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This version of The Weekly Francis covers material released in the last week from 23 February 2020 to 1 March 2020.

Angelus

• 23 February 2020 – Visit to Bari: Angelus, 23 February 2020

General Audiences

• 26 February 2020

Speeches

• 28 February 2020 – To Participants in the Plenary Assembly of the Pontifical Academy for Life

Papal Tweets

• “We pray, fast, and perform the works of mercy in this time of grace, so that the Lord might find our hearts ready and fill them with the victory of His love. #Lent” @Pontifex 27 February 2020
• “#Lent is great time to make space for the Word of God. It is time to turn off the TV and open the Bible. It is a time to pull ourselves away from cell phones and connect ourselves to the Gospel.” @Pontifex 28 February 2020
• “Dignity of the person, justice, subsidiarity and solidarity: this it the contribution of the Church’s social teaching in our common pursuit of “algor-ethics”. The Call that has been signed today is an important step in this direction. #renAIssance http://w2.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/speeches/2020/february/documents/papa-francesco_20200228_accademia-perlavita.html” @Pontifex 28 February 2020
• “#RareDiseaseDay offers us the opportunity to together care for our brothers and sisters who are ill, to integrate research, medical care, and social assistance so that they might enjoy equal opportunities and lead a full life.” @Pontifex 29 February 2020
• “May we allow ourselves to be reconciled, in order to live as beloved children, as forgiven and healed sinners, as wayfarers with him at our side. #Lent” @Pontifex 29 February 2020
• “The #GospelOfTheDay (Mt 4:1–11) shows how Jesus responds to the tempter who tries three times to ensnare Him. May His experience also help us to be vigilant in the face of temptation and not to surrender to any idol of this world. #Lent” @Pontifex 1 March 2020
• “I ask you to remember me in your prayers and also the members of the Roman Curia, who this evening begin a week of Spiritual Exercises.” @Pontifex 1 March 2020

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This version of The Weekly Francis covers material released in the last week from 7 October 2019 to 26 February 2020.

Daily Homilies (fervorinos)

• 7 January 2020 – The spirit of the world leads to corruption
• 9 January 2020 – True peace is sown in the heart
• 10 January 2020 – Those who say they love God, but do not love their brother and sister are liars
• 14 January 2020 – Authority is not in commanding but in consistent witness
• 16 January 2020 – The little prayer that moves God
• 17 January 2020 – Our relationship with God is the essence of life
• 20 January 2020 – Trust in God makes us free
• 21 January 2020 – One cannot buy the gifts of the Lord
• 24 January 2020 – Jealousy leads to war
• 28 January 2020 – Christians without joy are prisoners of formalities (28 gennaio 2020)
• 30 January 2020 – God will judge us with the same measure we have for others
• 31 January 2020 – Worldliness is a slow slide into sin

General Audiences

• 19 February 2020

Homilies

• 23 February 2020 – Visit to Bari: Holy Mass – Meeting of reflection and spirituality: “The Mediterranean, A Frontier of Peace”
• 26 February 2020 – Holy Mass, Blessing and Imposition of the Ashes

Messages

• 7 October 2019 – Lent 2020: “We implore you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God” (2 Cor 5:20)

Speeches

• 20 February 2020 – To Participants in the Plenary Assembly of the Congregation for Catholic Education (for Educational Institutions)
• 21 February 2020 – To Priests members of a Panorthodox Delegation
• 23 February 2020 – Visit to Bari: Meeting with bishops of the Mediterranean

