The Weekly Francis – 5 April 2022

This version of The Weekly Francis covers material released in the last week from 30 March 2022 to 5 April 2022.

Angelus

General Audiences

Homilies

Prayers

Speeches

Papal Tweets

  • “The elderly can teach the younger generations how to trust in God, how to be merciful, and how to pray fervently not only in good times, but especially in difficult ones. #BlessingOfTime @PontAcadLife @LaityFamilyLife” @Pontifex, 30 March 2022
  • “If prayer is real, it necessarily bears fruit in charity. And charity sets us free from the worst form of enslavement, which is slavery to self. Lenten charity brings us back to what is essential, to the deep joy to be found in giving. #Lent” @Pontifex, 31 March 2022
  • “Tomorrow I will go to #Malta on an #ApostolicJourney in the footsteps of the Apostle Paul. It will be an opportunity to know at first hand a Christian community with a millennia-old history. I ask every one of you to accompany me in prayer. Thank you!” @Pontifex, 1 April 2022
  • “I feel shame for the role that a number of Catholics with educational responsibilities have had in the abuse and lack of respect for the identity, culture and spiritual values of the Indigenous Peoples in Canada. All these things are contrary to the Gospel of Jesus Christ.” @Pontifex, 1 April 2022
  • “Listening to the voices of the brothers and sisters of the Indigenous Peoples of Canada, I heard the suffering, hardship, discrimination and various forms of abuse experienced, particularly in the residential schools. I bear these stories with great sorrow in my heart.” @Pontifex, 1 April 2022
  • “Let’s not view the migrant as a threat. Others are not a virus to protect ourselves from, but people to be welcomed. Certainly, hospitality requires renunciations. Yet every sacrifice, every renunciation made for a greater good, for life of another who is God’s treasure, is holy!” @Pontifex, 2 April 2022
  • “We have been saved by the same blood, we are one family, so let us welcome each other, love each another, heal each other’s wounds. Let us be a “synod”, in other words, “journey together”. For God is present wherever love reigns! #ApostolicJourney” @Pontifex, 2 April 2022
  • “Fraternal love and the welcome we show our neighbor is so important in the Church! The Lord reminds us of this on the cross in entrusting Mary and John to each other’s care. He urges the Christian community of every age not to lose sight of this priority. #ApostolicJourney” @Pontifex, 2 April 2022
  • “Saint Paul unexpectedly came to #Malta’s coast and found ready assistance. He was a man in need of assistance. In the name of the Gospel that he lived and preached, let us open our hearts and rediscover the beauty of serving our neighbours in need! #ApostolicJourney” @Pontifex, 2 April 2022
  • “Let’s hear people’s thirst for #peace and go back to international peace conferences gatherings where the central theme is disarmament! May the enormous funds that continue to be destined to weapons be diverted to development, health care and nutrition. #ApostolicJourney #Malta” @Pontifex, 2 April 2022
  • “The growing migration emergency – here we can think of the refugees from war-torn Ukraine – calls for a broad-based and shared response. Some countries cannot respond to the entire problem, while others remain indifferent onlookers! #ApostolicJourney #Malta” @Pontifex, 2 April 2022
  • “The Mediterranean needs co-responsibility on the part of Europe, in order to become a new theatre of solidarity and not the harbinger of a tragic shipwreck of civilization. #ApostolicJourney #Malta” @Pontifex, 2 April 2022
  • “This is the #Gospel we are called to live: to welcome others, to be experts in humanity and to light fires of tender love when the coldness of life engulfs those who suffer. #AposolicJourney #Malta” @Pontifex, 2 April 2022
  • “The tender love of mothers, who give life to the world, and the presence of women are the true alternative to the baneful logic of power that leads to war. We need compassion and care, not ideologies fueled by words of hatred. #ApostolicJourney” @Pontifex, 2 April 2022
  • “Once again, some potentate is provoking and fomenting conflicts, ordinary people sense the need to build a future that, will either be shared, or will not be at all. Now in the night of the war, let us not allow the dream of #peace to fade! #ApostolicJourney #Malta” @Pontifex, 2 April 2022
