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This version of The Weekly Francis covers material released in the last week from 6 January 2022 to 19 January 2022.

Angelus

• 16 January 2022 – Angelus

General Audiences

• 19 January 2022 – General Audience – Catechesis on Saint Joseph’ 8. Saint Joseph, father in tenderness

Homilies

• 9 January 2022 – Feast of the Baptism of the Lord

Messages

• 6 January 2022 – Message of the Holy Father Francis for the 625th anniversary of the Theological Faculty of the Pontifical John Paul II University in Krakow

Speeches

• 13 January 2022 – To the Delegation of the French Catholic Action Movement
• 17 January 2022 – To the Ecumenical Delegation from Finland
• 17 January 2022 – To the Delegation of the Custody of The Holy Land on the Centenary of the journal ‘La Terra Santa’

Papal Tweets

• “We are living in a difficult time, many people are facing difficulties and suffering. In a time like this, we need someone who can encourage us, help us, inspire us. Saint Joseph is a bright witness in dark times. Let us turn to him to find our way again.vaticannews.va Parents who face challenges for their children’s sake are heroes – Vatican NewsPope Francis’ interview with Vatican Media on being parents in the time of Covid and the witness of Saint Joseph, an example of strength and …” @Pontifex, 13 January 2022
• “Even if all human doors were barred, God’s door is open. #Prayer” @Pontifex, 14 January 2022
• “Lack of charity causes unhappiness, because love alone satisfies the human heart.” @Pontifex, 15 January 2022
• “Let us #PrayTogether for the people hit by strong rain and flooding in various regions of Brazil during these past weeks, especially for the victims and their families, and for those who have lost their homes.” @Pontifex, 16 January 2022
• “The first sign Jesus accomplished was not an extraordinary healing or something prodigious in the temple of Jerusalem, but an action that responded to a simple and concrete need of common people. This is how God loves to act. #GospelOfTheDay (Jn 2:1–11)” @Pontifex, 16 January 2022
• “It is love that transforms: ordinary things become extraordinary when they are done with love.” @Pontifex, 17 January 2022
• “Like the Magi who came from the East to Bethlehem to honour the Messianic King, we Christians are also pilgrims on the way toward full unity, in the diversity of our confessions and traditions. Let us #PrayTogether and keep our eyes fixed on Jesus, our only Lord. #ChristianUnity” @Pontifex, 18 January 2022
• “Tenderness is not a question of emotion or sentiment: it is the experience of feeling loved and welcomed even in our poverty and misery, and thus transformed by God’s love. #GeneralAudience” @Pontifex, 19 January 2022
• “Today let us #PrayTogether for those who are in prison. May God’s tenderness reach them in their journey of reparation and return to society, and bring forth in each of us a strong desire for conversion. #GeneralAudience” @Pontifex, 19 January 2022
• “Let us #PrayTogether for the people of the islands of Tonga, who were struck in recent days by a volcanic eruption that has caused enormous material damage. We ask the Lord to relieve the suffering of these brothers and sisters.” @Pontifex, 19 January 2022

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This version of The Weekly Francis covers material released in the last week from 10 December 2021 to 12 January 2022.

Angelus

• 9 January 2022 – Angelus, Feast of the Baptism of the Lord

General Audiences

• 12 January 2022 – General Audience, Catechesis on Saint Joseph’ 7. Saint Joseph the Carpenter

Messages

• 10 December 2021 – 30th World Day of the Sick 2022

Speeches

• 7 January 2022 – To a Delegation of French Catholic entrepreneurs
• 8 January 2022 – To Members of the Saints Peter and Paul Association
• 10 January 2022 – To the Diplomatic Corps accredited to the Holy See

