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This version of The Weekly Francis covers material released in the last week from 12 May 2022 to 24 May 2022.

General Audiences

• 18 May 2022 – General Audience – Catechesis on Old Age’ 10. Job. The trial of faith, the blessing of waiting

Messages

• 12 May 2022 – Message of His Holiness Pope Francis to the Pontifical Mission Societies
• 14 May 2022 – Message of the Holy Father to participants in the International Conference ‘‘Adamo, dove sei?’ La questione antropologica oggi’ on the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the Insti

Regina Caeli

• 22 May 2022 – Regina Caeli

Speeches

• 18 May 2022 – Members of the Charles de Foucauld Spiritual Family Association
• 19 May 2022 – To the Community of the Pio Romanian College
• 19 May 2022 – Santa Marta Group International Conference
• 19 May 2022 – Address of His Holiness Pope Francis for the presentation of Credential Letters by the Ambassadors of Pakistan, United Arab Emirates, Burundi and Qatar accredited to the Holy See
• 21 May 2022 – Representation of readers of the weekly magazine ‘Famiglia Cristiana’
• 21 May 2022 – To candidates for Confirmation from Genoa
• 21 May 2022 – To participants in the 46th General Chapter of the Brothers of the Christian Schools
• 21 May 2022 – To participants in the International Conference ‘Nature in Mind’ on the protection of biodiversity
• 23 May 2022 – To Members of the National Civil Protection Service

Papal Tweets

• “When we find ourselves faced with evil, we need to learn, from the example of so many older people, to unite our prayer to that of Jesus, who abandons himself to the Father on the cross. #BlessingOfTime @LaityFamilyLife @PontAcadLife
  l General Audience” @Pontifex, 18 May 2022
• “As a Church, we need to return to what is essential instead of losing ourselves in so many secondary things, running the risk of losing sight of the simple purity of the Gospel.” @Pontifex, 18 May 2022
• “The Church remains grateful for every expression of fraternal charity and care shown to all who have been enslaved and exploited, for in this way, God’s loving mercy becomes visible and the fabric of society is strengthened and renewed.” @Pontifex, 19 May 2022
• “We need profound change, a conversion, that demilitarizes hearts, that would allow everyone to recognize the other as a brother or sister. #Peace #FratelliTutti” @Pontifex, 20 May 2022
• “Mary is the icon of our own vocation, since we, like her, are called to be holy and blameless in love (Eph 1:4), becoming images of Christ.” @Pontifex, 21 May 2022
• ““My peace I give you” (Jn 14:27). Jesus knows that on our own we are not able to cultivate peace, that we need help, a gift, the Holy Spirit. It is He who disarms the heart and fills it with serenity. #GospelOftheDay” @Pontifex, 22 May 2022
• “#LaudatoSiWeek #LaudatoSi7 zugxyadu Image” @Pontifex, 22 May 2022
• “Whoever welcomes a person in need performs not only an act of #charity, but also of #faith, because he or she recognizes Jesus in the brother or sister.” @Pontifex, 23 May 2022
• “Mary, Help of Christians, we entrustthe journey of the faithful in #China to you. We ask you to present to the Lord of history the trials and tribulations, the petitions and the hopes of all those who pray to you, O Queen of Heaven! #PrayTogether #MaryHelpOfChristians” @Pontifex, 24 May 2022
• “We must regenerate the economy, so it may be more just, sustainable, solidale, and respectful of the Earth, our common home. With our eyes fixed on Jesus, we can to journey together towards a better future. #LaudatoSi’ #LaudatoSiWeek” @Pontifex, 24 May 2022

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This version of The Weekly Francis covers material released in the last week from 9 May 2022 to 17 May 2022.

General Audiences

• 11 May 2022 – General Audience – Catechesis on Old Age

Homilies

• 15 May 2022 – Holy Mass and Canonization

Messages

• 9 May 2022 – Message for the 108th World Day of Migrants and Refugees 2022

Regina Caeli

• 15 May 2022 – Regina Caeli

Speeches

• 12 May 2022 – Address of the Holy Father to the participants in the second edition of the General States of Natality
• 13 May 2022 – To the Anglican-Roman Catholic International Dialogue Commission
• 13 May 2022 – Managers and staff of the National Civil Aviation Authority (ENAC)
• 14 May 2022 – Young people from the diocese of Viviers, France
• 14 May 2022 – Members of the ‘Village de François’
• 14 May 2022 – Members of the ‘Cornelia de Lange’ Association
• 14 May 2022 – Pilgrims from the Institute of the Maestre Pie Filippini, and of the dioceses of Viterbo and Civitavecchia-Tarquinia, on the occasion of the 350th anniversary of the birth of Saint Lucy Filippini (14
• 16 May 2022 – Rectors of the Universities of Lazio
• 16 May 2022 – Participants in the General Chapter of the Order of Ministers of the Infirm (Camillians)
• 16 May 2022 – To Members of the ‘Political Fraternity’ of the ‘Chemin Neuf’ Community