  • “Today is the World #Autism Awareness Day. Let us walk together with people with autism, not only for them, but above all with them!” @Pontifex, 2 April 2022
  • “Let us respond to the challenge of migrants and refugees with humanity, lighting fires of fraternity around which people can warm themselves, get up again and rediscover hope. Let us strengthen the fabric of social friendship and the culture of encounter!” @Pontifex, 3 April 2022
  • “We listen to the stifled plea of millions of migrants whose fundamental rights are violated, sadly at times with the complicity of the competent authorities. They are not statistics, but flesh and blood people with faces and dreams, dreams that are sometimes dashed.” @Pontifex, 3 April 2022
  • “Thousands of people have been forced to flee Ukraine because of war. Many others have also had to leave their own lands in Asia, Africa and the Americas. All of them are in my thoughts and prayers. #Apostolic Journey #Malta” @Pontifex, 3 April 2022
  • “Pour out upon us your Holy Spirit and grant us a new heart capable of hearing the pleas of our brothers and sisters who have lost the warmth of their homes and homeland. Grant that we may give them hope through our humanitarian deeds. Amen. #PrayTogether” @Pontifex, 3 April 2022
  • “I thank all those who worked hard to prepare this #ApostolicJourney and the citizens of #Malta for your welcome. I will remember the luminous face of Malta! You are a treasure in the Church and for the Church. Do not forget: the joy of the Church is to evangelize.” @Pontifex, 3 April 2022
  • “To save ourselves from this shipwreck which brings the risk of sinking the ship of civilization, we must conduct ourselves with humanity, regarding people not merely as numbers, but for what they really are: brothers and sisters. #migrants #Apostolic Journey #Malta” @Pontifex, 3 April 2022
  • “Let us #PrayTogether for #peace, thinking of the humanitarian tragedy in war-torn #Ukraine, which continues to be bombarded. Let us not tire of praying and offering assistance to those who suffer! #ApostolicJourney #Malta” @Pontifex, 3 April 2022
  • “Those who believe they are upholding the faith by pointing their finger at others may have a certain “religiosity”, but they have not embraced the spirit of the Gospel, for they disregard mercy, which is the heart of God. #GospelOfTheDay (Jn 8:1–11)” @Pontifex, 3 April 2022
  • “The Lord wants that we, his disciples, forgiven by Him, become tireless witnesses of reconciliation, of a God who always forgives and gives us the chance to live a new and different life under the banner of mercy. #ApostolicJourney #Malta” @Pontifex, 3 April 2022
  • “The logic of war has imposed itself yet again because we are no longer used to thinking with the logic of peace. We are stubborn, we are in love with war, with the spirit of Cain. #Peace #Ukraine” @Pontifex, 4 April 2022
  • “Знову нав’язалася логіка війни, бо ми вже більше не звикли мислити згідно з логікою миру. Ми вперті, ми закохані у війни, в дух Каїна. #Мир #Україна” @Pontifex, 4 April 2022
  • “Логика войны была снова навязана, потому что мы отвыкли мыслить согласно логике мира. Мы упрямы, мы влюблены в войны, в дух Каина. #Мир #Украина” @Pontifex, 4 April 2022
  • “We need to cry over their tombs. Don’t our youth matter? I am grieved by what is happening today. We never learn. May the Lord have mercy on us, on all of us. Every one of us are guilty! #Peace #Ukraine” @Pontifex, 4 April 2022
  • “На могилах потрібно плакати. Молодь не береться до уваги? Я засмучений тим, що сьогодні відбувається. Ми не вчимося. Нехай же Господь буде милостивий з нами, з нами всіма. Всі ми винні! #Мир #Україна” @Pontifex, 4 April 2022
  • “Нужно плакать над могилами. Неужели нам безразлична молодежь? Мне горько оттого, что происходит сегодня. Мы ничему не учимся. Да смилуется над всеми нами Господь. Вина – на каждом из нас. #Мир #Украина” @Pontifex, 4 April 2022
  • “In this season of conversion, sustained by God’s grace and by the communion of the Church, let us not grow tired of doing good. The soil is prepared by fasting, watered by prayer and enriched by charity. #Lent” @Pontifex, 5 April 2022
  • “Let us #PrayTogether for health care workers who serve the sick and the elderly, especially in the poorest countries. May they be adequately supported by governments and local communities. #PrayerIntention Video@Pontifex, 5 April 2022