Papal Tweets

• “The Lord works wonders with those who are lowly, with those who do not believe that they are great but who give ample space to God in their life. He extends His mercy to those who trust in Him, and raises up the humble.” @Pontifex, 8 January 2022
• “Today’s Gospel shows us the #BaptismOfJesus. He who is the Son of God, the Messiah goes to the Jordan River to be baptized. He lines up with the sinners, He shares our plight, He goes down into the river and at the same time into the wounded history of humanity to heal it.” @Pontifex, 9 January 2022
• “When we pray, the Father says to us, as he does to Jesus in the #GospelOfTheDay: “You are my beloved child” (Lk 3:22). Being God’s children began on the day of our Baptism, which immersed us in Christ and we became beloved children of the Father. #BaptismOfJesus” @Pontifex, 9 January 2022
• “We belong to Christ, we are joined to him through Baptism; His presence is in us, His light is in us, His life is in us. Let us therefore walk joyfully in hope sustained by his Word: it is the Word of life. #BaptismOfTheLord” @Pontifex, 9 January 2022
• “#LetUsPray for the victims of the protests that have broken out in recent days in Kazakhstan and for their families. I hope that social harmony will be restored as soon as possible through the search for dialogue, justice and the common good.” @Pontifex, 9 January 2022
• “The prophet Jeremiah tells us that God has “plans for our welfare and not for evil, to give us a future and a hope” (29:11). We should be unafraid, then, to make room for peace in our lives by cultivating dialogue and fraternity among one another.” @Pontifex, 10 January 2022
• “The issue of migration, together with the pandemic and climate change, has clearly demonstrated that we cannot be saved alone and by ourselves: the great challenges of our time are all global. Speech” @Pontifex, 10 January 2022
• “Sometimes, looking at our lives, we see only the things we lack and forget the talents we possess. Yet God gave them to us because He trusts us and asks us to make the most of the present moment, not yearning for the past, but waiting industriously for His return.” @Pontifex, 11 January 2022
• “At times due to the pandemic, many people experience the ordeal of not having a job that allows them to live tranquilly. Often they become so desperate that it drives them to the point of losing all hope and the desire to live. Let us #PrayTogether for them.” @Pontifex, 12 January 2022

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This version of The Weekly Francis covers material released in the last week from 30 December 2021 to 6 January 2022.

Angelus

• 1 January 2022 – Angelus, 1st January, Solemnity of Mary, the Holy Mother of God
• 2 January 2022 – Angelus
• 6 January 2022 – Angelus, Solemnity of the Epiphany of the Lord

General Audiences

• 5 January 2022 – General Audience of 5 January 2021’ Catechesis on Saint Joseph – 6. Saint Joseph, Jesus’ foster father

Homilies

• 1 January 2022 – Holy Mass on the Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God (1st January 2022)
• 6 January 2022 – Holy Mass on the Solemnity of the Epiphany of the Lord

Messages

• 30 December 2021 – Holy Father’s Message, signed by the Secretary of State, to the young people taking part in the annual Taizé encounter
• 6 January 2022 – Message of His Holiness Pope Francis for World Mission Day 2022

Papal Tweets

• “God was born a child in order to encourage us to care for others. His disarming love reminds us that our time is not to be spent in feeling sorry for ourselves, but in comforting the tears of the suffering. #Christmas” @Pontifex, 31 December 2021
• “All can work together to build a more peaceful world, starting from the hearts of individuals and relationships in the family, then within society and with the environment, and all the way up to relationships between peoples and nations. #WorlddayofPeace https://vatican.va/content/francesco/en/messages/peace/documents/20211208-messaggio–55giornatamondiale-pace2022.html…” @Pontifex, 1 January 2022
• “I wish to propose three paths for building a lasting #peace: dialogue between generations as the basis for the realization of shared projects; education as a factor of freedom, responsibility and development; and labour for the full realization of human dignity.” @Pontifex, 1 January 2022
• “The New Year begins under the sign of the Mother. A mother’s gaze is the path to rebirth and growth. Mothers know how to overcome obstacles and conflicts. They know how to instill peace. Thus they succeed in transforming problems into opportunities for rebirth and growth.” @Pontifex, 1 January 2022
• “Let us all make greater efforts to promote mothers and to protect women. How much violence is directed against women! Enough! To hurt a woman is to insult God, who from a woman took on our humanity.” @Pontifex, 1 January 2022
• “As we begin the New Year, we place ourselves under the protection of the #MotherOfGod, who is also our mother. May she help us to keep and ponder all things, unafraid of trials, in the joyful certainty that the Lord is faithful and knows how to change crosses into resurrections.” @Pontifex, 1 January 2022
• “Faced with our frailties, the Lord does not withdraw. He does not remain in his blessed eternity and in his infinite light, but rather he draws close, he makes himself incarnate, he descends into the darkness. This is God’s work: to come among us.” @Pontifex, 2 January 2022
• “#Christmas invites us to reflect on the drama of history, in which men and women, wounded by sin, search for truth, mercy, redemption; and on God’s goodness, who has come to us to communicate the Truth that saves and to make us sharers in His life.” @Pontifex, 3 January 2022
• “By giving us His Son, God offers us a fraternity based on true love, making it possible for me to encounter others who are different, feeling com-passion for their sufferings, drawing near and caring for them even though they do not belong to my family, ethnic group or religion.” @Pontifex, 4 January 2022
• “How many sick and elderly people are living at home and waiting for a visit! The ministry of consolation is a task for every baptized person, mindful of the word of Jesus: “I was sick and you visited me” (Mt 25:36). Message” @Pontifex, 4 January 2022
• “Let us #PrayTogether that those who suffer discrimination and religious persecution may find in the societies in which they live the rights and dignity that comes from being brothers and sisters. #PrayerIntention” @Pontifex, 4 January 2022
• “Saint Joseph, you who loved Jesus with fatherly love, be close to the many children who have no family and who long for a daddy and mommy. Support the couples who are unable to have children, help them to discover, through this suffering, a greater plan. #GeneralAudience” @Pontifex, 6 January 2022

