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The Weekly Francis – 6 September 2022

This version of The Weekly Francis covers material released in the last week, from 21 July 2022 to 6 September 2022.

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  • “Discernment is demanding but indispensable for living. It requires a filial relationship with God. God is Father and He does not leave us alone. He is always willing to welcome us. But He never imposes His will. Why? Because He wants to be loved and not feared. #GeneralAudience” @Pontifex, 31 August 2022
  • “Let us #PrayTogether that the death penalty, which attacks the dignity of the human person, may be legally abolished in every country. #PrayerIntention TVT YouTube” @Pontifex, 31 August 2022
  • “I am following with concern the violent events in Baghdad in recent days. Let us #PrayTogether for the people of Iraq. Dialogue and fraternity are the best way to face the current difficulties and reach peaceful living together.” @Pontifex, 31 August 2022
  • “God wants children, not slaves: free children. And love can only be lived in freedom. To learn to live one must learn to love, and for this it is necessary to discern. PLf Vatican” @Pontifex, 31 August 2022
  • “Today, more than ever, we need a non-worldly liturgy, one that makes us raise our eyes toward Heaven to experience that the world and life are inhabited by the Mystery of Christ; and at the same time, a liturgy that is not distanced from life.” @Pontifex, 1 September 2022
  • “Let us #PrayTogether during this #SeasonOfCreation so that the UN COP27 and COP15 Summits might unite the human family in decisively confronting the double crisis of climate change and the reduction of biodiversity.” @Pontifex, 1 September 2022
  • “May this year’s theme, “Listen to the voice of creation”, foster a concrete commitment in each person to take care of our common home. Prey to our consumerist excesses, our sister, mother earth, weeps and implores us to put an end to our abuses and destruction. #SeasonOfCreation” @Pontifex, 1 September 2022
  • “Today we celebrate the World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation, and the beginning of the #SeasonOfCreation, which will conclude on 4 October, the Feast of Saint Francis of Assisi.” @Pontifex, 1 September 2022
  • “This #SeasonofCreation is an opportunity to cultivate our “ecological conversion,” a conversion encouraged by Saint John Paul II as a response to the “ecological catastrophe” predicted by Saint Paul VI back in 1970.
    https://t.co/GEsiGVPhRw Message” @Pontifex, 2 September 2022
  • “In this #SeasonofCreation, we pray once more in the great cathedral of creation, and revel in the grandiose cosmic choir made up of countless creatures singing God’s praises. #PrayTogether https://t.co/iKWbVyKfuW” @Pontifex, 3 September 2022
  • “Following Jesus means bearing, like him, one’s own burdens and those of others, making one’s life a gift. Jesus asks this of us: live the Gospel and you will live your life, not halfway but to the full.” @Pontifex, 4 September 2022
  • “Let us pray to #PopeJohnPaulI. Let us ask him to obtain for us ”the smile of the soul“. Using his own words, let us ask for what he himself used to request: ”Lord, take me as I am, with my defects, with my shortcomings, but help me become what you desire me to be.”” @Pontifex, 4 September 2022
  • “Blessed #JohnPaulI considered himself like dust in which God deigned to write. Therefore, he used to say, ”the Lord recommended this a lot: be humble. Even if you have done great things, say: ‘We are useless servants.’ “” @Pontifex, 4 September 2022
  • “In the #GospelOfTheDay (Lk 14:25–33), the Lord’s discourse isnot that appealing and is quite demanding: whoever does not love him more than his or her own dear ones, whoever does not carry the cross, whoever is not detached from earthly goods, cannot be his disciple.” @Pontifex, 4 September 2022
  • “If shared with love, a small amount never ends, but becomes a source of life and happiness. Such is the case with our alms, whether small or large, when offered with joy and simplicity. #InternationalDayofCharity” @Pontifex, 5 September 2022
  • “#MotherTeresa loved to say, “Perhaps I don’t speak their language, but I can smile”. Let us carry her smile in our hearts and give it to those whom we meet along our journey, especially those who suffer. In this way, we will open up opportunities of joy and hope.” @Pontifex, 5 September 2022
  • “The sweet song of creation invites us to practise an “ecological spirituality” attentive to God’s presence in the natural world, aware that everything was created through Christ and that ”without Him not one thing came into being” (Jn 1:3). #SeasonofCreation” @Pontifex, 6 September 2022

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The Weekly Francis – 30 August 2022

This version of The Weekly Francis covers material released in the last week, from 24 August 2022 to 30 August 2022.