Papal Tweets

• “The option for the poor and the abandoned motivates us to liberate them from material poverty and to defend their rights, but also to invite them to friendship with the Lord, who loves them and has given them immense dignity. #SocialJusticeDay” @Pontifex 20 February 2020
• “To follow Jesus we must take three steps: draw close to Him to know Him better, confess – with the strength of the Holy Spirit – that He is the Son of God, and accept the path of humility and humiliation that He chose for the redemption of humanity. #HomilySantaMarta” @Pontifex 20 February 2020
• “We received life not to bury it, but to put it into play; not to keep it, but to give it. Whoever is with Jesus knows that the secret to possessing life is to give it.” @Pontifex 21 February 2020
• “On the feast of the #ChairOfSaintPeter, we give thanks to God for the mission entrusted to the apostle Peter and his successors: to gather His people from among the nations and guide them in charity and truth along the path of salvation.” @Pontifex 22 February 2020
• “This is the work the Lord entrusts for the Mediterranean: to restore broken relationships, to rebuild cities destroyed by violence, to make a garden flourish, to instill hope in who has lost it and to encourage those caught up in themselves not to fear their brothers or sisters.” @Pontifex 23 February 2020
• “If we want to be disciples of Christ, this is the way: loved by God, we are called to love; forgiven, to forgive; saved freely, to seek no profit from the good we do. #Bari2020” @Pontifex 23 February 2020
• “Let us pray to the Lord that he may move hearts and that all may overcome the logic of confrontation, hatred and revenge in order to rediscover themselves as brothers, children of one Father. #Bari2020” @Pontifex 23 February 2020
• ““We implore you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God” (2 Cor 5:20) http://w2.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/messages/lent/documents/papa-francesco_20191007_messaggio-quaresima2020.html” @Pontifex 24 February 2020
• “I wish you may all learn to look at life from above, from the perspective of heaven, to see things with God’s eyes, through the prism of the Gospel.” @Pontifex 24 February 2020
• “Worldliness is the enemy of God. There is only one path against the spirit of the world: humility. Serving others, choosing the last place, not climbing the ladder. #HomilySantaMarta” @Pontifex 25 February 2020
• “This year the Lord grants us, once again, a favourable time to prepare to celebrate with renewed hearts the great mystery of the death and resurrection of Jesus, the cornerstone of Christian life. #Lent http://w2.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/messages/lent/documents/papa-francesco_20191007_messaggio-quaresima2020.html” @Pontifex 26 February 2020
• “Fasting means knowing how to renounce vanities that pass away and superfluous things, to get to what is essential. It means seeking the beauty of a simpler life. #Lent #GeneralAudience” @Pontifex 26 February 2020
• “We begin the #Lenten Season by receiving #ashes. We are dust in the universe. Yet we are dust loved by God. http://vatican.va/content/francesco/en/homilies/2020/documents/papa-francesco_20200226_omelia-ceneri.html” @Pontifex 26 February 2020
• “The #ashes we receive on our foreheads remind us that, as God’s children, we cannot spend our lives chasing after dust.” @Pontifex 26 February 2020
• “#Ashes remind us of the direction of our existence: a passage from dust to life. We are dust, earth, clay, but if we allow ourselves to be shaped by the hands of God, we become something wonderous. http://vatican.va/content/francesco/en/homilies/2020/documents/papa-francesco_20200226_omelia-ceneri.html” @Pontifex 26 February 2020
• “#Lent is a time of grace, a time for recognizing that our lowly #ashes are loved by God and for letting God gaze upon us with love, and in this way change our lives. We were put in this world to go from ashes to life.” @Pontifex 26 February 2020

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This version of The Weekly Francis covers material released in the last week from 4 February 2020 to 19 February 2020.

Angelus

• 16 February 2020

General Audiences

• 12 February 2020

Letters

• 11 February 2020 – Letter sent by the Holy Father to the President of the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy

Messages

• 4 February 2020 – Video Message of the Holy Father to mark the first anniversary of the signing of the Document on Human Fraternity for World Peace and Living Together
• 14 February 2020 – Message of the Holy Father to the President of the Spanish Episcopal Conference on the occasion of the National Congress of the Laity [Madrid, 14–16 February 2020]

Speeches

• 7 February 2020 – To Participants at the Seminar “Education: the global compact”, organized by the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences
• 15 February 2020 – Inauguration of the 91st Judicial Year of Vatican City State Tribunal

Papal Tweets

• “Often we forget the Lord and deal with other gods: money, vanity, pride. Let us ask for the grace to understand when our heart begins to slide into worldliness. God’s grace and love will stop us if we ask in prayer. #HomilySantaMarta” @Pontifex 13 February 2020
• “Today it would do us good to think – as an act of gratitude to God – about those who accompany us on our journey through life: family members, friends, colleagues… The Lord wants us to be together as a people. Thank you, Lord, for never leaving us alone! #HomilySantaMarta” @Pontifex 14 February 2020
• “Our prayer must not be limited only to our needs, to our necessities: a prayer is truly Christian if it has a universal dimension too.” @Pontifex 15 February 2020
• “In #TodaysGospel, Jesus encourages us to move from a formal observance of the Law to a substantial observance, accepting the Law in our hearts. From the heart comes good and bad deeds.” @Pontifex 16 February 2020
• “We alone cannot satisfy ourselves. We need to unmask our self-sufficiency, overcome our closures, go back to being small within, be simple and enthusiastic, filled with fervor for God and love for others.” @Pontifex 17 February 2020
• “Every one of us has something that has hardened within our heart. The medicine to combat hardheartedness is memory: recalling the blessings of the Lord. This keeps our heart open and faithful. #HomilySantaMarta” @Pontifex 18 February 2020
• ““Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth” (Mt 5:5). Meekness can win over hearts, save friendships, and much more, because people get angry then they calm down. They rethink the issue before retracing their steps, and relationships can be rebuilt. #Beatitudes” @Pontifex 19 February 2020
• ““Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.” The “earth” to conquer is the salvation of our brother and sister. There is no earth better than someone’s heart, no land more beautiful to gain than peace renewed with a brother or sister. This is the earth to inherit.” @Pontifex 19 February 2020

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This version of The Weekly Francis covers material released in the last week from 25 January 2020 to 12 February 2020.