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The Weekly Francis – 29 March 2022

This version of The Weekly Francis covers material released in the last week from 18 March 2022 to 29 March 2022.

Angelus

General Audiences

Homilies

Letters

Messages

Prayers

Speeches

Papal Tweets

  • “Let us ask the Lord of life to deliver us from war. Everything is lost with war. There is no victory in a war. May the Lord send His Spirit to make us understand that war is a defeat of humanity. #PrayTogether #Peace” @Pontifex, 23 March 2022
  • “#МолимсяВместе также о том, дабы правители осознали, что покупка и производство оружия не является решением проблемы. Решение заключается в совместных трудах во имя #мира. #Мир” @Pontifex, 23 March 2022
  • “#МолімосяРазом також і за те, щоби правителі зрозуміли, що вирішенням проблем не є закупівля та виготовлення зброї. Вирішенням є разом трудитися на користь #миру.” @Pontifex, 23 March 2022
  • “Let us #PrayTogether for government leaders, that they might understand that buying and making weapons is not the solution to the problem. The solution is to work together for #peace.” @Pontifex, 23 March 2022
  • “Попросим у Господа жизни избавить нас от войны. С войной всё потеряно, в войне не бывает победы. Да ниспошлёт Господь Своего Духа и да поможет нам понять, что война – это поражение человечества. #МолимсяВместе #Мир” @Pontifex, 23 March 2022
  • “The elderly enter the promised land, which God desires for every generation, when they offer to the young the beautiful initiation of their witness. Then, guided by the Lord Jesus, the old and the young together enter into His Kingdom of life and love. #BlessingOfTime” @Pontifex, 23 March 2022
  • “Просімо у Господа життя, щоби визволив нас від війни. З війною все втрачається; у війні немає перемоги. Нехай же Господь пошле Свого Духа і дасть нам зрозуміти, що війна – це поразка людства. #МолімосяРазом #Мир” @Pontifex, 23 March 2022
  • “Let us prepare ourselves to live a day of prayer on the Solemnity of the Annunciation, asking the Mother of God to lift up the hearts of those who are afflicted by the cruelty of war. May the Act of Consecration to her Immaculate Heart bring #peace to the world.” @Pontifex, 24 March 2022
  • “Подготовимся ко дню молитвы в торжество Благовещения, испрашивая у Божьей Матери сердечного утешения для всех, кто сокрушен жестокостью войны. Акт посвящения Её Непорочному Сердцу да принесёт #мир всему миру.” @Pontifex, 24 March 2022
  • “Приготуймося пережити день молитви в урочистість Благовіщення, просячи, щоби Божа Мати підбадьорила серця пригнічених жорстокістю війни. Нехай же акт посвячення Її Непорочному Серцю принесе світові #мир.” @Pontifex, 24 March 2022
  • “We consecrate ourselves to the #ImmaculateHeart of Mary in order to be fully at the disposal of God’s plans. May she now take our own journey into her hands: may she guide us through the steep and arduous paths of fraternity and dialogue, along the way of #peace.” @Pontifex, 25 March 2022
  • “Если мы хотим, чтобы мир изменился, сначала должны измениться наши сердца. Воззрим на Непорочное Сердце Марии: с ней Господь смог начать новую историю спасения и мира. Бог изменил историю, постучавшись в сердце Марии. #НепорочноеСердце” @Pontifex, 25 March 2022