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  • “As we approach the end of our lives, the essentials of life that we hold most dear become definitively clear to us. Our whole life appears like a seed that will have to be buried so that its flower and its fruit can be born.” @Pontifex, 24 August 2022
  • “We need #peace! #PrayTogether #Ukraine Image” @Pontifex, 24 August 2022
  • “Ми потребуємо миру! #МолімосяРазом #Україна ##Мир bAGMXFlA Image” @Pontifex, 24 August 2022
  • “Мы нуждаемся в мире! #МолимсяВместе #Украина #Мир QXGuRm Image” @Pontifex, 24 August 2022
  • “Peace is not often achieved by famous people, but by the daily determination of ordinary men and women.” @Pontifex, 25 August 2022
  • “Prayer helps us maintain a lively faith. The oil of faith preserves it, turning our thoughts often toward the Lord. Looking at the image of the crucifix, fixing our eyes on Jesus, can help us a lot. This is a beautiful way to pray.” @Pontifex, 26 August 2022
  • “A Cardinal loves the Church, always with that same spiritual fire, whether dealing with great questions or handling everyday problems, with the powerful of this world or those ordinary people who are great in God’s eyes.” @Pontifex, 27 August 2022
  • “Today too, Jesus wants to bring this fire to the earth. He wants to light it anew on the shores of our daily lives. Jesus calls us by name; he looks us in the eye and he asks: Can I count on you? Kz Vatican” @Pontifex, 27 August 2022
  • “Mercy is the experience of feeling welcomed, put back on our feet, strengthened, healed, encouraged. To be forgiven is to experience here and now that which comes closest to being resurrected.” @Pontifex, 28 August 2022
  • “et us #PrayTogether for the people of Pakistan, hit by floods of disastrous proportions. Let us pray for the numerous victims, for the wounded and those forced from their homes, and that international solidarity might be prompt and generous.” @Pontifex, 28 August 2022
  • “Let us #PrayTogether for the people of Ukraine and for all those who suffer because of war. May the God of #peace revive a human and Christian sense of pity and mercy in the hearts of the leaders of nations.” @Pontifex, 28 August 2022
  • “Celestine V was a courageous witness of the Gospel. In him, we admire a Church free from worldly logic, witnessing completely to that name of God which is Mercy.” @Pontifex, 28 August 2022
  • “The Word of God for today invites us to become humble and meek. Beginning with our misery, humility makes us take our gaze off ourselves in order to turn it toward God.” @Pontifex, 28 August 2022
  • “To renew our faith and our common mission, we are called to rediscover the core of the faith: our relationship with Jesus and the preaching of his Gospel to the whole world. This is essential!” @Pontifex, 29 August 2022
  • “Dear brothers and sisters, a minister of the Church is someone who experiences wonder before God’s plan and, in that spirit, passionately loves the Church, ready to be at the service of her mission wherever and however the Holy Spirit may choose.” @Pontifex, 30 August 2022

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The Weekly Francis – 23 August 2022

This version of The Weekly Francis covers material released in the last week from 6 August 2022 to 23 August 2022.