Angelus

• 9 February 2020

Apostolic Exhortation

• 2 February 2020 – “Querida Amazonia”: Post-Synodal Exhortation to the People of God and to All Persons of Good Will

General Audiences

• 5 February 2020

Messages

• 29 January 2020 – Message of the Holy Father to bishops, friends of the Focolare Movement, participating in the International Conference to mark the centenary of the birth of the Servant of God Chiara Lubich

Speeches

• 25 January 2020 – Inauguration of the Judicial Year of the Tribunal of the Roman Rota
• 6 February 2020 – To the participants of UFI Global CEO Summit
• 10 February 2020 – To the Board of Directors of the Knights of Columbus

Papal Tweets

• “Video #PrayAgainstTrafficking” @Pontifex 6 February 2020
• “Both John the Baptist, who is the greatest man born of woman, and the Son of God have chosen the path of humiliation. God shows this path to Christians so they can move forward. One cannot be humble without having suffered humiliation. #HomilySantaMarta” @Pontifex 7 February 2020
• “Saint Bakhita, patron saint of victims of trafficking, faced the pain of slavery and witnessed the freedom and joy of encountering the Lord. Let us pray that all may live this joy and break the chains of slavery. #PrayAgainstTrafficking” @Pontifex 8 February 2020
• “Together against trafficking. Only together can we defeat this scourge and protect the victims. Prayer is the strength that sustains our commitment. #PrayAgainstTrafficking” @Pontifex 8 February 2020
• “In the #GospelOfTheDay (Mt 5:13–16), Jesus calls His disciples to be salt and light in the world. The person who lives and spreads the grace of Christ is salt. The person who lets the Gospel shine with good deeds is light.” @Pontifex 9 February 2020
• “Faith grows when we invoke the Lord with confidence, bringing to Jesus who we are, with open hearts, without hiding our sufferings.” @Pontifex 10 February 2020
• “I entrust to the Virgin Mary, Health of the Sick, all those who carry the burden of illness, along with their families and healthcare providers. I warmly assure everyone of my closeness in prayer. #WorldDayOfTheSick #OurLadyOfLourdes” @Pontifex 11 February 2020
• “Jesus Christ offers His mercy to those who endure distress due to situations of frailty, suffering, and weakness. He invites everyone to share in His life in order to experience tender love. #WorldDayOfTheSick http://w2.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/messages/sick/documents/papa-francesco_20200103_giornata-malato.html” @Pontifex 11 February 2020
• ““Blessed are they who mourn, for they will be comforted” (Mt 5:4). Wise and blessed is the person who welcomes the pain that comes with love, because they will receive the consolation of the Holy Spirit,who is God’s tenderness who forgives and corrects.#GeneralAudience#Beatitudes” @Pontifex 12 February 2020
• “I am addressing the present Exhortation to the whole world. I am doing so to help awaken their affection and concern for that land which is also “ours”. #QueridaAmazonia http://w2.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/apost_exhortations/documents/papa-francesco_esortazione-ap_20200202_querida-amazonia.html” @Pontifex 12 February 2020
• “I dream of an Amazon region that fights for the rights of the poor, the original peoples and the least of our brothers and sisters, where their voices can be heard and their dignity advanced. #QueridaAmazonia” @Pontifex 12 February 2020
• “The Lord, who is the first to care for us, teaches us to care for our brothers and sisters and the environment which he daily gives us. This is the first ecology that that we need. #QueridaAmazonia http://w2.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/apost_exhortations/documents/papa-francesco_esortazione-ap_20200202_querida-amazonia.html” @Pontifex 12 February 2020
• “I dream of Christian communities capable of generous commitment, incarnate in the Amazon region, and giving the Church new faces with Amazonian features. #QueridaAmazonia” @Pontifex 12 February 2020
• “The Amazonian peoples have a right to hear the Gospel: the proclamation of God who infinitely loves every man and woman, and has revealed this love fully in Jesus Christ, crucified for us and risen in our lives. #QueridaAmazonia” @Pontifex 12 February 2020

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This version of The Weekly Francis covers material released in the last week from 29 January 2020 to 5 February 2020.

Angelus

• 2 February 2020

General Audiences

• 29 January 2020

Homilies

• 1 February 2020 – Holy Mass on the 24th World Day For Consecrated Life

Messages

• 1 February 2020 – XXIV World Day For Consecrated Life – Feast of the Presentation of the Lord
• 3 February 2020 – Message of the Holy Father for the 150th anniversary of Rome as capital of Italy

Speeches

• 31 January 2020 – To participants in the International Congress “The richness of many years of life”
• 1 February 2020 – To members of the GVM Care & Research – Italian Healthcare Company