  • “The Consecration to the #ImmaculateHeart of Mary is an act of complete trust as children who, amid tribulation turn to their Mother, entrusting themselves to her, placing in that pure and undefiled Heart all that we have and are, so that she may protect us and watch over us.” @Pontifex, 25 March 2022
  • “Посвячення #НепорочномуСерцюМарії є жестом повного ввірення дітей, що в скорботі прибігають до Матері, віддаючи Їй себе самих. Це означає віддати тому чистому Серцю все, що маємо і чим ми є, щоб саме Вона нас захищала й оберігала.” @Pontifex, 25 March 2022
  • “Посвящение Непорочному Сердцу Марии – это жест всецелого доверия детей, которые прибегают к Матери, вверяя ей самих себя. Это означает поместить в её пречистое сердце всё, что мы имеем, и всё, чем мы являемся, дабы она защищала нас и хранила. #НепорочноеСердце” @Pontifex, 25 March 2022
  • “If we want the world to change, then our hearts must change first. Let us look to the #ImmaculateHeart of Mary. God was able to begin a new story of salvation and peace with her. God changed history by knocking at the door of Mary’s Heart.” @Pontifex, 25 March 2022
  • “Якщо ми хочемо, щоб світ змінився, спочатку повинно змінитися наше серце. Погляньмо на #НепорочнеСерцеМарії: через Неї Бог зміг розпочати нову історію спасіння та миру. Бог змінив історію, постукавши в Серце Марії.” @Pontifex, 25 March 2022
  • “Мы посвящаем себя Непорочному Сердцу Марии, чтобы полностью отдать себя в распоряжение Божьих планов. Пусть Матерь Божья возьмёт в свои руки наше паломничество: да поведёт его непростыми и утомительными тропинками братства и диалога в направлении мира. #НепорочноеСердце #мир” @Pontifex, 25 March 2022
  • “#PrayTogether #Ukraine #Peace Xi Prayer Image@Pontifex, 25 March 2022
  • “#МолімосяРазом #Україна #Мир N Vatican Image@Pontifex, 25 March 2022
  • “#МолимсяВместе #Украина #Мир Vatican Image@Pontifex, 25 March 2022
  • “Ми присвячуємо себе #НепорочномуСерцюМарії, щоб повністю віддати себе Божим задумам. Нехай же Пресвята Богородиця сьогодні візьме нас за руку на нашому шляху: нехай провадить нас на стрімких та виснажливих стежках братерства та діалогу, на шляху #миру.” @Pontifex, 25 March 2022
  • “Одно лишь Божье прощение в силах истребить зло, погасить обиду, возвратить мир в сердце. Вернемся же к Богу, к Его прощению! D Event@Pontifex, 25 March 2022
  • “Марии, Матери Искупителя, вверяем вопль о мире народов, угнетенных войной и насилием, дабы мужество диалога и примирения возобладало над искушениями мести, высокомерия, коррупции. #БлаговещениеГосподне” @Pontifex, 25 March 2022
  • “Only God’s forgiveness eliminates evil, disarms resentment, restores peace to our hearts. Let us return to God and to his forgiveness! https://t.co/yIKVVMLJpd Event@Pontifex, 25 March 2022
  • “Приглашаю всех верных присоединиться ко мне сегодня в 17.00 (по римскому времени) во время совершения Акта посвящения всего человечества, в особенности России и Украины, Непорочному Сердцу Марии. #МолимсяВместе ZEW YouTube Image@Pontifex, 25 March 2022
  • “Запрошую всіх вірних єднатися зі мною сьогодні о 17:00 римського часу в урочистому Акті посвячення людства, й особливо, Росії та України, Непорочному Серцю Марії. #МолімосяРазом k YouTube Image@Pontifex, 25 March 2022
  • “I invite all the faithful to join me to day at 5:00pm (Rome time) to perform a solemn Act of Consecration of humanity, especially of Russia and Ukraine, to the Immaculate Heart of Mary. #PrayTogether py https://t.co/COztLtbKge YouTube Image@Pontifex, 25 March 2022