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  • “The witness of the elderly unites the generations of life. Same with the dimensions of time: past, present and future. The various ages of life are not separate worlds competing with each other. The alliance of the elderly and children will save the human family. #BlessingOfTime” @Pontifex, 17 August 2022
  • “Jesus shows us the patience of God, the merciful Father who calls us even at the last hour, who does not demand perfection but heartfelt enthusiasm, who wants to open a breach in our hardened hearts.” @Pontifex, 18 August 2022
  • “To love like Jesus means to serve & give our life. To serve means to put others’ interests first, to fight the cancer of indifference, to share the gifts God has given us. To give our life means to leave egoism behind, to make our lives a gift, spending ourselves for all in need.” @Pontifex, 19 August 2022
  • “Without humility we cannot encounter God, we cannot experience salvation, and we cannot even encounter our neighbour, the brother and sister living near us.” @Pontifex, 20 August 2022
  • “I am following with concern and sorrow the situation created in Nicaragua. I would like to express my conviction and my hope that, through an open and sincere dialogue, the basis for a respectful and peaceful co-existence might still be found. #PrayTogether” @Pontifex, 21 August 2022
  • “Jesus urges us to enter through the narrow door. This means following him in love, just like those who suffer because of their faith but who continue to pray and love, responding to evil with good, thus finding the strength to forgive. #GospelOfTheDay Lk 13:22–30” @Pontifex, 21 August 2022
  • “The mercy of God, who has made us brothers and sisters, calls us to be builders of harmony and peace.” @Pontifex, 22 August 2022
  • “#Peace is primarily an attitude of the heart. It is born of justice, grows in fraternity, flourishes on gratuitousness. It inspires us to serve the truth.” @Pontifex, 23 August 2022

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The Weekly Francis – 16 August 2022

This version of The Weekly Francis covers material released in the last week, from 10 August 2022 to 16 August 2022.

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  • “Old age is the phase in life most suited to spreading the joyful news that life is the initiation to a final fulfilment. And the best is yet to come. May God grant us an old age capable of this!” @Pontifex, 10 August 2022
  • “Those who believe themselves to be rich, successful and secure, base everything on themselves and close themselves off from God and their brothers and sisters, whereas those who know they are poor and not self-sufficient remain open to God and their neighbour. And they find joy.” @Pontifex, 11 August 2022
  • “We are unique, free and alive, called to live a love story with God, to make bold and firm decisions, to accept the marvelous risk of loving.” @Pontifex, 12 August 2022
  • “We need to pray always, even when everything seems in vain, when God appears to be deaf and mute and it seems we are wasting time. Even if heaven is overshadowed, the Christian does not stop praying.” @Pontifex, 13 August 2022
  • “The Gospel sets us in motion, and drives us to open up to God and our brothers. It is just like fire: while it warms us with God’s love, it wants to burn our selfishness, enlighten the dark sides of life, consume the false idols that enslave us. #GospelOfTheDay” @Pontifex, 14 August 2022
  • “The populations of Somalia and various zones of the neighbouring countries, who already live in very precarious conditions, now find themselves in mortal danger due to drought. I hope that international solidarity can respond effectively to this emergency. #PrayTogether” @Pontifex, 14 August 2022
  • “Looking at the Mother of God in glory, we understand that true power is service, that to reign means to love, and that this is the road to Heaven. #Assumption” @Pontifex, 15 August 2022
  • “Let us continue to invoke the intercession of Our Lady, so that God might give the world peace, and let us pray in particular for the Ukrainian people.” @Pontifex, 15 August 2022
  • “Love goes beyond usefulness, convenience or duty; love generates wonder, it inspires creative, freely-given zeal.” @Pontifex, 16 August 2022

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The Weekly Francis – 9 August 2022

This version of The Weekly Francis covers material released in the last week from 16 July 2022 to 9 August 2022.

