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“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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The Weekly Francis – 27 December 2022

This version of The Weekly Francis covers material released in the last week, from 24 December 2022 to 27 December 2022.

Angelus

26 December 2022 – Angelus, Feast of St. Stephen Protomartyr

Homilies

24 December 2022 – Holy Mass on the Solemnity of the Nativity of the Lord

Messages

25 December 2022 – ‘Urbi et Orbi’ – Christmas 2022

Papal Tweets

“And if we truly want to celebrate #Christmas, let us rediscover awe before a God who becomes little, who is not born in splendour, but in the poverty of a stable. To meet Him, we must go where He is. We must lower ourselves, make ourselves little.” @Pontifex, 24 December 2022
“Tonight, God draws near to you because you are important to him. From the manger, as food for your life, He tells you: “If you feel consumed by events, if you are devoured by a sense of guilt and inadequacy, if you hunger for justice, I am with you. #Christmas” @Pontifex, 24 December 2022
“Jesus asks us to go to the bare reality of things, to lay down all our excuses, our justifications and our hypocrisies at the feet of the manger. He whom Mary tenderly wrapped in swaddling wants us to be clothed in love. #Christmas” @Pontifex, 24 December 2022
“In Jesus, God makes us His children and nourishes us with His tenderness. He comes to touch our hearts and to tell us that love is the only force that changes the course of history. #Christmas https://t.co/sylnCelAaf Event” @Pontifex, 24 December 2022
“Bethlehem shows us God’s simplicity, who reveals himself to those with pure and open hearts. Let’s allow ourselves to be moved by God’s love who became man for our salvation. Let’s follow Jesus who stripped himself of his glory so we could share in his fullness. Merry Christmas!” @Pontifex, 25 December 2022
“If we want it to be #Christmas, the Birth of Jesus and of peace, let us look at the face of the Child who is born for us! And in that small, innocent face, let us recognize the faces of all those children who long for #peace in every part of the world. sijXbyhS Event” @Pontifex, 25 December 2022
“Let us see the faces of our brothers and sisters in #Ukraine who are experiencing this #Christmas in the dark and cold, far from their own homes, because of the war. May the Lord enlighten the minds of those who have the power to put an immediate end to this senseless war!” @Pontifex, 25 December 2022
“In these times people are living through conflicts in Syria, the Holy Land, Lebanon, the Sahel, Yemen… May the Lord lead these regions toward #peace and bring reconciliation to the American continent, to Myanmar and to Iran so that all bloodshed might cease.” @Pontifex, 25 December 2022
“Today as then, Jesus comes into a world that does not welcome him (cf. Jn 1:11), that rather rejects or ignores him, as we do so often with foreigners and with the poor. Let’s not forget the refugees, the marginalized, people who are alone, orphans and the elderly, prisoners.” @Pontifex, 25 December 2022
“Let us ask the newborn Jesus for the newness of a heart capable of forgiveness: the strength to pray for those who have hurt us and to take steps of openness and reconciliation. #Christmas” @Pontifex, 26 December 2022
“I reiterate my wish for #peace: peace in families, peace in parish and religious communities, peace in movements and associations, peace for those peoples tormented by war, peace for the dear and embattled Ukraine.” @Pontifex, 26 December 2022
“#Prayer is the best way to say thank you to Jesus who wamts to enter into our homes and into our hearts. #Christmas” @Pontifex, 27 December 2022

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The Weekly Francis – 19 April 2017

This version of The Weekly Francis covers material released in the last week from 3 March 2017 to 19 April 2017.

Note: There are several General Audiences that have not yet been translated into English.

Angelus

Daily Homilies (fervorinos)

General Audiences

29 March 2017

Homilies

Letters

28 March 2017 – Letter sent by Cardinal Parolin, Secretary of State, on behalf of the Holy Father to the 10th Forum for the Future of Agriculture [Brussels, 28 March 2017] – 28 March 2017

Messages

16 April 2017 – “Urbi et Orbi” – Easter 2017

Prayers

8 April 2017 – Prayer for young people in view of the forthcoming Synod of Bishops 2018

Speeches

Papal Tweets

“Hope helps believers to be open to the surprises God has in store for us.” @Pontifex 6 April 2017
“Lent is a period of repentance aimed at enabling ourselves to rise with Christ, to renew our baptismal identity.” @Pontifex 7 April 2017
“Dear young friends, don’t be afraid to say “yes” to Jesus with all your heart, to respond generously and to follow him!” @Pontifex 8 April 2017
“O Cross of Christ, inspire in us a desire for God, for goodness and for light.” @Pontifex 9 April 2017
“During this Holy Week let us focus our gaze on Jesus and ask for the grace to better understand the mystery of his sacrifice for our sake.” @Pontifex 10 April 2017
“Jesus comes to save us; we are called to choose his way: the way of service, of giving, of forgetfulness of ourselves.” @Pontifex 11 April 2017
“While the mystery of evil is profound, the reality of God’s Love poured out through Jesus is infinite and victorious.” @Pontifex 12 April 2017
“It is good for us to break out of our set ways, because it is proper to the Heart of God to overflow with tenderness, with ever more to give” @Pontifex 13 April 2017
“O Cross of Christ, teach us that the rising of the sun is more powerful than the darkness of night, and God’s eternal love wins always.” @Pontifex 14 April 2017
“Today is the celebration of our hope, the celebration of this truth: nothing and no one will ever be able to separate us from God’s love.” @Pontifex 15 April 2017
“Happy Easter! May you bring to all the joy and hope of the Risen Christ!” @Pontifex 16 April 2017
“Yes, we are sure of it: Christ indeed from death is risen!” @Pontifex 17 April 2017
“During this week of Easter it would do us good every day to read a passage from the Gospel which speaks of the Resurrection of Christ.” @Pontifex 18 April 2017
“Let us meditate with wonder and gratitude on the great mystery of the Lord’s Resurrection.” @Pontifex 19 April 2017

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