Papal Tweets

• “The measure with which you measure will be measured out to you.” (Mk 4:24). Let us ask the Lord for the grace to not fear the cross, let us ask for the capacity to feel humiliated, because this is the path He has chosen for us to be saved. #HomilySantaMarta” @Pontifex 30 January 2020
• “May the holiness of Saint #JohnBosco, who we remember today as a father and teacher to youth, be a guide, especially to you dear young people, in achieving your future projects, as you welcome the plan that God has for each of us.” @Pontifex 31 January 2020
• “May the Lord give us the grace to send us a prophet always – be they a friend, our confessor, our child, our mother – who warns us when we are slipping into a feeling that everything seems legitimate because we have lost our sense of sin. #HomilySantaMarta” @Pontifex 31 January 2020
• “Whoever keeps their gaze fixed on Jesus learns to live in order to serve. They do not wait for others to start, but set out to seek their neighbor. #ConsecratedLife” @Pontifex 1 February 2020
• “Today we celebrate the #WorldDayforConsecratedLife. Let us pray for consecrated men and women who dedicate themselves to God and to their brothers and sisters through daily service: may they be ever faithful witnesses of Christ’s love. http://w2.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/homilies/2020/documents/papa-francesco_20200201_omelia-vitaconsacrata.html” @Pontifex 2 February 2020
• “The #GospeloftheDay (Lk 2:22–40), for the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord, shows us the amazement of Mary, Joseph, Simeon and Anne at what was happening before their eyes. The ability to be amazed makes our encounter with the Lord fruitful.” @Pontifex 2 February 2020
• “Loneliness is not overcome by closing in on ourselves, but by crying out to the Lord, for the Lord hears the cry of those who find themselves alone.” @Pontifex 3 February 2020
• “Brothers and sisters, in moments when we are far from God, it would do us good to hear this voice in our heart: ”My son, my daughter, what are you doing? Please, don’t kill yourself. I died for you.“ #HomilySantaMarta” @Pontifex 4 February 2020
• “The Document on Human Fraternity, signed one year ago, has written a new page in the dialogue between religions and people of good will. As brothers and sisters, we want to say ”no“ to violence, and together promote peace, life, and religious freedom.” @Pontifex 4 February 2020
• “There is a poverty that we must accept, that of our own being, and a poverty that we must seek instead – a concrete one – from the things of this world, in order to be free and to be able to love. #GeneralAudience #Beatitudes” @Pontifex 5 February 2020

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This version of The Weekly Francis covers material released in the last week from 22 January 2020 to 29 January 2020.

Angelus

• 26 January 2020

General Audiences

• 22 January 2020

Homilies

• 25 January 2020 – Solemnity of the Conversion of Saint Paul – Celebration of Second Vespers
• 26 January 2020 – Holy Mass on the occasion of the Sunday of the Word of God

Messages

• 24 January 2020 – LIV World Communications Day, 2020 – “That you may tell your children and grandchildren” (Ex 10:2). Life becomes history
• 25 January 2020 – Video Message of the Holy Father a year after the Brumadinho tragedy (Brazil)

Papal Tweets

• “Ecumenical hospitality requires a willingness to listen to other Christians, paying attention to their personal stories of faith and to the history of their community.” @Pontifex 23 January 2020
• “This year I want to dedicate World Communications Day to the theme of storytelling. In order not to get lost, we must make the truth of good stories our own. Stories that build up and help us find our roots and the strength to move forward together. http://vatican.va/content/francesco/en/messages/communications/documents/papa-francesco_20200124_messaggio-comunicazioni-sociali.html” @Pontifex 24 January 2020
• “Envy and jealousy are seeds that generate war. Let us ask for the grace to have a transparent heart, like that of David, a transparent heart that seeks justice and peace. #SantaMarta” @Pontifex 25 January 2020
• “The Bible is the great love story between God and humanity. At its centre stands Jesus, whose own story brings to fulfilment both God’s love for us and our love for God.” @Pontifex 25 January 2020
• “We need God’s Word: so that we can hear, amid the thousands of other words in our daily lives, that one Word that speaks to us not about things, but about life. #SundayoftheWordofGod
  http://w2.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/homilies/2020/documents/papa-francesco_20200126_omelia-domenicadellaparoladidio.html” @Pontifex 26 January 2020
• “Let us make room for the Word of God! Each day, let us read a verse or two of the Bible. We will discover that God is close to us, that He dispels our darkness and, with great love, leads our lives into deep waters. #SundayoftheWordofGod” @Pontifex 26 January 2020
• “God’s Word consoles and encourages us, it challenges us, frees us from the bondage of our selfishness and summons us to conversion; because it has the power to change our lives and to lead us out of darkness into the light. #SundayoftheWordofGod” @Pontifex 26 January 2020
• “If we lose our memory, we destroy our future. May the anniversary of the Holocaust, the unspeakable cruelty that humanity learned of 75 years ago, serve as a summons to pause, to be still and to remember. We need to do this, lest we become indifferent. #DayofMemory” @Pontifex 27 January 2020
• “The Gospel will not go forward with boring, bitter evangelizers. No. It will only go forward with joyful evangelizers, full of life. #HomilySantaMarta” @Pontifex 28 January 2020
• “The Beatitudes are the ”identity card“ of a Christian. They are not about the joy that passes, but about happiness that knows how to live side by side with suffering. #GeneralAudience” @Pontifex 29 January 2020

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This version of The Weekly Francis covers material released in the last week from 31 December 2019 to 22 January 2020.