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  • “My #ApostolicJourney to #Canada was a penitential pilgrimage. Together we remembered the good memory of the thousands of years of history of these peoples, in harmony with their land and the painful memory of the abuse they suffered.” @Pontifex, 3 August 2022
  • “The second step of our journey was reconciliation, and the third, healing, drawing from Christ, the spring of living water. There, in Jesus, we saw the proximity of the Father who heals wounds and also forgives sins.” @Pontifex, 3 August 2022
  • “May the fortitude and peaceful action of the indigenous peoples of #Canada be an example for all indigenous peoples not to close in on themselves, but to offer their contribution for a more fraternal humanity that knows how to love creation and the Creator.” @Pontifex, 3 August 2022
  • “I hope that #Lebanon, with the help of the international community, may continue on the path of rebirth, remaining faithful to its vocation to be a land of peace and pluralism, where communities of different religions can live in fraternity.” @Pontifex, 4 August 2022
  • “Jesus, the Good Shepherd, cares for us because he truly loves us. We, the Church’s pastors, are asked to show that same generosity in tending the flock, so as to manifest Jesus’ concern for everyone and his compassion for each person’s wounds. #CureOfArs” @Pontifex, 4 August 2022
  • “To give hope to others, sometimes it is simply enough to be kind, to put aside your own worries and priorities in order to show interest, give the gift of a smile, speak an encouraging word, create a space for listening amid so much indifference.” @Pontifex, 5 August 2022
  • “Being disciples of Jesus and progressing along the path of #holiness means first and foremost letting ourselves be transfigured by the power of God’s love.” @Pontifex, 6 August 2022
  • “The departure of the first ships loaded with grain from the ports of Ukraine is a sign of hope. I sincerely hope that, following in this direction, there might be an end to combat and that a just and lasting peace might be reached.” @Pontifex, 7 August 2022
  • “Brothers and sisters, let us walk without fear, in the certainty that the Lord accompanies us always. And let us stay awake lest we be asleep when the Lord passes by. #GospelOfTheDay (Lk 12:32)” @Pontifex, 7 August 2022
  • “Reviving a dialogue happens not with words, but witth silence; not by insisting, but by patiently beginning anew to patiently listen to another person, hearing about their struggles and what they carry inside. The healing of the heart begins with listening.” @Pontifex, 8 August 2022
  • “How precious is that profoundly genuine sense of family and community among #IndigenousPeoples! And how important it is to cultivate properly the bond between young and old, and to maintain a healthy and harmonious relationship with all of creation!” @Pontifex, 9 August 2022

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The Weekly Francis – 2 August 2022

This version of The Weekly Francis covers material released in the last week from 26 July 2022 to 2 August 2022.