Papal Tweets

• “I address a special thought to the people of #SriLanka, especially the young. I urge everyone to maintain a peaceful approach, without giving in to violence. I appeal to all those with responsibility to listen to the aspirations of the people, respecting human and civil rights.” @Pontifex, 11 May 2022
• “A long life – so the Bible teaches – is a blessing. The #ElderlyAndGrandparents are signs of the goodness of God who bestows life in abundance. Blessed is the house where an older person lives! Blessed is the family that honours its grandparents! #BlessingOfTime” @Pontifex, 11 May 2022
• “Part of the vocation of grandparents is to support their sons and daughters in raising their children. The little ones learn the power of tenderness and respect for frailty: irreplaceable lessons that are easier to impart and receive with grandparents. #BlessingOfTime” @Pontifex, 11 May 2022
• “Old people lose some sight, but their inner gaze becomes more penetrating. They become capable of seeing things that previously escaped them. The Lord does not give his talents only to the young and the strong. He has talents for everyone, made to fit each person. #BlessingOfTime” @Pontifex, 11 May 2022
• “A better future can exist only if it is built by everyone for everyone. No one must be excluded! I dedicated my Message for the 108th World Day of Migrants and Refugees to this. #BuildingtheFutureTogether #WDMR2022 @M_RSection
  Sh Message” @Pontifex, 12 May 2022
• “#BuildingtheFutureTogether #WDMR2022 @M_RSection YouTube” @Pontifex, 12 May 2022
• “#OurLadyOfFatima https://t.co/RcIjWUqzbR Image” @Pontifex, 13 May 2022
• “The tears of those who suffer are not sterile. They are a silent prayer rising up to heaven. In Mary they always find a place under her mantle. With her, God becomes our companion on the way. He carries our crosses with us so we are not crushed by our pain.” @Pontifex, 14 May 2022
• “#Holiness does not consist of a few heroic deeds, but of loving a lot every day.
  DKitWPh Homily” @Pontifex, 15 May 2022
• “As tensions and wars increase in the world, may the new Saints inspire paths of dialogue, especially in the hearts and minds of those who hold positions of great responsibility and are called to be agents of #peace, not war.” @Pontifex, 15 May 2022
• “Let us support the #family! Let us defend it from what compromises its beauty. Let us approach this mystery of love with discretion and tenderness. And let us commit ourselves to safeguarding its precious and delicate bonds that allow it to flourish make humanity more fraternal.” @Pontifex, 15 May 2022
• “Each of us is called to #holiness, to a unique and unrepeatable form of holiness. The Lord has a design of love for everyone. He has a dream for your life. Welcome it! Pursue it joyfully! DKiclXJ Homily” @Pontifex, 15 May 2022
• “Beatitude, holiness, is not a life plan made up only of effort and renunciation, but is above all the joyful discovery of being God’s beloved children.” @Pontifex, 16 May 2022
• “Let us allow Jesus the Living Bread to heal us of our self-absorption. May he open our hearts to sharing, heal us from rigidity and turning in on ourselves, and inspire us to follow him wherever he wants to lead us.” @Pontifex, 17 May 2022

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This version of The Weekly Francis covers material released in the last week from 12 April 2022 to 10 May 2022.

General Audiences

• 4 May 2022 – General Audience – Catechesis on Old Age

Letters

• 12 April 2022 – Chirograph of the Holy Father relating to the Institution of the Interdicastery Commission for the Revision of the General Regulations of the Roman Curia

Messages

• 4 May 2022 – Message of the Holy Father to participants in the Conference ‘Charism and creativity. Catalogues, management and innovation regarding the cultural heritage of institutes of consecrated life’ (4 May 20
• 7 May 2022 – Easter Message to the Political Leaders of South Sudan, signed jointly by the Holy Father Francis, His Grace Justin Welby, Archbishop of Canterbury, and the Right Reverend Jim Wallace, Moderator of th
• 8 May 2022 – Message for the 59th World Day of Prayer for Vocations 2022
• 10 May 2022 – Message of the Holy Father on the occasion of the Day of Friendship between Copts and Catholics

Regina Caeli

• 8 May 2022 – Regina Caeli

Speeches

• 2 May 2022 – To Members of the International Federation of Catholic Pharmacists
• 6 May 2022 – To the Pontifical Swiss Guard
• 6 May 2022 – To Participants at the Plenary of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity
• 7 May 2022 – To participants in the General Chapter of the Order of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mercy (Mercedarians)
• 7 May 2022 – Teachers and students of the Pontifical Liturgical Institute
• 9 May 2022 – Students and teachers of the University of Macerata