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This version of The Weekly Francis covers material released in the last week from 19 December 2021 to 29 December 2021.

Angelus

• 26 December 2021 – Angelus, Feast of the Holy Family of Nazareth

General Audiences

• 29 December 2021 – General Audience ’ Catechesis on Saint Joseph – 5. Saint Joseph, persecuted and courageous migrant

Homilies

• 24 December 2021 – Holy Mass on the Solemnity of the Nativity of the Lord

Letters

• 26 December 2021 – Letter of His Holiness Pope Francis to Married Couples for the ‘Amoris Laetitia Family’ Year, 2021–2022

Messages

• 19 December 2021 – Video message of the Holy Father for the inauguration of the academic year of the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, in Milan, on the centenary of its foundation
• 25 December 2021 – ‘Urbi et Orbi’ – Christmas 2021

Speeches

• 23 December 2021 – Christmas Greetings of the Holy Father to the Roman Curia
• 23 December 2021 – To the employees of Vatican City State for the exchange of Christmas greetings

Papal Tweets

• “This is the lesson of #Christmas: humility is the great condition for faith, for the spiritual life and for holiness. May the Lord grant it to us as a gift.” @Pontifex, 23 December 2021
• “Let us allow ourselves to be evangelized by the humility of #Christmas, of the manger, of the poverty and simplicity with which the Son of God entered the world. Let us allow ourselves to be evangelized by the humility of the Child Jesus.” @Pontifex, 23 December 2021
• “Dear sister or brother, if as in Bethlehem, the darkness of night overwhelms you, if the hurt you carry inside cries out ”You are worthless“, tonight God responds and tells you: “I love you just as you are. I became little for you. Trust me and open your heart to me”. #Christmas” @Pontifex, 24 December 2021
• “For it to be truly #Christmas, let us not forget this: God comes to be with us and asks us to take care of our brothers and sisters, especially the poorest, the weakest, the most fragile, whom the pandemic risks marginalising even more.” @Pontifex, 24 December 2021
• “Tonight a light has been lit, a kindly light, reminding us that in our littleness, we are beloved sons and daughters, children of the light. Let us rejoice together, for no one will ever put out this light, the light of Jesus, who tonight shines brightly in our world. #Christmas” @Pontifex, 24 December 2021
• “The Word became flesh in order to dialogue with us. God does not desire to carry on a monologue, but a dialogue. By the coming of Jesus, the Person of the Word made flesh, into our world, God showed us the way of encounter and dialogue. https://vatican.va/content/francesco/en/messages/urbi/documents/papa-francesco_20211225_urbi-et-orbi-natale.html…” @Pontifex, 25 December 2021
• “This is what we should ask Jesus for at #Christmas: the grace of littleness. “Lord, teach us to love littleness. Help us to understand that littleness is the way to authentic greatness”.” @Pontifex, 25 December 2021
• “Jesus is born close to the forgotten ones on the peripheries. He comes to ennoble the excluded and He is first revealed to them: not to educated and important people, but to the shepherds, to poor working people. #Christmas” @Pontifex, 25 December 2021
• “As the message of the birth of the Saviour, the source of true peace, resounds in the whole world, we continue to witness a great number of conflicts, crises and disagreements. Let us implore God to stir up in the hearts of everyone a yearning for reconciliation and fraternity.” @Pontifex, 25 December 2021
• “Christ “dwells” in your marriage and he is always waiting for you to open your hearts to him, so that he can sustain you, by the power of his love. Our human love is weak; it needs the strength of Jesus’ faithful love. #LetterToMarriedCouples” @Pontifex, 26 December 2021
• “Dear married couples throughout the world! In this “Amoris Laetitia Family” Year, I am writing to express my deep affection and closeness to you at this very special time. #LetterToMarriedCouples Letter” @Pontifex, 26 December 2021
• “Please, each day, let us pray a little bit together to ask God for the gift of peace. And let us all commit ourselves – parents children, Church, society – to sustain, defend and safeguard the family! #HolyFamily” @Pontifex, 26 December 2021
• “Let us embrace Jesus in the little ones of today, love Him in the least of our brothers and sisters, serve Him in the poor. They are most like Jesus who was born poor. It is in them that He wants to be honoured. #ChristmasSeason” @Pontifex, 27 December 2021
• “The new Herods of our time devour the innocence of our children under the oppression of illegal slave labour, prostitution, exploitation, wars and forced emigration. Let us #PrayTogether today for these children and defend them. #HolyInnocents” @Pontifex, 28 December 2021
• “Saint Joseph, you who have experienced the suffering of those who must flee to save the lives of their loved ones, protect all those who flee because of war, hatred, hunger. Guide their steps and open the hearts of those who can help them. Let us #PrayTogether #GeneralAudience” @Pontifex, 29 December 2021