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  • “The message of unity that Heaven sends to earth does not fear differences, but invites us to communion, to start afresh together, because we are all pilgrims on a journey. #IndigenousPeoples #Canada” @Pontifex, 26 July 2022
  • “As a Church, all of us need to be healed fom the temptation of choosing to defend the institution rather than seeking the truth. With God’s help, let us contribute to the building up of a Mother Church that is pleasing to Him. #IndigenousPeoples #Canada” @Pontifex, 26 July 2022
  • “Dear #Indigenous brothers and sisters, I have come here as a pilgrim also to say to you how precious you are to me and to the Church. May the Lord help us move forward in the healing process, towards an ever more healthy and renewed future. #Canada” @Pontifex, 26 July 2022
  • “Today too, there are any number of forms of ideological colonization that become open to the “cancel culture” that neglects their duties toward the most weak and vulnerable: the poor, migrants, the elderly, the sick, the unborn… They are the forgotten ones in well-off societies.” @Pontifex, 27 July 2022
  • “Together with the bishops of #Canada, I renew my request for forgiveness for the wrong done by so many Christians against the #IndigenousPeoples. It is tragic when some believers conform themselves to the conventions of the world rather than to the Gospel.” @Pontifex, 27 July 2022
  • “We can learn much from the #IndigenousPeoples, from their ability to listen attentively to God, to persons and to nature. And we need it, especially amid the frenzied pace of today’s world that makes difficult a truly human, sustainable and integral development. #Canada” @Pontifex, 27 July 2022
  • “It will not be the arms race and strategies of deterrence that will bring peace and security. We need not ask how to pursue wars, but how to stop them. What is needed is creative and farsighted policies capable of moving beyond the categories of opposition.” @Pontifex, 27 July 2022
  • “Whenever our failures lead to an encounter with the Lord, life and hope are reborn and we are able to be reconciled: with ourselves, with our brothers and sisters, and with God. #ApostolicJourney #Canada” @Pontifex, 28 July 2022
  • “Let us allow ourselves to meet Jesus. Let us allow his Word to show us the way to healing and reconciliation. Let us break the Eucharistic Bread together, so that we can see ourselves once again as beloved children of the Father, called to be brothers and sisters all.” @Pontifex, 28 July 2022
  • “Lord Jesus, our strength and consolation, stay with us when hope fades and the night of disappointment falls. For if You walk at our side, failure gives way to the hope of new life. #ApostolicJourney #Canada” @Pontifex, 28 July 2022
  • “The Church in #Canada has been hurt by the evil perpetrated by some of its sons and daughters. I would like once more to ask forgiveness of all the victims of abuse. The pain and the shame we feel must become an occasion for conversion: never again! #ApostolicJourney” @Pontifex, 28 July 2022
  • “The Gospel is preached effectively when life itself speaks and reveals the freedom that sets others free, the compassion that asks for nothing in return, the mercy that silently speaks of Christ. #ApostolicJourney #Canada” @Pontifex, 28 July 2022
  • “I’ve come to #Canada as a pilgrim to walk with you & for the #IndigenousPeoples so that progress may be made in the search for truth, in the processes of healing & reconciliation, & so that seeds of hope be sown for indigenous & non-indigenous people who want to live fraternally.” @Pontifex, 29 July 2022
  • “Dear #YoungPeople, in a world in which scandals, war, injustice, environmental destruction, indifference towards those in need, disillusionment on the part of those who should be giving an example, are not lacking, you are the answer because the future is in your hands.” @Pontifex, 29 July 2022
  • “In a world so often individualistic, how precious is your profoundly genuine sense of family & community toward the #IndegenousPeoples! How important it is to cultivate the bond between the young & the old, and to preserve a healthy & harmonious relationship with all of creation!” @Pontifex, 29 July 2022
  • “Dear brothers & sisters of the #IndigenousPeoples, I now return home bearing in my heart the treasure of all those who have left a mark on me, your faces, smiles and words, stories & places will always remain with me. Thank you all from the bottom of my heart. #ApostolicJourney” @Pontifex, 29 July 2022
  • “My thoughts and prayers in these days have focused often on Saint Kateri Tekakwitha. We venerate her for her devotion to prayer and work, and her ability to endure many trials patiently and meekly. #IndigenousPeoples” @Pontifex, 29 July 2022
  • “On the feast of Saint Ignatius of Loyola, I extend a heartfelt greeting to my fellow-Jesuits. Continue to walk zealously and joyfully in serving the Lord. Be courageous!” @Pontifex, 31 July 2022
  • “Let us continue to pray for the suffering and battered Ukrainian people, asking God to free them from the scourge of war. The only reasonable thing to do would be to stop and negotiate. May wisdom inspire concrete steps toward peace.” @Pontifex, 31 July 2022
  • “Accumulating material goods is not enough to live well, for Jesus says that life does not consist in what one possesses (Lk 12:15). It depends, instead, on good relationships – with God, with others, and even with those who have less. #GospelOfTheDay” @Pontifex, 31 July 2022
  • “I thank all those who made this penitential pilgrimage possible, beginning with the Civil Authorities, the Chiefs of the Indigenous Peoples, and the Canadian Bishops. I sincerely thank all those who accompanied me with their prayer.” @Pontifex, 31 July 2022
  • “The use of #NuclearWeapons, as well as their mere possession, is immoral. Trying to defend and ensure stability and peace through a false sense of security and a “balance of terror” ends up poisoning relationships between peoples and obstructs real dialogue. #NPTRevCon” @Pontifex, 1 August 2022
  • “Let us #PrayTogether for small and medium-sized businesses, hard hit by the economic and social crisis, that they may find the necessary means to continue operating and serving their communities. #PrayerIntention Video” @Pontifex, 2 August 2022

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The Weekly Francis – 26 July 2022

This version of The Weekly Francis covers material released in the last week from 14 July 2022 to 26 July 2022.