Papal Tweets

• “Dear elderly brothers and sisters, please look at the young people. The young people are watching us and our consistency can open up a beautiful path of life for them. Hypocrisy, on the other hand, will do so much harm. Let us #PrayTogether for one another. #BlessingOfTime” @Pontifex, 4 May 2022
• “We need to be careful of the mentality that separates priests from laity, considering the first as protagonists and the second as executors, and carry out the Christian mission as one People of God. The entire Church is an evangelizing community. #Prayer #Vocations” @Pontifex, 5 May 2022
• “For the 59th World Day of Prayer for #Vocations, I would like to reflect with you on the bigger meaning of ”vocation“ in the context of a synodal Church that listens to God and the world. YAMF Message” @Pontifex, 5 May 2022
• “As Christians, we are individually called to a #vocation, but also called together. Each of us shines like a star in the heart of God, but we are called to form constellations that can guide the path of humanity.” @Pontifex, 6 May 2022
• “The word of God frees us from self-centeredness, and is able to purify, enlighten and recreate us. So let us listen to that Word, to open us to the vocation that God entrusts to us! #Prayer #Vocations” @Pontifex, 6 May 2022
• “Let us often turn to Mary, Mother of believers! The various forms of Marian devotion, and especially the recitation of the #HolyRosary, will help us live our journey of faith and Christian witness. #PrayTogether” @Pontifex, 7 May 2022
• “Christ’s followers go where He goes, on the same path. They seeks the lost, are interested in those who are far-off, take to heart the situation of the suffering, weep with those who weep, take their neighbour by the hand, placing them on their shoulders. #GospelOfTheDay” @Pontifex, 8 May 2022
• “Today is Mother’s Day in many countries. Let us affectionately remember our mothers, even those who are no longer with us down here, but who live in our hearts. Our prayer, our affection, and our best wishes for all our mothers.” @Pontifex, 8 May 2022
• “Before the madness of war, please, let us continue to pray the Rosary for peace each day. And let us pray for the leaders of nations, so they might not lose the “pulse of the people” who want peace and who know well that weapons never achieve it, never.” @Pontifex, 8 May 2022
• “We should not fear the crises of life and faith. Crises help us recognize that we need God and thus allow us to return to the Lord, to experience his love anew.” @Pontifex, 9 May 2022
• “Dear #GrandparentsAndElderly, in our world, we are called to create a revolution of tenderness, to together free the world from the darkness of loneliness and the demon of war! Message” @Pontifex, 10 May 2022

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This version of The Weekly Francis covers material released in the last week from 23 April 2022 to 3 May 2022.

General Audiences

• 27 April 2022 – General Audience – Catechesis on Old Age – Naomi, the alliance between the generations that opens up the future

Regina Caeli

• 1 May 2022 – Regina Caeli, 1st May 2022

Speeches

• 23 April 2022 – To Participants in the Youth Missionary Conference, promoted by the ‘Missio’ Foundation of the Italian Episcopal Conference
• 23 April 2022 – To the pilgrimage of the pastoral community ‘Madonna delle Lacrime’ from Treviglio (Bergamo)
• 23 April 2022 – To Participants in the Symposium promoted by the ‘Fiat’ Association
• 28 April 2022 – To the Pilgrimage of the Archdiocese of Łódź (Poland)
• 28 April 2022 – To members of the ‘Papal Foundation’
• 29 April 2022 – To the members of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors
• 29 April 2022 – To Participants in the Plenary Session of the Pontical Academy of Social Sciences
• 30 April 2022 – To Pilgrims from Slovakia