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This version of The Weekly Francis covers material released in the last week from 8 December 2021 to 22 December 2021.

Angelus

• 19 December 2021 – Angelus

General Audiences

• 22 December 2021 – General Audience ’ Catechesis’ The birth of Jesus

Messages

• 8 December 2021 – LV World Day of Peace 2022 – Dialogue Between Generations, Education and Work’ Tools for Building Lasting Peace

Speeches

• 10 December 2021 – To the delegations which donated the Christmas Tree and the Nativity Scene in St. Peter’s Square and in the Paul VI Hall
• 11 December 2021 – To Participants in the Plenary Assembly of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life
• 17 December 2021 – Presentation of Letters of Credence by the Ambassadors of Moldova, Kyrgyzstan, Namibia, Lesotho, Luxembourg, Chad and Guinea-Bissau
• 18 December 2021 – To a delegation of young people from Italian Catholic Action

Papal Tweets

• “Each of life’s stages is a time to believe, hope and love.” @Pontifex, 17 December 2021
• “Let us look into the eyes of the discarded people we meet, let us be provoked by the faces of children, the children of desperate migrants. Let us allow ourselves to be moved by their suffering in order to react to our indifference. #MigrantsDay” @Pontifex, 18 December 2021
• “The first act of charity we can do for our neighbour is to offer a serene and smiling face. It is to bring them the joy of Jesus, as Mary did with Elizabeth. #GospelOfTheDay” @Pontifex, 19 December 2021
• “I express my closeness to the population of the Philippines, struck by a strong typhoon that has caused many deaths and destroyed so many homes. May the “Santo Niño” bring consolation and hope to the families of those most affected. #PrayTogether” @Pontifex, 19 December 2021
• “The #Christmas tree is a symbol of rebirth, God’s gift by which He is united forever to humanity. He gives us His life. The lights on the fir tree recall the light of Jesus, the light of love that continues to shine in the world’s nights.” @Pontifex, 20 December 2021
• “The Season of #Advent is meant for us to stop and ask ourselves how to prepare for #Christmas. We are so busy with all the preparations, with gifts and things that pass. But let us ask ourselves what we should do for Jesus and for others!” @Pontifex, 21 December 2021
• “Let’s choose a concrete commitment, however small, that’s adapted to our situation in life, and let’s continue to do it to prepare ourselves for #Christmas: call a person who is alone, visit that elderly or ill person, do something to serve a poor person, someone in need. #Advent” @Pontifex, 21 December 2021
• “Jesus is the name and the face of the love of God who came to dwell among us. I hope that each of you might have the desire of seeking Him and the joy of finding Him this #Christmas.” @Pontifex, 22 December 2021
• “There are many local Churches, religious congregations and Catholic organizations who are ready to welcome and accompany migrants toward a fruitful integration. All that is needed is an open door!” @Pontifex, 22 December 2021

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This version of The Weekly Francis covers material released in the last week from 6 December 2021 to 15 December 2021.