Angelus

• 1 January 2020
• 5 January 2020
• 6 January 2020
• 12 January 2020
• 19 January 2020

General Audiences

• 15 January 2020

Homilies

• 31 December 2019 – Celebration of Vespers and Te Deum in Thanksgiving for the past year
• 12 January 2020 – Feast of the Baptism of the Lord

Messages

• 15 January 2020 – Message of the Holy Father to the Executive Chairman of the “World Economic Forum” [Davos-Klosters (Switzerland), 21–24 January 2020]

Speeches

• 11 January 2020 – To the Community of the Pontifical Ethiopian College in the Vatican
• 17 January 2020 – To the Ecumenical Delegation of the Lutheran Church of Finland
• 18 January 2020 – To the Delegation of Fisherfolk from San Benedetto del Tronto (Ascoli Piceno)
• 20 January 2020 – To a Delegation of the “Simon Wiesenthal Center”

Papal Tweets

• “The Lord has so much compassion, He involves Himself in our problems. Let us often repeat this simple prayer: Lord, I am a sinner, have mercy on me, have compassion for me. #HomilySantaMarta” @Pontifex 16 January 2020
• “Jesus looks at the paralytic and focuses on what is essential: ”Your sins are forgiven“. Physical health is a gift that we must preserve but the Lord teaches us that we must also preserve the health of the heart, spiritual health. #HomilySantaMarta” @Pontifex 17 January 2020
• “Whoever has faith feels a great need for God and, in our own smallness, we surrender ourselves, trusting fully in Him.” @Pontifex 18 January 2020
• “Let us pause at #GospelofToday (John 1,29–34), perhaps even contemplating an icon of Christ, Son of God made lamb, to free us from evil. Yes, we are still poor sinners but not slaves, no, but children, children of God!” @Pontifex 19 January 2020
• “Being Christian does not mean defending yourself with an ideology in order to move forward. To be Christian is to be free, because we have confidence, because we are docile to the Word of the Lord. #HomilySantaMarta” @Pontifex 20 January 2020
• “Through Baptism, we Christians are all anointed by the election of the Lord, and this is a pure gift. Today let us ask the Holy Spirit to be able to preserve this gift with faithfulness. This is Christian holiness. #HomilySantaMarta” @Pontifex 21 January 2020
• “This year, the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity is dedicated to the theme of hospitality. #GeneralAudience” @Pontifex 22 January 2020
• “Working together to practice hospitality, especially towards those whose lives are most vulnerable, will make us better human beings, better disciples, and a more united Christian people. #GeneralAudience” @Pontifex 22 January 2020

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This version of The Weekly Francis covers material released in the last week from 8 January 2020 to 15 January 2020.

General Audiences

• 8 January 2020

Papal Tweets

• “Hope is not utopian and peace is a good that can always be attained. http://w2.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/speeches/2020/january/documents/papa-francesco_20200109_corpo-diplomatico.html” @Pontifex 9 January 2020
• “In worship, we learn to reject what should not be worshiped: the god of money, the god of consumerism, the god of pleasure, the god of success, the god of self.” @Pontifex 10 January 2020
• “Worship means bending low before the Most High and to discover in His presence that life’s greatness does not consist in having, but in loving.” @Pontifex 10 January 2020
• “Worship means going to Jesus without a list of petitions, but with one request alone: to abide with Him. In worship, we allow Jesus to heal and change us.” @Pontifex 11 January 2020
• “In worship, we make it possible for the Lord to transform us by His love, to kindle light amid our darkness, to grant us strength in weakness and courage amid trials.” @Pontifex 11 January 2020
• “On the Feast of the #BaptismoftheLord, we rediscover our Baptism. Just as Jesus is the Father’s beloved Son, we too, reborn by water and the Holy Spirit, know that we are beloved children of God, brothers and sisters among many other brothers and sisters.” @Pontifex 12 January 2020
• “In the Christian life, it is not enough to be knowledgeable: unless we step out of ourselves, unless we worship, we cannot not know God. Christian life is a love story with God.” @Pontifex 13 January 2020
• “Jesus had authority because there was consistency in what he taught and what he did, in how he lived. Authority is seen in this: consistency and witness. #HomilySantaMarta” @Pontifex 14 January 2020
• “May the Holy Spirit revive in each of us the call to be courageous and joyful evangelizers. #GeneralAudience” @Pontifex 15 January 2020

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This version of The Weekly Francis covers material released in the last week from 2 May 2019 to 9 January 2020.