  • “Марії, Матері Відкупителя, ввіряємо благання про мир, яке підносять народи, гноблені війною і насильством, аби мужність діалогу та примирення перевищили спокуси помсти, деспотизму й корупції. #Благовіщення” @Pontifex, 25 March 2022
  • “To Mary, the Mother of the Redeemer, we entrust our cry for peace for the people who are oppressed by war and violence so that the courage of dialogue and reconciliation might prevail over the temptation to revenge, tyranny and corruption. #AnnunciationOfTheLord” @Pontifex, 25 March 2022
  • “Боже прощення – це єдине, що викреслює зло, знешкоджує образу, повертає мир у серце. Повернімося до Бога, до Його прощення! D Event@Pontifex, 25 March 2022
  • “#МолимсяВместе #Мир #НепорочноеСердце PYrhbpVh Video@Pontifex, 26 March 2022
  • “#МолімосяРазом #Мир #НепорочномуСерцюМарії g Video@Pontifex, 26 March 2022
  • “#PrayTogether #Peace #ImmaculateHeart Lm Video@Pontifex, 26 March 2022
  • “#МолимсяВместе #Украина #Мир https://t.co/eAzfqSTyNM Image@Pontifex, 26 March 2022
  • “#МолімосяРазом #Україна #Мир Q Image@Pontifex, 26 March 2022
  • “#PrayTogether #Ukraine #Peace q Image@Pontifex, 26 March 2022
  • “Кожен день війни погіршує ситуацію для всіх. Тому знову звертаються із закликом: досить, потрібно зупинитися, нехай змовкне зброя, нехай ведуться серйозні переговори задля миру!” @Pontifex, 27 March 2022
  • “Ми не повинні звикати до війни! Ми повинні, натомість, перетворити сьогоднішнє обурення на завтрашнє зобов’язання. Бо якщо з цієї історії ми вийдемо такими самими, якими були перед тим, то всі, певним чином, будемо винними.” @Pontifex, 27 March 2022
  • “Перед обличчям небезпеки самознищення, людство повинно усвідомити, що настав час скасувати війну, стерти її з людської історії, перш ніж вона викреслить з історії людину. Кожен політичний лідер замислитися і візьме на себе зобов’язання щодо цього!” @Pontifex, 27 March 2022
  • “We need to reject war, a place of death where fathers and mothers bury their children, where men kill their brothers and sisters without even having seen them, where the powerful decide and the poor die.” @Pontifex, 27 March 2022
  • “Every war worsens everyone’s situation. Therefore, I renew my appeal: Enough. Stop it. Silence the weapons. Move seriously toward peace!” @Pontifex, 27 March 2022
  • “We should not accustom ourselves to war. Instead, we need to convert today’s anger into a commitment for tomorrow, because if, after what is happening, we remain like we were before, we will all be guilty in some way.” @Pontifex, 27 March 2022
  • “Before the danger of self-destruction, may humanity understand that the moment has come to abolish war, to erase it from human history before it erases human history. May every political leader reflect and dedicate themselves to this!” @Pontifex, 27 March 2022
  • “Війна нищить не лише теперішнє, але й майбутнє. Від початку агресії проти України кожна друга дитина стала біженцем. Це нищить майбутнє, завдає болючі травми найменшим і невинним. В цьому – звірство війни, що є варварською і святотатською дією!” @Pontifex, 27 March 2022