Angelus

• 12 December 2021 – Angelus

General Audiences

• 15 December 2021 – General Audience ’ Catechesis on Saint Joseph – 3. Saint Joseph, man of silence

Letters

• 8 December 2021 – Chirograph of the Holy Father Francis on the institution of theFratelli tutti Foundation

Speeches

• 6 December 2021 – Apostolic Journey to Cyprus and Greece’ Press Conference on the return flight to Rome
• 10 December 2021 – To members of the Union of Italian Catholic Jurists
• 15 December 2021 – To the Organisers and Artists of the Christmas Concert in the Vatican

Papal Tweets

• “We’re all called to contribute courageously and decisively to respect everyone’s basic rights, especially of those who are ‘invisible’: the hungry and thirsty, the naked, the sick, strangers or prisoners, those living on the margins or are discarded from society. #HumanRightsDay” @Pontifex, 10 December 2021
• “God never tires of waiting for us. When we turn away, He comes to look for us; when we fall, He picks us up; when we return to Him after losing our way, He waits for us with open arms. His love is always gives us the courage to start anew.” @Pontifex, 11 December 2021
• “Today I would like to extend my best wishes to Caritas Internationalis on its 70th anniversary. May you continue to witness to and incarnate the love of the Church for the poor and the most vulnerable all over the world! @iamcaritas” @Pontifex, 12 December 2021
• ““What should we do?” (Lk. 3:10). With this question, the #GospelOfTheDay reminds us that life has a task for us. Life is a gift that the Lord grants us, saying to us: discover who you are, and work hard to make the dream that is your life come true!” @Pontifex, 12 December 2021
• “Let us #PrayTogether for dear Ukraine, so that the tensions be resolved through dialogue, not with weapons. I am saddened that this year more weapons were produced than last year. Weapons are not the way. May this year’s celebration of the Lord’s Birth bring peace to Ukraine.” @Pontifex, 12 December 2021
• “Life is a time for making decisive, eternal choices. Trivial choices lead to a trivial life; great choices to a life of greatness. In fact, we become what we choose. If we choose God, we grow daily in his love, and if we choose to love others, we find true happiness.” @Pontifex, 13 December 2021
• “#Advent invites us to prepare ourselves for Christmas, welcoming Jesus without fear. If we open wide the doors of our life, everything takes on a new light and our family, work, suffering, health, friendship, become opportunities to discover His consoling presence.” @Pontifex, 14 December 2021
• “As we draw near to #Christmas, let us learn from Saint Joseph how to cultivate spaces for silence in which another Word can emerge, that of the Holy Spirit who dwells in us. #GeneralAudience” @Pontifex, 15 December 2021
• “In the past few hours there has been a devastating explosion in #Haiti in which many people, including children, lost their lives. I am close to the families of the victims, as well as the injured. Let us #PrayTogether for these our brothers and sisters who are so sorely tried.” @Pontifex, 15 December 2021

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This version of The Weekly Francis covers material released in the last week from 20 November 2021 to 8 December 2021.

Angelus

• 8 December 2021 – Angelus, Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Homilies

• 3 December 2021 – Apostolic Journey to Cyprus and Greece’ Holy Mass at the ‘GSP Stadium’ in Nicosia
• 5 December 2021 – Apostolic Journey to Cyprus and Greece’ Holy Mass at ‘Megaron Concert Hall’ in Athens

Messages

• 20 November 2021 – Message of His Holiness Pope Francis to Participants in the VII Conference ‘Rome MED Dialogues’

