are all global. Speech” @Pontifex, 10 January 2022
• “Sometimes, looking at our lives, we see only the things we lack and forget the talents we possess. Yet God gave them to us because He trusts us and asks us to make the most of the present moment, not yearning for the past, but waiting industriously for His return.” @Pontifex, 11 January 2022
• “At times due to the pandemic, many people experience the ordeal of not having a job that allows them to live tranquilly. Often they become so desperate that it drives them to the point of losing all hope and the desire to live. Let us #PrayTogether for them.” @Pontifex, 12 January 2022

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