Papal Tweets

• “If the young open themselves to gratitude for what they have received, and if the elderly take the initiative of relaunching their future, nothing can stop the flourishing of God’s blessings among peoples! #BlessingOfTime” @Pontifex, 27 April 2022
• “Working safely allows everyone to express the best of themselves while earning their daily bread. The more we take care of the dignity of work, the more certain we are that the quality and beauty of the work carried out will increase.” @Pontifex, 28 April 2022
• “A Christianity that seeks the Lord among the ruins of the past and encloses him in the tomb of habit is a Christianity without Easter.” @Pontifex, 29 April 2022
• “The joy of knowing we are loved by God, despite our infidelities, enables us to face the trials of life to emerge from them better. It is in living this joy that constitutes our being true witnesses, because joy is the distinctive sign of a Christian.” @Pontifex, 30 April 2022
• “Я задаюсь вопросом, действительно ли существует стремление к миру; есть ли желание избежать непрестанной военной и словесной эскалации; делается ли всё возможное, чтобы заставить замолчать оружие?” @Pontifex, 1 May 2022
• “I beg you, let us not surrender to the logic of violence, to the perverse spiral of weapons. May the path of dialogue and peace be taken! #PrayTogether” @Pontifex, 1 May 2022
• “Прошу вас, не підаваймося логіці насильства, спотвореній спіралі озброєнь. Нехай буде обрана дорога діалогу та миру! #МолімосяРазом” @Pontifex, 1 May 2022
• “Пожалуйста, не поддавайтесь логике насилия, извращённой спирали вооружений. Встанем на путь диалога и мира! #Молимсявместе” @Pontifex, 1 May 2022
• “I wonder if peace is truly being sought, whether there is the will to avoid a continued military and verbal escalation, whether everything possible is being done so to silence the weapons.” @Pontifex, 1 May 2022
• “Запитую себе, чи дійсно відбуваються пошуки миру; чи існує воля запобігати безперервній військовій і вербальній ескалації; чи робиться все можливе для того, щоби замовкла зброя.” @Pontifex, 1 May 2022
• “I suffer and weep thinking of the sufferings of the Ukrainian people, and, in particular, the weakest, the elderly and the children.” @Pontifex, 1 May 2022
• “Я страдаю и плачу, думая о мучениях украинского народа, особенно самых слабых, стариков и детей.” @Pontifex, 1 May 2022
• “Every day of May, let us #PrayTogether the Rosary for peace. My thought goes to the Ukrainian city of Mariupol’, ”Mary’s City“, barbarically bombed and destroyed. I renew the request that secure humanitarian corridors might be arranged for the people trapped in that city.” @Pontifex, 1 May 2022
• “#МолімосяРазом кожного дня травня Розарій за мир. Думка відразу лине до українського міста Маріуполя, “Міста Марії”, варварськи бомбардованого та знищеного. Повторюю заклик надати безпечні гуманітарні коридори для людей, що заблоковані в цьому місті.” @Pontifex, 1 May 2022
• “Каждый день мая будем молиться Святым Розарием о мире. Мои мысли обращаются к украинскому городу Мариуполю, «городу Марии», варварски разбомбленному и разрушенному. Я вновь призываю к созданию безопасных гуманитарных коридоров для людей, оказавшихся в ловушке в этом городе.” @Pontifex, 1 May 2022
• “When our nets are empty in life, it is not the time to feel sorry for ourselves, to have fun, to return to old pastimes. It is the time to start again with Jesus, to find the courage to begin again, to set out with him. #GospelOfTheDay (Jn 21:1–19)” @Pontifex, 1 May 2022
• “Saint Joseph reminds us that those who appear hidden or in the shadows can play an incomparable role in the history of salvation. A word of recognition and of gratitude is due to them all.” @Pontifex, 1 May 2022
• “Страждаю і плачу, коли думаю про страждання населення України, особливо, про найслабших, похилих віком, дітей.” @Pontifex, 1 May 2022
• “In this month dedicated to the Virgin Mary, let us learn from her that #prayer is the best weapon of Christian life; without persistent prayer, no victory over evil is possible.” @Pontifex, 2 May 2022
• “On this World #PressFreedom Day, let us #PrayTogether for the journalists who pay in person, with their lives or imprisonment, to serve this right. Special thanks to those who courageously inform us of the wounds of humanity.” @Pontifex, 3 May 2022
• “Let us #PrayTogether so that all young people, called to live life to the fullest, may discover in Mary’s life the way to listen, the depth of discernment, the courage of faith, and dedication to service. #PrayerIntention MyIEZOC Video” @Pontifex, 3 May 2022

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

Homilies

• 14 April 2022 – Mass of the Lord’s Supper
• 24 April 2022 – Holy Mass on the liturgical feast of Divine Mercy

Regina Caeli

• 24 April 2022 – Regina Caeli

Speeches

• 18 April 2022 – Meeting with Italian teenagers
• 25 April 2022 – To Pilgrims from the Catholic Chaplaincy at Queen’s University, Belfast
• 25 April 2022 – To Participants in the conference on ‘Trinitarian International Solidarity’, promoted by the Order of the Holy Trinity (Trinitarians)
• 25 April 2022 – To the Missionaries of Divine Mercy
• 25 April 2022 – Meeting with the Sri Lankan community in Italy