Speeches

• 2 December 2021 – Apostolic Journey to Cyprus and Greece’ Greeting to journalists on the flight to Cyprus (2 December2021)
• 2 December 2021 – Apostolic Journey to Cyprus and Greece’ Meeting with Priests, Consacrated Persons, Deacons, Catechists, Ecclesial Associations and Movements of Cyprus at the Maronite Cathedral of Our Lady of Grace in
• 2 December 2021 – Apostolic Journey to Cyprus and Greece’ Meeting with Authorities, Civil Society and the Diplomatic Corps in the ‘Ceremonial Hall’ of the Presidential Palace in Nicosia
• 3 December 2021 – Apostolic Journey to Cyprus and Greece’ Ecumenical Prayer with Migrants at the Parish Church of the Holy Cross in Nicosia
• 3 December 2021 – Apostolic Journey to Cyprus and Greece’ Meeting with the Holy Synod at the Orthodox Cathedral in Nicosia
• 4 December 2021 – Apostolic Journey to Cyprus and Greece’ Apostolic Journey to Cyprus and Greece’ Meeting with Bishops, Priests, Religious, Consecrated Persons, Seminarians, Catechists at the Cathedral of Saint Dionysi
• 4 December 2021 – Apostolic Journey to Cyprus and Greece’ Meeting of His Beatitude Hieronymos II and His Holiness Francis with the Respective Entourages (‘Throne Room’ of the Orthodox Archbishopric of Greece in Athens,
• 4 December 2021 – Apostolic Journey to Cyprus and Greece’ Meeting with Authorities, Civil Society and the Diplomatic Corps (Presidential Palace in Athens)
• 5 December 2021 – Apostolic Journey to Cyprus and Greece’ Visit to the Refugees at ‘Reception and Identification Centre’ in Mytilene
• 6 December 2021 – Apostolic Journey to Cyprus and Greece’ Meeting with young people (Saint Dionysius School of the Ursuline Sisters in Maroussi, Athens)