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  • ““Listen to the voice of creation” is the theme and invitation of this year’s Season of Creation from 1 September to 4 October. It is a special time for all Christians to pray and work together to care for our common home.
    https://t.co/GEsiGVxGsW Message” @Pontifex, 21 July 2022
  • “We #GrandparentsandElderly have a great responsibility: to teach people how to look on others with the same understanding and loving gaze we give our grandchildren. We can be teachers of a way of life that is peaceful and attentive to the weakest.” @Pontifex, 22 July 2022
  • “The World Day of #GrandparentsandElderly is an opportunity to joyfully proclaim once again that the Church wants to celebrate together with all those whom the Lord – as it says in the Bible – has “filled with days”. Let us celebrate it together! Message” @Pontifex, 23 July 2022
  • “Dear #GrandparentsandElderly, we are called to be artisans of the revolution of tenderness! Let us do so by growing in our knowledge and use of the most valuable instrument we have: prayer. Our confident prayer can do a great deal!” @Pontifex, 23 July 2022
  • “Dear brothers and sisters of #Canada, I come among you to meet the indigenous peoples. I hope, with God’s grace, that my penitential pilgrimage might contribute to the journey of reconciliation already undertaken. Please accompany me with #prayer.” @Pontifex, 24 July 2022
  • “Reconciliation is not merely the result of our own efforts. It is a gift that flows from the crucified Lord. It is a peace that radiates from the Heart of Jesus, a grace that must be sought. #IndigenousPeoples #Canada” @Pontifex, 25 July 2022
  • “Dear #IndigenousPeoples of #Canada, I have come to your native lands to tell you in person of my sorrow, to implore God’s forgiveness, healing and reconciliation, to express my closeness and to pray with you and for you.” @Pontifex, 25 July 2022
  • “I ask forgiveness for the ways in which many members of the Church cooperated in those projects of cultural destruction and assimilation stipulated by the government, which culminated in the system of residential schools. #IndigenousPeoples #Canada” @Pontifex, 25 July 2022
  • “Our own efforts aren’t enough to achieve healing and reconciliation: we need God’s grace. We need the Spirit’s quiet and powerful wisdom. May He fulfill the expectations of our hearts. May he take us by the hand and enable us to walk together. #IndigenousPeoples #Canada” @Pontifex, 25 July 2022
  • “To pray together, to help one another, to share life stories, common joys and struggles: this is what opens the door to the reconciling work of God. #ApostolicJourney #Canada” @Pontifex, 25 July 2022
  • “May Saints #JoachimAndAnn help us honour our #GrandparentsAndElders, to treasure their presence in order to create a better future, a future in which the story of violence and marginalization suffered by our #Indigenous brothers and sisters is never repeated.” @Pontifex, 26 July 2022
  • “Let us pray for and in union with our forebears. Let us dedicate time to remember and keep their legacy. In the fog of forgetfulness overshadowing our times, it is essential to cultivate our roots. This is how the future is built. #GrandparentsAndElderly” @Pontifex, 26 July 2022
  • “We have received so much from those who have gone before us. What do we want to bequeath to those who come after us? “Rose water” or a living faith? A society founded on personal profit or on fraternity? A world at war or at peace? A devastated creation or a welcoming home?” @Pontifex, 26 July 2022

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The Weekly Francis – 20 July 2022

This version of The Weekly Francis covers material released in the last week from 24 June 2022 to 19 July 2022.