Papal Tweets

• “With Jesus, the Risen Lord, no night will last forever. Even in the darkest night, the morning star still shines.” @Pontifex, 21 April 2022
• “We all need to make a contribution to halt the destruction of our common home and to restore nature: governments, businesses and citizens – we must act like brothers and sisters who share the Earth, the common home that God has given us. #EarthDay” @Pontifex, 22 April 2022
• “How beautiful is a Church that can run through the streets of our world with the desire to bear the joy of the Gospel to everyone. That is what we are called to do: to roll away the stone from the tomb where we have often enclosed the Lord, in order to spread his joy in the world” @Pontifex, 22 April 2022
• “Let us ask for the grace to feeling that we are in need of mercy: this is the only way that the salvation of God operates in us. #DivineMercy” @Pontifex, 23 April 2022
• “I ask everyone to increase their prayers for peace and to have the courage to say, to show that peace is possible. Political leaders, please, listen to the voice of the people who want peace, not an escalation of the conflict.” @Pontifex, 24 April 2022
• “Христос воскрес! Он воистину воскрес! Да наполнит Господь надеждой благие ожидания сердец, да принесёт Он мир, оскорблённый варварством войны.” @Pontifex, 24 April 2022
• “Печально, что в эти дни – самые святые и торжественные для всех христиан – чаще раздаётся смертоносный грохот оружия, чем звон колоколов, возвещающих о Воскресении; печально, что оружие всё больше занимает место слов.” @Pontifex, 24 April 2022
• “Я вновь призываю к пасхальному перемирию. Наступление обязано прекратиться, чтобы облегчить страдания измученного населения; необходимо остановиться, повинуясь словам Воскресшего, Который в день Пасхи повторяет Своим ученикам: ‘Мир вам!’.” @Pontifex, 24 April 2022
• “Я прошу всех умножить молитвы о мире и смело заявить и показать, что мир действительно возможен. Политические лидеры, пожалуйста, прислушайтесь к голосу людей, которые хотят мира, а не эскалации конфликта.” @Pontifex, 24 April 2022
• “Я прошу всіх посилити молитву за мир і мати сміливість говорити та демонструвати, що мир є можливим. Політичні лідери, будь ласка, прислухайтесь до голосу людей, які прагнуть миру, а не ескалації конфлікту.” @Pontifex, 24 April 2022
• “Повторюю заклик до великоднього перемир’я. Нехай припиниться наступ, щоби вийти назустріч стражданням виснаженого населення; нехай зупиниться, слухаючись слів Воскреслого, Який в день Пасхи повторює Своїм учням: «Мир вам!»” @Pontifex, 24 April 2022
• “I renew my appeal for an Easter truce. Stop the attack, so as to respond to the suffering of the exhausted population. Let it stop, in obedience to the words of the Risen Lord, who on Easter repeats to his disciples: “Peace be with you!” @Pontifex, 24 April 2022
• “It is sad that in these days, which are the holiest and most solemn for all Christians, the deadly roar of weapons is heard rather than the sound of bells announcing the Resurrection. And it is sad that weapons are increasingly taking the place of words” @Pontifex, 24 April 2022
• “Сумно, що в ці дні, найсвятіші та найурочистіші для всіх християн, смертельний гуркіт зброї звучить гучніше, аніж передзвін, що звіщає Воскресіння; сумно, що зброя дедалі більше займає місце слова.” @Pontifex, 24 April 2022
• “Христос Воскрес! Він воістину воскрес! Нехай же Він наповнить надією добрі очікування сердець! Нехай же Він дарує мир, скривджений варварством війни” @Pontifex, 24 April 2022
• “This Sunday, we discover three ways the #DivineMercy acts in us: it gives joy, it grants forgiveness and comforts in difficulties. https://t.co/TlkICgagAb Event” @Pontifex, 24 April 2022
• “There are difficult times when life seems to belie faith. It’s precisely then that we rediscover the Lord’s heart. In those situations, Jesus doesn’t perform earth-shattering miracles, but instead offers us heartwarming signs of #mercy. He comforts us by offering us his wounds.” @Pontifex, 24 April 2022
• “Jesus is not afraid of our crises. He always comes back when the doors are closed and when we doubt. He always comes back, not with powerful signs that would make us feel inadequate, but with his wounds, the signs of his love. #GospelOfTheDay Jn 20:19–31” @Pontifex, 24 April 2022
• “Christ is risen, he is truly risen! May he fill with hope the good expectations of hearts. May he grant peace, outraged by the barbarity of war.” @Pontifex, 24 April 2022
• “Let’s remember the forgiveness and peace we have received from Jesus. Let’s put the memory of God’s warm embrace before the memory of our own mistakes and failings. In this way, we will grow in joy. For nothing will ever is ever the same for anyone who has experienced God’s joy!” @Pontifex, 25 April 2022
• “#МолімосяРазом за всі жертви насильства та війни. VtSsQHCgO Image” @Pontifex, 26 April 2022
• “When we bring peace to someone who is suffering physically or spiritually, when we spend some time listening, being present, or consoling someone, we encounter Jesus who repeats to us through the eyes of all those who are weighed down by the trials of life: Peace be with you!” @Pontifex, 26 April 2022
• “Let us #PrayTogether for all the victims of violence and war. Image” @Pontifex, 26 April 2022
• “#МолимсяВместе обо всех жертвах насилия и войны. vvYDnDlQ Image” @Pontifex, 26 April 2022

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This version of The Weekly Francis covers material released in the last week from 7 April 2022 to 20 April 2022.

General Audiences

• 20 April 2022 – General Audience

Homilies

• 14 April 2022 – Holy Chrism Mass
• 16 April 2022 – Easter Vigil in the Holy Night of Easter

Messages

• 17 April 2022 – ‘Urbi et Orbi’ – Easter 2022

Regina Caeli

• 18 April 2022 – Regina Caeli, Easter Monday

Speeches

• 7 April 2022 – To members of the community of the Pontifical Teutonic Institute of ‘Santa Maria dell’Anima’ of Rome
• 15 April 2022 – Good Friday Special ‘A Sua Immagine’, RAIUNO
• 20 April 2022 – To Members of the Global Researchers Advancing Catholic Education Project