  • “War doesn’t devastate only the present but the future too. From the start of the aggression in Ukraine 1 of every 2 children has been displaced. This destroys the future, traumatizing the smallest and most innocent. This is the bestiality of war, a barbarous and sacrilegious act!” @Pontifex, 27 March 2022
  • “Потрібно відкинути війну, яка є місцем смерті, де батьки і матері хоронять своїх дітей, де люди вбивають братів, навіть не бачивши їх, де могутні приймають рішення, а вмирають убогі.” @Pontifex, 27 March 2022
  • “Перед лицом опасности самоуничтожения человечество обязано понять, что пришёл момент упразднить войну, стереть её из истории человечества, пока она не стёрла человека из истории. Я прошу каждого политического лидера задуматься над этим и взять на себя обязательства.” @Pontifex, 27 March 2022
  • “Война не может быть чем-то неизбежным: к ней нельзя привыкать. Напротив, мы должны превратить сегодняшнее возмущение в старание о завтрашнем дне. Ибо если мы выйдем из этой ситуации такими же как прежде, то вина каким-то образом ляжет на каждого.” @Pontifex, 27 March 2022
  • “Я читал, что с начала агрессии каждый второй украинский ребёнок покинул страну как беженец. Это означает разрушать будущее, наносить драматические травмы самым маленьким и невинным среди нас. Таков зверский облик войны, варварского и кощунственного злодеяния!” @Pontifex, 27 March 2022
  • “Необходимо отвергнуть войну – место смерти, где отцы и матери хоронят детей; где люди убивают своих братьев, даже не видя их; где сильные мира сего принимают решения, а бедные умирают.” @Pontifex, 27 March 2022
  • “Two years ago in this piazza, we lifted up our plea for the end of the pandemic. Today, we have done so for an end to the war in #Ukraine. #PrayTogether #Peace https://t.co/UiBrOuIagl YouTube@Pontifex, 27 March 2022
  • “Два роки тому з цієї площі ми підносили благання про завершення пандемії. Сьогодні ми це зробити за завершення війни в #Україні. #МолімосяРазом #Мир
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  • “#МолимсяВместе #Украина #Мир l YouTube@Pontifex, 27 March 2022
  • “Those who have make mistakes often feel reproached in their own hearts. Distance, indifference and harsh words do not help. Therefore, like the Father, it is necessary to offer them a warm welcome that encourages them to go ahead. #GospelOfTheDay (Lk 15:11–32)” @Pontifex, 27 March 2022
  • “каждый день войны ухудшает ситуацию для всех. Поэтому я вновь обращаюсь с призывом: хватит, остановитесь, да умолкнет оружие, займитесь всерьёз делом мира!” @Pontifex, 27 March 2022
  • “Let us #PrayTogether untiringly to the Queen of Peace, to whom we consecrated humanity, in particular Russia and Ukraine, with such a large and intense participation for which I thank all of you.” @Pontifex, 28 March 2022
  • “Будем молиться снова, не уставая, Царице Мира, которой мы посвятили человечество, особенно Россию и Украину, с широким и интенсивным участием, за которое я благодарю всех вас. #Помолимсяместе” @Pontifex, 28 March 2022
  • “#МолімосяРазом, не втомлюючись, до Цариці миру, Якій ми посвятили людство, а зокрема Росію та Україну, за великої та активної участі вірних, за що дякую вам усім.” @Pontifex, 28 March 2022
  • “#Lent invites us to conversion, to a change in mindset, so that life’s truth and beauty may be found not so much in possessing as in giving, not so much in accumulating as in sowing and sharing goodness.” @Pontifex, 29 March 2022