Angelus

• 22 December 2019
• 26 December 2019
• 29 December 2019

General Audiences

• 18 December 2019

Homilies

• 24 December 2019 – Holy Mass on the Solemnity of the Nativity of the Lord
• 1 January 2020 – Holy Mass on the Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God (1st January 2020)
• 6 January 2020 – Holy Mass on the Solemnity of the Epiphany of the Lord

Messages

• 20 December 2019 – Video Message of His Holiness Pope Francis and UN Secretary-General António Guterres
• 25 December 2019 – Christmas message to South Sudan political leaders
• 25 December 2019 – “Urbi et Orbi” – Christmas 2019
• 3 January 2020 – 28th World Day of the Sick 2020

Unknown

• 21 December 2019 – Apostolic Letter in the form of Motu Proprio regarding the Office of Dean of the College of Cardinals

Speeches

• 2 May 2019 – To Participants in the Plenary Session of the Pontical Academy of Sciences
• 9 May 2019 – Prayer meeting with Roma and Sinti People
• 10 May 2019 – To Participants at the XXI Plenary Assembly of the International Union of Superiors General (UISG)
• 1 June 2019 – Apostolic Journey to Romania: Visit to Our Lady Queen of Iasi Cathedral
• 4 June 2019 – Intervention of the Holy Father at the Pan-American Judges’ Summit on Social Rights and Franciscan Doctrine
• 2 September 2019 – To Members of the Italian Association of Medical Oncology (AIOM)
• 2 September 2019 – To Bishops of the Synod of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church
• 12 September 2019 – To Bishops participating in the course promoted by the Congregation for Bishops and by the Congregation for the Eastern Churches
• 14 November 2019 – To Professors and students of St Mary of the Assumption University (LUMSA)
• 19 December 2019 – Presentation of the Credential Letters by the Ambassadors of Seychelles, Mali, Andorra, Kenya, Latvia and Niger
• 21 December 2019 – To the employees of the Holy See and of Vatican City State, with their respective families, for the exchange of Christmas greetings
• 21 December 2019 – Christmas Greetings of the Holy Father to the Roman Curia
• 22 December 2019 – To the children assisted by the “Santa Marta” Pediatric Dispensary
• 9 January 2020 – To the Diplomatic Corps accredited to the Holy See for the traditional exchange of New Year Greetings