Papal Tweets

• “God’s presence is so humble, hidden, so invisible, that it needs an attentive, awake and welcoming heart to be recognized. #Eucharist #HolyThursday” @Pontifex, 14 April 2022
• “Let us place ourselves before the Crucified One, the wellspring of our peace, and ask him for peace of heart and peace in the world. #GoodFriday” @Pontifex, 15 April 2022
• “#PrayTogether #GoodFriday #Peace OSRuw Image” @Pontifex, 15 April 2022
• “On this night let us allow the women of the Gospel to lead us by the hand, so that, with them, we may glimpse the first rays of the dawn of God’s life rising in the darkness of our world.” @Pontifex, 16 April 2022
• “The light of the resurrection generates missionary disciples who return from the tomb in order to bring to all the Gospel of the risen Christ. That is why, after seeing and hearing, the women ran to proclaim to the disciples the joy of the resurrection.” @Pontifex, 16 April 2022
• “Our hope has a name: the name of Jesus. He entered the tomb of our sin; he descended to those depths where we feel most lost, bore the weight of our burdens and from the dark abyss of death restored us to life and turned our mourning into joy.” @Pontifex, 16 April 2022
• “Jesus is alive! Today, too, he walks in our midst, changes us and sets us free. Thanks to him, evil has been robbed of its power; failure can no longer hold us back from starting anew; and death has become a passage to the stirrings of new life.” @Pontifex, 16 April 2022
• “The women proclaimed the joy of the resurrection. Easter did not occur simply to console those who mourned the death of Jesus, but to open hearts to the extraordinary message of God’s triumph over evil and death.” @Pontifex, 16 April 2022
• “Давайте позволим победить себя миру Христову! Мир – возможен, мир – необходим, мир – это главная ответственность каждого! #Мир wRKgh Image” @Pontifex, 17 April 2022
• “May there be #peace also for Libya and for Yemen, for Myanmar and for Afghanistan, for the entire African continent – particularly in the Sahel region –, for Ethiopia and the Democratic Republic of Congo. Let’s pray for the people in the eastern part of South Africa too.” @Pontifex, 17 April 2022
• “May there be #peace for the Middle East, racked by years of conflict and division. May there be peace and reconciliation for the peoples of Lebanon, Syria and Iraq, and in particular for all the Christian communities of the Middle East.” @Pontifex, 17 April 2022
• “В моём сердце – все многочисленные жертвы украинского народа: миллионы беженцев и внутренних переселенцев, разделённые семьи, оставшиеся в одиночестве старики, разбитые жизни и стёртые с лица земли города. У меня перед глазами – взгляд осиротевших детей, бежавших от войны.” @Pontifex, 17 April 2022
• “Ношу в своєму серці всі численні українські жертви, мільйони біженців і внутрішньо переміщених осіб, розділені сім’ї, похилих віком, які залишилися самотніми, розбиті життя та міста, стерті з лиця землі. Маю перед очима погляд осиротілих дітей, що втікають від війни.” @Pontifex, 17 April 2022
• “I hold in my heart all the many Ukrainian victims, the millions of refugees and internally displaced persons, the divided families, the elderly left to themselves, the lives broken and the cities razed to the ground. I see the faces of the orphaned children fleeing from the war.” @Pontifex, 17 April 2022
• “Пусть наступит мир для истерзанной Украины, тяжко страдающей от насилия и разрушений жестокой и бессмысленной войны, в которую она была втянута. Пусть над этим страшным мороком страданий и смерти поскорее взойдёт новая заря надежды! Да будет сделан выбор в пользу мира. #Мир” @Pontifex, 17 April 2022
• “Нехай настане мир для багатостраждальної України що переживає дуже важке випробування насильством та руйнуваннями жорстокої та безумної війни в яку вона була втягнута. Нехай над цією жахливою ніччю страждання та смерті якнайшвидше зійде новий світанок надії! Нехай буде обрано мир” @Pontifex, 17 April 2022
• “May there be peace for war-torn #Ukraine, so sorely tried by the violence and destruction of the cruel and senseless war into which it was dragged. In this terrible night of suffering and death, may a new dawn of hope soon appear! Let there be a decision for #peace.” @Pontifex, 17 April 2022
• “Раны на теле воскресшего Иисуса – это знак сражения, которое Он вёл и выиграл за нас оружием любви, дабы мы могли иметь мир, быть в мире, жить в мире. #Мир R Image” @Pontifex, 17 April 2022
• “Рани на Тілі воскреслого Ісуса є знаком боротьби, якою Він боровся та переміг за нас, зброєю любові, щоби ми могли мати #мир, перебувати в мирі, жити в мирі. jC Image” @Pontifex, 17 April 2022
• “The wounds on the body of the risen Jesus are the sign of the battle he fought and won for us, won with the weapons of love, so that we might have #peace and remain in peace. https://t.co/GVgQvBODaQ Image” @Pontifex, 17 April 2022
• “The Lord is risen! Let us lift up our gaze, remove the veil of sadness and sorrow from our eyes, and open our hearts to the hope that God brings! https://t.co/laMdZhXIBe Homily” @Pontifex, 17 April 2022
• “Дозвольмо, щоби Христовий #мир переміг нас! Мир є можливим, мир є обов’язковим, мир є першочерговою відповідальністю всіх! e Image” @Pontifex, 17 April 2022
• “May the risen Christ accompany and assist the people of Latin America and the journey of reconciliation that the Catholic Church in Canada is making with the indigenous peoples.” @Pontifex, 17 April 2022
• “May we be won over by the #peace of Christ! Peace is possible; peace is a duty; peace is everyone’s primary responsibility! qxaoyN Image” @Pontifex, 17 April 2022
• “The Easter joy is not to be kept to oneself. The joy of Christ is strengthened by giving it, it multiplies sharing it. If we open ourselves and carry the Gospel, our hearts will open and overcome fear. #GospelOfTheDay (Mt 28:8–15).” @Pontifex, 18 April 2022
• “The Lord is risen! Let us not tarry among the tombs, but run to find him, the Living One! Nor may we be afraid to seek him also in the faces of our brothers and sisters, in the stories of those who hope and dream, in the pain of those who we suffer: God is there!” @Pontifex, 19 April 2022
• ““Honour your father and mother” is a solemn commitment. It is not just about our own father and mother, but about the old age of life… We received the love of our parents, of our grandparents, and now we return this love to them. #BlessingOfTime” @Pontifex, 20 April 2022