Papal Tweets

• “The way of peace, which reconciles conflicts and regenerates fraternity, is marked by dialogue. We ought to help one another to believe in the patient and unassuming power of dialogue. I is not an easy road, but there is no other way to achieve reconciliation. #ApostolicJourney” @Pontifex, 2 December 2021
• “The Beatitudes are the perennial charter of Christianity, the compass that indicates the routes that Christians must take in the voyage of life. When they are lived out, the Gospel becomes youthful and fills society with fresh hope. #ApostolicJourney” @Pontifex, 2 December 2021
• “We are brothers and sisters, loved by a single Father. We need to work together to build a future worthy of humanity, to overcome divisions and work for unity. We need to welcome and integrate one another, and to walk together as brothers and sisters, all of us! #ApostolicJourney” @Pontifex, 2 December 2021
• “Like the blind men in the #GospelOfTheDay, we are like wayfarers immersed in darkness. The first thing to do is go to Jesus: He alone is the true light that illumines every person, the one who gives abundant light and love., who alone frees the heart from evil. #ApostolicJourney” @Pontifex, 3 December 2021
• “It is the Lord Jesus whom we meet in the faces of our marginalized and discarded brothers and sisters, in the migrant who is despised, rejected, put in a cage, but also in the migrant journeying toward hope, toward a better human life. #ApostolicJourney” @Pontifex, 3 December 2021
• “Dear brothers and sister with #disabilities, the Pope and the Church are near you in a special way, with affection and tenderness. All of us together are Church because Jesus chose to be our friend. Message” @Pontifex, 3 December 2021
• “We need enlightened Christians, who with consoling gestures and words, kindle the light of hope amid the darkness, who sow the seeds of the Gospel in the parched fields of everyday life and bring warmth to the wastelands of suffering and poverty. #ApostolicJourney” @Pontifex, 3 December 2021
• “The Holy Spirit desires that Orthodox and Catholics humbly and respectfully draw near to one another again. He invites us not to grow resigned to past divisions and to cultivate together the field of the Kingdom with patience, perseverance and concrete gestures. #ApostolicJourney” @Pontifex, 3 December 2021
• “Our Church is mother, and a mother always gathers her children tenderly. Let us put our trust in this Mother Church who gathers all of us and who patiently, tenderly and courageously leads us forward on our journey in the Lord. #ApostolicJourney” @Pontifex, 3 December 2021
• “We, as the Church, are asked to be yeast that leavens patiently in hiding within the dough of the world, thanks to the Holy Spirit. The secret of the Kingdom of God is found in the little things, things that are often unseen and don’t make noise. #ApostolicJourney” @Pontifex, 4 December 2021
• “This is the attitude of a true apostle: to go confidently forward, preferring the uncertainty of unexpected situations rather than force of habit. This courage is born from confident trust in God’s greatness who loves to work through our lowliness. #ApostolicJourney” @Pontifex, 4 December 2021
• “Today, the Spirit is calling us to heal humanity’s wounds with the oil of love. May we, Catholics and Orthodox together, develop forms of cooperation in charity to serve the men and women of our time and to bring them the consolation of the Gospel. #ApostolicJourney” @Pontifex, 4 December 2021
• “Let us implore the Spirit of communion to spur us to follow his lead and to help us base communion not on calculations, strategies and expedience, but on the one model to which we must look: the Most Holy Trinity. #ApostolicJourney” @Pontifex, 4 December 2021
• “This country can be called the memory of Europe and I am happy to visit it. From this cradle of civilization, may there ever continue to resound a message that lifts our gaze both on high and towards others. #ApostolicJourney #Greece Speech” @Pontifex, 4 December 2021
• “I would like to encourage a communitarian vision on the issue of migration, that attention be paid to those in greatest need, so that, in proportion to each country’s means, they will be welcomed, protected, promoted and integrated, in respect for their human rights and dignity.” @Pontifex, 4 December 2021
• “Migrant sisters and brothers, I am here on Lesvos to say I am near you, to look into your eyes full of fear and expectancy, eyes that have seen violence and poverty, eyes streaked by too many tears. Magration is a humanitarian crisis that concerns everyone. #ApostolicJourney” @Pontifex, 5 December 2021
• “The future will be prosperous only if it is reconciled with those who are the weakest. When we reject the poor, we reject peace. History teaches us that narrow self-interest and nationalism lead to disastrous consequences. #ApostolicJourney” @Pontifex, 5 December 2021
• “Let’s look at the faces of the children. They challenge and ask us: “What kind of world do you want to give us?” Let’s not hastily turn away from the shocking pictures of their tiny bodies lying lifeless on the beaches. Let’s stop this shipwreck of civilization. #ApostolicJourney” @Pontifex, 5 December 2021
• “I beg all of you, let’ss stop this shipwreck of civilization! Speech” @Pontifex, 5 December 2021
• “In our lives, there will always be times when we get the impression that we are in a desert. Yet it is precisely there that the Lord makes his presence felt with words of closeness, compassion and tenderness: “Do not fear, for I am with you” (Is 41:10). #ApostolicJourney” @Pontifex, 5 December 2021
• “Let us ask for the grace to believe that with God things really do change, that he will banish our fears, heal our wounds, turn our arid places into springs of water. Let us ask for the grace of that hope, that revives our faith and rekindles our charity. #ApostolicJourney” @Pontifex, 5 December 2021
• “In Greek, there is an illuminating saying: o fílos ine állos eaftós, “a friend is another self”. Yes, other people are the path to discovering ourselves. Good decisions are always about others, not just about ourselves. #ApostolicJourney” @Pontifex, 6 December 2021
• “I thank you most heartily for the welcome I received in Cyprus and Greece. Thanks to everyone who collaborated in this #ApostolicJourney! Efcharistó! I will carry you in my memory and in my prayers.” @Pontifex, 6 December 2021
• “In this Season of #Advent, let us ask the Lord, through the fatherly intercession of Saint Joseph, to remain always like sentinels in the night, attentive to see the light of Christ in our poorest brothers and sisters.” @Pontifex, 7 December 2021
• “In her humility, Mary she knows she receives everything from God. Therefore, free from herself, she is completely turned toward God and others. #MaryImmaculate does not look on herself. This is true humility: not looking on oneself, but looking toward God and others.” @Pontifex, 8 December 2021

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• Franciscus

This version of The Weekly Francis covers material released in the last week from 17 November 2021 to 1 December 2021.

Angelus

• 28 November 2021 – Angelus

Apostolic Letter

• 17 November 2021 – Apostolic Letter issued ‘Motu proprio’ by which the Holy Father establishes the Pontifical Commission for the Verification and Application of the M. P. Mitis Iudex in the Churches of Italy (17 Novembe

General Audiences

• 1 December 2021 – General Audience of 1st December 2021’ Catechesis on Saint Joseph – 3. Saint Joseph’ just man and husband of Mary