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  • “I invite you to go out and look for those elderly persons who are most alone, at home or in residences where they are guests. Let’s make sure no one feels alone. Visiting the elderly who live alone is a work of mercy in our time! #GrandparentsElderly #BlessingOfTime” @Pontifex, 13 July 2022
  • “#OurLadyofMountCarmel d Image” @Pontifex, 16 July 2022
  • “The word of Jesus is a teaching that touches and shapes life, frees it from the dullness of evil, satisfies and infuses it with a joy that does not pass: it is the better part. Therefore, Mary gives it first place: she stops and listens. The rest will come after. #GospelOfTheDay” @Pontifex, 17 July 2022
  • “Let us #PrayTogether for the people of Sri Lanka. I urge all parties to seek a peaceful solution to the current crisis that especially favors the poorest, resecting everyone’s rights.” @Pontifex, 17 July 2022
  • “I am near the suffering Ukrainian people. How is it possible not to understand that war only creates destruction and death, driving people apart, killing truth and dialogue? Let us #PrayTogether that negotiations might begin again.” @Pontifex, 17 July 2022
  • “We must return to the essence of Christianity: the love of God, the driving force of our joy that sends us out to trod the pathways of the world, and welcoming our neighbour. This is the simplest and most beautiful witness we can give the world.” @Pontifex, 19 July 2022

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The Weekly Francis – 12 July 2022

This version of The Weekly Francis covers material released in the last week from 17 June 2022 to 11 July 2022.

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  • “Every day God passes by and sows a seed in the soil of our lives. Making that seed grow depends on us, on our #prayer, on the open heart with which we approach the Scriptures so that it might become for us the Living Word of God.” @Pontifex, 6 July 2022
  • “I was deeply saddened to learn of the assassination of Mr Shinzo Abe, former Prime Minister of Japan. I offer my heartfelt condolences to his family, friends & the people of Japan. I pray Japanese society will be strengthened in its historic commitment to peace and nonviolence.” @Pontifex, 9 July 2022
  • “#SeaSunday is being celebrated today. Let us remember all seafarers, especially those who are stranded in war zones, so that they might return home.” @Pontifex, 10 July 2022
  • “I renew my closeness to the Ukrainian people, who are daily tormented by the brutal attacks that ordinary people are paying for. Let us #PrayTogether that God might show the way to put an end to this senseless war!” @Pontifex, 10 July 2022
  • “Поновлюю мою близькість із українським народом, який щоденно страждає від брутальних обстрілів, за які розплачуються звичайні люди. #МолімосяРазом, аби Господь Бог показав дорогу, як покласти край цій божевільній війні!” @Pontifex, 10 July 2022
  • “Ещё раз я выражаю близость к украинскому народу, который ежедневно страдает от жестоких нападений: за них расплачиваются простые люди. #ПомолимсяВместе, дабы Господь указал путь к прекращению этой безумной войны!” @Pontifex, 10 July 2022
  • “I unite myself to the sorrow of the people of Sri Lanka who continue to suffer the effects of political and economic instability. Together with the country’s Bishops, I renew my appeal for peace and I implore those who have authority not to ignore the cry of the poor.” @Pontifex, 10 July 2022
  • “Let us ask the Lord to help us overcome our selfish indifference and put ourselves on the Way. Let us ask him to have compassion on those who suffer and are in need, to draw near to them and do what we can do to give them a hand. #GospelOfTheDay (Lk 10:25–37)” @Pontifex, 10 July 2022
  • “Let us #PrayTogether for the people of Libya, in particular the young people and all those who are suffering because of the serious social and economic problems in the country. I recommend constructive dialogue and national reconciliation to everyone.” @Pontifex, 10 July 2022
  • “Dear #YoungPeople, I invite you to transform the “old continent” into a “new continent”, and this is only possible with you: it is now up to you to present the world with a new face of #Europe.
    uJYzvsZ Message” @Pontifex, 11 July 2022
  • “Taking on another person’s history, taking the time to get to know them without labeling them, putting them on our shoulders when they are tired or wounded like the good Samaritan: this is known as fraternity.” @Pontifex, 11 July 2022

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The Weekly Francis – 5 July 2022

This version of The Weekly Francis covers material released in the last week from 26 April 2022 to 4 July 2022.