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This version of The Weekly Francis covers material released in the last week from 6 April 2022 to 13 April 2022.

Angelus

• 10 April 2022 – Angelus, Palm Sunday

General Audiences

• 6 April 2022 – General Audience – Apostolic Journey to Malta
• 13 April 2022 – General Audience

Homilies

• 10 April 2022 – Palm Sunday

Papal Tweets

• “: Це жертви, невинна кров яких взиває до неба та благає: нехай буде покладено край цій війні! Змусьте зброю замовкнути! Нехай більше не сіється смерть і руйнування! #МолімосяРазом” @Pontifex, 6 April 2022
• “Let us not forget the children who have had to flee and come to a foreign land: this is one of the fruits of war. Let us not forget them, and let us not forget the Ukrainian people. #PrayTogether” @Pontifex, 6 April 2022
• “They are victims whose innocent blood cries to Heaven and implores: put an end to this war! Silence the weapons! Stop sowing death and destruction! #PrayTogether” @Pontifex, 6 April 2022
• “Не будем забывать о детях, которым пришлось бежать на чужую землю, – это один из плодов войны. Не будем забывать о них, не будем забывать об украинском народе. #МолимсяВместе” @Pontifex, 6 April 2022
• “Не забуваймо про дітей, які мусіли втікати і прибути до чужої землі: це однин із плодів війни. Не забуваймо про них, не забуваймо про український народ. #МолімосяРазом” @Pontifex, 6 April 2022
• “Невинная кровь этих жертв взывает к Небесам и умоляет: да прекратится эта война! Да умолкнет оружие! Хватит сеять смерть и разрушение! #МолимсяВместе” @Pontifex, 6 April 2022
• “The recent news from #Ukraine, reports new atrocities, like the massacre in Bucha: ever more horrendous cruelty done even against defenseless civilians, women and children.” @Pontifex, 6 April 2022
• “Новости с Украины свидетельствуют о новых зверствах, таких как резня в Буче: всё более чудовищная жестокость, также в отношении беззащитных гражданских лиц, женщин и детей.
  #Украина” @Pontifex, 6 April 2022
• “I chose the words ”with unusual kindness“ as the motto of my Journey to Malta because they indicate the path to follow so that the world might become more fraternal, more livable, and might be saved from a “shipwreck” that menaces all of us who are in the same boat.” @Pontifex, 6 April 2022
• “Новини з #України засвідчують нові звірства, як от різанина в Бучі: дедалі жахливіші акти жорстокості, скоєні також проти цивільних, безборонних жінок і дітей.” @Pontifex, 6 April 2022
• “The Season of #Lenten calls us to place our faith and hope in the Lord, since only if we fix our gaze on the risen Christ will we be able to respond to the Apostle’s appeal, “Let us never grow tired of doing good” (Gal 6:9).” @Pontifex, 7 April 2022
• “Jesus spoke of this hope when he announced his passion and death saying he would “be raised on the third day” (Mt 20:19). He was speaking of the future opened up by the Father’s mercy. Hoping with him and thanks to him means receiving from his open Heart the Father’s forgiveness.” @Pontifex, 8 April 2022
• “We are like little toddlers who try to walk, but keep falling, and need to be picked up each time by their father. It is the Father’s forgiveness that always sets us back on our feet. God’s forgiveness, #Confession, is the first step on our return journey to the Lord.” @Pontifex, 8 April 2022
• “I ask Mary Most Holy to pray that this #Lent will open our hearts to hear the call to be reconciled to God, to fix our gaze on the paschal Mystery, and to be converted to an open and sincere dialogue with God.” @Pontifex, 9 April 2022
• “#PrayTogether #Ukraine #Peace Image” @Pontifex, 10 April 2022
• “Немає нічого неможливого в Бога. (Лк 1,37). Також зробити так, аби припинилася війна, якій не видно кінця. Війна, яка кожного дня ставить перед нашими очима нелюдські масові вбивства та нещадні акти жорстокості, скоєні проти беззахисних цивільних. #МолімосяРазом #Мир Image” @Pontifex, 10 April 2022
• “‘У Бога не останется бессильным никакое слово’ (Лк 1,37). Для Бога нет ничего невозможного, даже прекратить войну, конца которой не видно, – войну, из-а которой каждый день у нас перед глазами чудовищные массовые убийства и зверские жестокости против беззащитных гражданских лиц. UjE Image” @Pontifex, 10 April 2022
• “Nothing is impossible for God (Lk 1:37). He can even bring an end to a war whose end is not in sight, a war that daily places before our eyes heinous massacres and atrocious cruelty committed against defenseless civilians. #PrayTogether #Peace gxm Image” @Pontifex, 10 April 2022
• “#МолимсяВместе #Мир #Украина Q Image” @Pontifex, 10 April 2022
• “#МолімосяРазом #Мир #Україна https://t.co/YWhssGjLgI Image” @Pontifex, 10 April 2022