Papal Tweets

• “I thank those people everywhere who have sent me their congratulations and good wishes for my fiftieth ordination anniversary and for my birthday. I thank you in a particular way for the gift of your prayers.” @Pontifex 18 December 2019
• “In these days before #Christmas we praise the Lord for the gratuitousness of salvation, for the gratuitousness of life, for everything he gives us for free. Everything is grace. #HomilySantaMarta” @Pontifex 19 December 2019
• “I decided to display this life jacket,”crucified“,to remind everyone of the essential commitment to save every human life, because the life of every person is precious in the eyes of God. The Lord will hold us to account for this at the moment of judgment. https://vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2019–12/pope-francis-it-s-injustice-that-causes-migrants-to-die-at-sea.html” @Pontifex 20 December 2019
• “Let us give thanks for all the good there is in the world, for the many people who dedicate themselves freely, for those who spend their lives in service, to build a more humane and just society. We know: alone we cannot save ourselves.
  @antonioguterres” @Pontifex 20 December 2019
• “Trust in dialogue between individuals and between nations, in multilateralism, in the role of the international organizations, and in diplomacy as an instrument for appreciation and understanding, is indispensable for the building of a peaceful world. http://w2.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/messages/pont-messages/2019/documents/papa-francesco_20191220_videomessaggio-guterres.html” @Pontifex 20 December 2019
• “Jesus is the smile of God. He came to reveal to us the love and goodness of our heavenly Father. We need God’s smile to strip us of our false certainties, and to bring us back to enjoying simplicity and gratuitousness.” @Pontifex 21 December 2019
• “We need always to let ourselves be renewed by the smile of the Baby Jesus. Let His disarming goodness purify us from the waste that often encrusts our hearts.” @Pontifex 21 December 2019
• “The Gospel of the Day (Mt 1, 18–24) guides us towards Christmas through Joseph’s experience. His example helps us to listen to the coming Jesus, who asks us to include Him in our plans and in our choices. #GospelOfToday” @Pontifex 22 December 2019
• “In three days’ time it will be #Christmas and my thoughts go especially to families, who are reunited in these festive days. May Holy Christmas be a fraternal time for everyone, one of growth in the faith and of actions of solidarity toward those who are in need.” @Pontifex 22 December 2019
• “The nativity scene reminds us that God did not remain invisible in heaven, but came down to earth and became man. To set up a nativity scene is to celebrate the closeness of God, to rediscover that God is real, concrete; He is humble Love that came down to us. #Nativityscene” @Pontifex 23 December 2019
• “The nativity scene is like a living Gospel: it brings the Gospel into homes, schools, workplaces and meeting spaces, hospitals and nursing homes, prisons and town squares. #Nativityscene” @Pontifex 24 December 2019
• “I hope that setting up a nativity scene may be an opportunity for you to invite Jesus into your life. Because if He inhabits it, life is reborn. And it really is Christmas. #Nativityscene” @Pontifex 24 December 2019
• “Tonight the love of God has been revealed to us. In Jesus, the Most High made Himself small, so that we might love Him. In Jesus, God made Himself a Child, so that we might embrace Him.” @Pontifex 24 December 2019
• “Tonight, in the beauty of God’s love, we also discover our own beauty, for we are beloved of God. In His eyes we are beautiful: not for what we do but for what we are.” @Pontifex 24 December 2019
• “Dear brother, dear sister, if your hands seem empty, if you think your heart is poor in love, this night is for you. The grace of God has appeared to shine forth in your life. Accept it and the light of Christmas will shine forth in you.” @Pontifex 24 December 2019
• “Today is the right day to draw near to the tabernacle, the crèche, the manger, and to say thank you. Let us receive the gift that is Jesus, in order then to become gift like Jesus. To become gift is to give meaning to life. http://w2.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/homilies/2019/documents/papa-francesco_20191224_omelia-natale.html” @Pontifex 25 December 2019
• “To listen to the Urbi et Orbi” @Pontifex 25 December 2019
• “May Emmanuel bring light to all the suffering members of our human family.May He soften our often stony and self-centred hearts,and make them channels of His love.On this joyful day,may He bring His tenderness to all and brighten the darkness of this world.http://w2.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/messages/urbi/documents/papa-francesco_20191225_urbi-et-orbi-” @Pontifex 25 December 2019
• “Today we celebrate the feast of St Stephen, the first martyr. This young servant of the Gospel, filled with the Holy Spirit, knew how to speak about Jesus in word, and above all with his life.” @Pontifex 26 December 2019
• “The nativity scene reminds us how important it is to stop and contemplate. Because only when we recollect ourselves can we embrace what counts in life. Only if we leave the noise of the world outside can we open ourselves to listening to God, who speaks in silence. #Nativityscene” @Pontifex 27 December 2019
• “Bethlehem means ”house of bread.“ The nativity scene we set up at home reminds us that Jesus is the bread of life: He is the one who nourishes our love, He is the one who gives our families the strength to go on and to forgive us. #Nativityscene” @Pontifex 28 December 2019
• “Today, let us entrust to the Holy Family all the world’s families, especially those tried by suffering or by discomfort, and let us invoke divine protection on them.” @Pontifex 29 December 2019
• “In its genuine simplicity, the nativity scene reminds us it is not the quantity of things that counts in life, but the quality of relationships. Drawing our gaze to God, who is poor in possessions and rich in love, it recalls us to what is essential. #Nativityscene” @Pontifex 30 December 2019
• “It is beautiful to stand before the nativity scene, and there to entrust our lives to the Lord, to speak to Him about the people and situations we care about, to take stock with Him of the year that is ending, to share our expectations and concerns. #Nativityscene” @Pontifex 31 December 2019
• “Let us give thanks to God for His grace, which has sustained us in this past year, and with joy let us raise a song of praise to Him.” @Pontifex 31 December 2019
• “Let us begin the year in the sign of Our Lady, the woman who wove the humanity of God. The rebirth of humanity began with woman. If we want to weave humanity into the webs of our day, we must begin again with woman.” @Pontifex 1 January 2020
• “In the womb of a woman, God and mankind are united, never to be separated again. In God, there will forever be our humanity and Mary will forever be the Mother of God.” @Pontifex 1 January 2020
• “Today we invoke the Mother of God, who gathers us together as a people of believers. O Mother, give birth to hope within us and bring us unity. Woman of salvation, to you we entrust this year. Keep it in your heart. http://w2.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/homilies/2020/documents/papa-francesco_20200101_omelia-madredidio-pace.html” @Pontifex 1 January 2020
• “May Mary, Mother of the Prince of Peace and Mother of all the peoples of the earth, accompany and sustain us at every step of our journey of reconciliation. http://w2.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/messages/peace/documents/papa-francesco_20191208_messaggio–53giornatamondiale-pace2020.html” @Pontifex 1 January 2020
• “Jesus, newly born, was mirrored in the face of His mother. From her, He received His first caresses; with her, He exchanged the first smiles. With her began the revolution of tenderness. The Church, looking at the Baby Jesus, is called to continue that revolution.” @Pontifex 2 January 2020
• “Let us ask for the grace to live this year with the desire to take others to heart and to care for them.” @Pontifex 2 January 2020
• “Video” @Pontifex 2 January 2020
• ““Come to me, all you who labour and are burdened, and I will give you rest” (Mt 11:28). Message for the XXVIII World Day of the Sick http://w2.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/messages/sick/documents/papa-francesco_20200103_giornata-malato.html” @Pontifex 3 January 2020
• “Salvation is in the name of Jesus. We must testify to this: He is the only Saviour.” @Pontifex 3 January 2020
• “We must believe that others need peace just as much as we do. Peace will not be obtained unless it is hoped for. Let us ask the Lord for the gift of peace!” @Pontifex 4 January 2020
• “This is the meaning of Christmas. If the Lord continues to come among us and give us the gift of His Word, it is so that each of us can respond to this call: to become saints in love. #Angelus” @Pontifex 5 January 2020
• “The #GospelOfTheDay (Mt 2:1–12) teaches us that, when we do not worship God, we end up worshiping ourselves. This is a grave risk: we use God instead of serving Him.” @Pontifex 6 January 2020
• “Worship means concentrating on what is essential: ridding ourselves of useless things and addictions that anesthetize the heart and confound the mind.” @Pontifex 6 January 2020
• “In worshiping, we too will discover, like the Magi, the meaning of our journey. And like the Magi, we too will experience “a great joy” (Mt 2:10).” @Pontifex 6 January 2020
• “I address a special thought to the brothers of the Eastern Churches, Catholic and Orthodox, who today celebrate the Lord’s Christmas. To all I wish the light and peace of Christ the Saviour.” @Pontifex 7 January 2020
• “So many people live without knowing what goes on in their hearts. We ask for the grace to remain in the Lord and to distinguish the Spirit of God from the spirit of the world, so that our heart may be the meeting point between God and us. #HomilySantaMarta” @Pontifex 7 January 2020
• “Worship involves making an exodus from the greatest form of bondage: slavery to oneself. Worship means putting the Lord at the centre, not ourselves.” @Pontifex 8 January 2020
• “Worship means bringing our lives to the Lord, and allowing Him enter into them. It means letting His consolation come down to earth, and letting ourselves be pervaded by His tender love.” @Pontifex 8 January 2020
• “If we have no peace in our hearts, how can we think there will be peace in the world? Let’s try to remain in the Lord, and the way to do so is to love, and to love in little things. #HomilySantaMarta” @Pontifex 9 January 2020
• “Hope is not utopian and peace is a good that can always be attained. http://w2.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/speeches/2020/january/documents/papa-francesco_20200109_corpo-diplomatico.html” @Pontifex 9 January 2020