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  • “#SaintsPeterandPaul, intercede for us, for the city of Rome, for the Church and the entire world!” @Pontifex, 29 June 2022
  • “#Drought is a serious problem. It should make us reflect on the care of #creation, which is not a fad, it is everyone’s responsibility. The future of the earth is in our hands.” @Pontifex, 29 June 2022
  • “Every day I carry in my heart the dear and tormented #Ukraine, which continues to be scourged by barbaric attacks. Let us #PrayTogether that the Lord open those paths of dialogue that men are unwilling or unable to find!” @Pontifex, 29 June 2022
  • “The journey of faith is never a walk in the park, but is a commitment that is sometimes arduous. Even #SaintsPeterandPaul had to learn how to gradually trod it all the way to the end, especially during moments of trial.” @Pontifex, 29 June 2022
  • “Let us listen together to what the Spirit is saying to the Church. Let us safeguard our communion. The Paschal Mystery has been given to us. Let us allow ourselves to be embraced by the desire that the Lord continues to have to eat His Passover with us.” @Pontifex, 29 June 2022
  • “Desiderio desideravi – with this letter I desire to share with you some reflections on the liturgy, a dimension fundamental for the life of the Church. https://t.co/ZrdjkPzqou Apostolic Letter” @Pontifex, 29 June 2022
  • “Let us #PrayTogether for the elderly, who represent the roots and memory of their people, so that their experience and wisdom may help young people to look hopefully and responsibly towards the future. #PrayerIntention https://t.co/lbWZfhNBHD Video” @Pontifex, 30 June 2022
  • “The #Synod we are now celebrating calls us to become a Church that gets up to go out to meet the world, a Church in which everyone feels welcomed, where the art of listening, dialogue and participation are cultivated under the sole authority of the Holy Spirit.” @Pontifex, 30 June 2022
  • “During difficult moments, let us not close in on ourselves, shutting Jesus out. Let us seek Jesus, return to him, to his forgiveness, to those wounds that have healed us. In this way, we too will become capable of compassion, of approaching the wounds of others.” @Pontifex, 1 July 2022
  • “Every time we open our hearts to Jesus, God’s blessing enters our lives.” @Pontifex, 2 July 2022
  • “Dear brothers and sisters of the Democratic Republic of Congo and the Republic of South Sudan, I carry you in my heart more than ever. I hold in prayer the suffering you have borne for a long time. While waiting to meet you, I ask that the Lord’s peace descend upon your hearts.” @Pontifex, 2 July 2022
  • “#LetsPrayTogether for peace in Ukraine and worldwide. Let us pass from strategies of political, economic and military power to a plan for global peace: no to a world divided between conflicting powers; yes to united world of peoples and civilizations that respect each other.” @Pontifex, 3 July 2022
  • “#МолімосяРазом за мир в Україні та в усьому світі! Потрібно перейти від стратегій політичного, економічного та військового впливу до глобального проекту миру: ні світові, поділеному між силами, які конфліктують; так світові єдності між народами і цивілізаціями у взаємопошані.” @Pontifex, 3 July 2022
  • “Brothers, sisters, let us not place our trust in wealth and not fear our poverties, material and human. The more we are free and simple, the more the Holy Spirit gudies the mission and makes us agents of his wonders.” @Pontifex, 3 July 2022
  • “The evangelizing mission is not based on personal activism, that is, on “doing”, but on the witness of brotherly love, even amid the difficulties that living together entails. #GospelOftheDay (Lk 10:1–12.17–20).” @Pontifex, 3 July 2022
  • “#ПомолимсяВместе о мире в Украине и во всём мире. Нужно перейти от стратегий политической, экономической и военной мощи к глобальному проекту мира. Нет – миру, разделённому между конфликтующими державами; да – миру, объединяющему народы и цивилизации, которые уважают друг друга.” @Pontifex, 3 July 2022
  • “Today, #LetsPrayTogether for #peace and reconciliation in the Democratic Republic of the #Congo, so wounded and exploited. Let us join in the Masses celebrated there with this intention, and let us pray that Christians be witnesses of peace.” @Pontifex, 3 July 2022
  • “The existence of the human person is but a breath, his or her affairs are fleeting, but those who pray know they are precious in God’s eyes. #Prayer” @Pontifex, 4 July 2022

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