• “Jesus is crucified in the refugees who flee from bombs with children in their arms. He is crucified in the elderly left alone to die, in the young people deprived of a future; in the soldiers sent to kill their brothers and sisters.” @Pontifex, 10 April 2022
• “Father, forgive them for they know not what they do (Lk 23:34). When violence is used, it shows that we know nothing about God, who is Father, or even about others, our brothers and sisters. We forget why we are in the world and end up committing senseless acts of cruelty.” @Pontifex, 10 April 2022
• “Jesus instead says: Father, forgive them (Lk 23:34). Jesus did not rebuke his executioners or threaten punishments in God’s name. Rather, he prays for the evildoers. Hanging from the gibbet of humiliation, the intensity of his giving increases until it becomes forgiving.” @Pontifex, 10 April 2022
• “Save yourself. Take care of yourself. Think of yourself, not of others, only of your own well-being, your own success, your own interests, your possessions, your power, your image. Save yourself (Lk 23:37), is the constant refrain of that humanity that has crucified the Lord.” @Pontifex, 10 April 2022
• “On Calvary, two ways of thinking collided. Against this self-centred mindset is God’s way of thinking. The mantra “save yourself” contrasts with the words of the Saviour who offers his self. #GospelOfTheDay” @Pontifex, 10 April 2022
• “The folly of war, where Christ is crucified yet another time. Christ is once more nailed to the Cross in mothers who mourn the unjust death of husbands and children.” @Pontifex, 10 April 2022
• “During this week let us welcome the certainty that God can forgive every sin, every distance; the certainty that with Jesus there is always a place for everyone; that with Jesus, it is never over, never too late. With God, we can always come back to life.” @Pontifex, 11 April 2022
• “Let us journey toward Easter with his forgiveness. For Christ constantly intercedes for us before the Father. Gazing upon our violent and wounded world, he never tires of repeating: Father, forgive them for they know not what they do.” @Pontifex, 11 April 2022
• “Let us gaze upon the Crucified One. It is from his painful holes caused by the nails of our sinfulness, that forgiveness gushes forth. Let us look to Jesus on the cross and realize that we have never been looked on with greater gentleness and compassionate.” @Pontifex, 12 April 2022
• “If we want to evaluate our following of Christ, let us look at how we behave toward those who have hurt us. The Lord asks us to respond like He does with us. He does not separate us into good and bad, friends and enemies. For Him, all of us are beloved children.” @Pontifex, 12 April 2022
• “While worldly power leaves only destruction and death in its wake, Christ’s #peace builds up history, starting from the heart of every person who welcomes us. #GeneralAudience” @Pontifex, 13 April 2022
• “The #peace of the Lord follows the way of meekness and the cross: it is taking responsibility for others. Indeed, Christ took on himself our evil, sin and death. In this way he freed us. His peace is not the fruit of some compromise, but rather is born of self-giving.” @Pontifex, 13 April 2022
• “The weapons of the #Gospel are prayer, tenderness, forgiveness and freely-given love for one’s neighbour, to any neighbour. This is how God’s #peace is brought into the world. This is why the armed aggression of these days, like every war, represents an outrage against God.” @Pontifex, 13 April 2022

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

Angelus

• 3 April 2022 – Apostolic Journey to Malta’ Angelus

General Audiences

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

Homilies

• 2 April 2022 – Apostolic Journey to Malta’ Prayer meeting at the National Shrine of ‘Ta’ Pinu’ in Gozo
• 3 April 2022 – Apostolic Journey to Malta’ Holy Mass (Floriana)

Prayers

• 3 April 2022 – Apostolic Journey to Malta’ Visit to the Grotto of St Paul at the Basilica of St Paul in Rabat

Speeches

• 1 April 2022 – Meeting with Representatives of Indigenous Peoples in Canada (1st April 2022)
• 1 April 2022 – To members of the Italian Autism Foundation on the occasion of World Autism Awareness Day (1st April 2022)
• 2 April 2022 – Apostolic Journey to Malta’ Meeting with the Authorities and the Diplomatic Corps
• 3 April 2022 – Apostolic Journey to Malta’ Meeting with Migrants
• 3 April 2022 – Apostolic Journey to Malta’ Press Conference on the return flight to Rome

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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