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This version of The Weekly Francis covers material released in the last week from 1 December 2019 to 18 December 2019.

Angelus

• 15 December 2019

General Audiences

• 11 December 2019

Messages

• 4 December 2019 – Message of the Holy Father on the occasion of the 24th Public Session of the Pontifical Academies
• 8 December 2019 – LIII World Day of Peace 2020 – Peace as a journey of hope: dialogue, reconciliation and ecological conversion

Prayers

• 8 December 2019 – Act of Veneration to the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary at the Spanish Steps

Speeches

• 1 December 2019 – Liturgy of the word and signing of the Letter on the Nativity scene (Shrine of Greccio, 1 December 2019)
• 6 December 2019 – To Members of the “National Notaries’ Fund”
• 11 December 2019 – To a Pilgrimage from the Eparchy of Mukachevo of the Byzantine Rite (Ukraine)
• 12 December 2019 – To Members of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints
• 13 December 2019 – To Performers and Organizers of the Christmas Concert
• 13 December 2019 – To Members of Associations, Congregations and Movements dedicated to Mercy in France
• 14 December 2019 – To Diocesan Auxiliaries of Milan and to Diocesan Apostolic Collaborators of Padua and Treviso
• 16 December 2019 – To the members of the Italian National Association of Senior Workers
• 16 December 2019 – To a delegation of boys and girls of the Italian Catholic Action

Papal Tweets

• “When we learn to live in forgiveness, we grow in our capacity to become men and women of #peace. http://w2.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/messages/peace/documents/papa-francesco_20191208_messaggio–53giornatamondiale-pace2020.html” @Pontifex 12 December 2019
• “The time before Christmas calls us to ask ourselves: What is the great desire of my heart? It is God Himself who puts this “thirst” in our hearts. And He comes to meet us by this route,wherever there is hunger and thirst for peace, hunger and thirst for justice, freedom and love.” @Pontifex 13 December 2019
• “Thank you for accompanying me on this anniversary. I continue asking for the support of your prayer.” @Pontifex 13 December 2019
• “Faith gives us the ability to look with hope at the events of life, and helps us to accept even defeats and sufferings, in the knowledge that evil never has the last word.” @Pontifex 14 December 2019
• “May the Virgin Mary help us so that, as we approach #Christmas, we do not allow ourselves to be distracted by external things, but make room in our hearts for the One who has already come and wants to come again to heal our illnesses and to give us his joy.” @Pontifex 15 December 2019
• “There are two attitudes typical of lukewarm Christians: putting God in a corner – either you do this for me or I won’t go to Church anymore – and washing our hands of those in need. Let us get rid of these attitudes to make space for the Lord who is coming. #HomilySantaMarta” @Pontifex 16 December 2019
• “Every conversion comes from a previous experience of mercy, from God’s tenderness that captures the heart.” @Pontifex 17 December 2019
• “Our response to the challenges posed by contemporary migration can be summed up in four verbs: welcome, protect, promote and integrate. If we put them into practice, we will help build the city of God and man. #InternationalMigrantsDay http://w2.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/messages/migration/documents/papa-francesco_20190527_world-migrants-day–2019.html” @Pontifex 18 December 2019
• “ thank those people everywhere who have sent me their congratulations and good wishes for my fiftieth ordination anniversary and for my birthday. I thank you in a particular way for the gift of your prayers.” @Pontifex 18 December 2019

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