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The Weekly Francis – 22 March 2022

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

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  • [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

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  • “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

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The Weekly Francis – 15 March 2022

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

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  • “#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

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The Weekly Francis – 8 March 2022

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

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  • “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

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The Weekly Francis – 1 March 2022

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

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  • “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

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The Weekly Francis – 22 February 2022

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

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  • “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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The Weekly Francis – 9 February 2022

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

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  • “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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The Weekly Francis – 2 February 2022

This version of The Weekly Francis covers material released in the last week from 21 January 2022 to 2 February 2022.

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  • “Today is International Holocaust Remembrance Day. It is necessary to foster in the new generations an awareness of the horror of this black page of history, so that we can build a future where human dignity is no longer trampled underfoot.” @Pontifex, 27 January 2022
  • “Consistent #prayer produces progressive transformation, makes us strong in times of tribulation, gives us the grace to be supported by Him who loves us and always protects us.” @Pontifex, 28 January 2022
  • “Do not judge, Christ tells us. How many times do we not only pass along gossip or rumours, but consider ourselves justified when we are harsh in our judgement of others. We can be indulgent with ourselves, but inflexible with others.” @Pontifex, 29 January 2022
  • “Jesus goes the way of the prophets: he presents himself as we would not expect.He is not found by those who seek miracles, new sensations, a faith made up of power and external signs.He is found instead by those who accept his ways and his challenges. #GospelOfTheDay (Lk 4:21–30)” @Pontifex, 30 January 2022
  • “On World Leprosy Day #LetsPrayTogether for those who suffer from this disease, that they may never lack spiritual support and health assistance. It is necessary to work together for their full integration.” @Pontifex, 30 January 2022
  • “Saint John Bosco, father and teacher of the young, did not shut himself up in the sacristy. He went out into the streets to look for young people, with the creativity that was his hallmark.” @Pontifex, 31 January 2022
  • “Faith is not water that extinguishes flames, it is fire that burns; it is not a tranquilizer for people under stress, it is a love story for people in love! That is why Jesus above all else detests lukewarmness (cf. Rev 3:16).” @Pontifex, 31 January 2022
  • “Today the Lunar New Year will be celebrated in the Far East. I hope that in the New Year everyone may enjoy peace, health and a peaceful and secure life.” @Pontifex, 1 February 2022
  • “Sincere and humble worship of God bears fruit not in discrimination, hatred and violence, but in respect for the sacredness of life, respect for the dignity and freedom of others, and loving commitment to the welfare of all. #WIWH #FratelliTutti” @Pontifex, 1 February 2022
  • “Let us #PrayTogether for religious sisters and consecrated women, thanking them for their mission and their courage; may they continue to find new responses to the challenges of our times. #PrayerIntention” @Pontifex, 1 February 2022
  • “Today is not so much the time for persuasive and convincing discourses; it is above all the time for witness because, while apologia divides, the beauty of life attracts. Be witnesses who attract!” @Pontifex, 2 February 2022
  • “On the feast of the #PresentationOfTheLord in the temple, we present ourselves to God with purified spirits, so that our eyes might see the light of salvation and we might thus bring it to the entire world, as the Saints did.” @Pontifex, 2 February 2022
  • “The saints are friends with whom we can grow in friendship. We all need friends who can help us deal with life. This is the trust which enlivens us when we turn to the saints in the decisive moments of our lives. #GeneralAudience” @Pontifex, 2 February 2022
  • “We painfully witness the violence bloodying #Myanmar. I join in the appeal of Myanmar’s Bishops urging the international community to work toward reconciliation between the interested parties. Let us #PrayTogether entrusting to God our efforts for peace.” @Pontifex, 2 February 2022
  • “You are in the world to witness that it is beloved and blessed by God. You are consecrated for the world, which awaits your testimony to achieve a freedom that gives joy, nourishes hope, and prepares the future.” @Pontifex, 2 February 2022
  • “With baptism, we belong to Christ. We are rooted in an everlasting communion with God and each other. Baptism is the source of every form of consecrated, and also the strength to separate us from worldliness.” @Pontifex, 2 February 2022
  • “We at times risk seeing our consecration only in terms of results, goals and success. The Spirit, on the other hand, asks for none of this. He wants us to cultivate daily fidelity, attentive to the little things entrusted to our care. #ConsecratedLife” @Pontifex, 2 February 2022

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The Weekly Francis – 26 January 2022

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

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  • “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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