Messages

• 20 November 2021 – Message of His Holiness Pope Francis to mark the International Day of Persons with Disabilities [3 December 2021]
• 25 November 2021 – Video Message of the Holy Father for the 11th Festival of the Social Doctrine of the Church [Verona, 25–28 November 2021]
• 26 November 2021 – Message of the Holy Father, signed by the Cardinal Secretary of State, for the ‘Semaines Sociales de France’
• 27 November 2021 – Video message of the Holy Father on the occasion of his upcoming Apostolic Journey to Cyprus and Greece [2–6 December 2021]
• 29 November 2021 – Message of His Holiness Pope Francis to mark the 70th anniversary of the International Organization of Migration (IOM)
• 30 November 2021 – Message of Pope Francis to His Holiness Bartholomew I on the occasion of the Feast of Saint Andrew

Papal Tweets

• “Let us not to forget to thank God. If we are bearers of gratitude, the world itself will become better, even if only a little bit, but that is enough to transmit a bit of hope. Everything is united and connected, and each one can do their part wherever they are. #Thanksgiving” @Pontifex, 25 November 2021
• “The prayer of adoration is the prayer that makes us recognize God as the beginning and the end of all of History. And this prayer is the living flame of the Spirit that gives strength to witness and to mission.” @Pontifex, 26 November 2021
• “Let us be fearless amid the messy situations all around us, because that is where the Lord is, in our midst; God continues to perform his miracle of bringing forth good fruit (Jn 15:5). Christian joy is born precisely of this certainty.” @Pontifex, 27 November 2021
• “I thank all those who are committed to alleviating their suffering. Let us remember migrants, their suffering and #PrayTogether.” @Pontifex, 28 November 2021
• “I feel sorrow thinking about those who died crossing the English Channel, those on the borders of Belarus, many of whom are children, those who drown in the Mediterranean, those who are repatriated to North Africa and forced into servitude.” @Pontifex, 28 November 2021
• “Even during these days so many migrants are exposed to very serious dangers, and so many lose their lives at our borders!” @Pontifex, 28 November 2021
• “In the #GospelOfTheDay, Jesus exhorts us to be vigilant: not to allow our hearts to become lazy. We cannot be ”sleepy Christians“ without spiritual fervor, with our intensity in prayer, without passion for the Gospel.” @Pontifex, 28 November 2021
• “Our life becomes beautiful when we wait for a dear one or someone important. May this #Advent help us transform our hope into the certainty that He whom we await loves us and will never abandon us.” @Pontifex, 28 November 2021
• “Service makes our talents bear fruit and gives meaning to our lives. Those who do not live to serve, serve for little in this life.” @Pontifex, 29 November 2021
• “Let us #PrayTogether for catechists, called to announce the Word of God: that they may be courageous and creative witnesses through the power of the Holy Spirit. #PrayerIntention” @Pontifex, 30 November 2021
• “Today is World #AIDS day. Let us #PrayTogether for the many people who are affected by this syndrome. In some areas of the world, access to the necessary treatment is not available for many of them. Let us commit ourselves to guarantee fair and effective health care.” @Pontifex, 1 December 2021
• “It’s often difficult to move from the logic of falling in love to the logic of mature love. To love is not the pretension that life should correspond to our imagination. Rather, it means to choose in complete freedom to take responsibility for life as it comes.” @Pontifex, 1 December 2021
• “Tomorrow I will go to Cyprus and Greece to visit the dear populations of these countries rich in history, spirituality and civilization. It will be a journey to the sources of apostolic faith and fraternity among Christians of various confessions. Accompany me with your prayer!” @Pontifex, 1 December 2021

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This version of The Weekly Francis covers material released in the last week from 15 October 2021 to 24 November 2021.

Angelus

• 21 November 2021 – Angelus

General Audiences

• 24 November 2021 – General Audience ’ Catechesis on Saint Joseph – 2. Saint Joseph in salvation history

Homilies

• 21 November 2021 – Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe – Holy Mass

Messages

• 15 October 2021 – Message of the Holy Father to participants in the Ecclesial Assembly of Latin America and the Caribbean [21–28 November 2021]
• 20 November 2021 – Video Message of the Holy Father to the Daughters of Charity on the occasion of the General Assembly
• 23 November 2021 – Video Message of the Holy Father to mark the conclusion of the Plenary Assembly of the Pontifical Council for Culture

Speeches

• 19 November 2021 – To the Members of the Swedish Academy
• 19 November 2021 – To Participants in the International Conference ‘Eradicating Child Labor, Building a Better Future’
• 20 November 2021 – To Participants in the friendly football match between the World Rom Organization and ‘Fratelli tutti’
• 20 November 2021 – To Members of the Secular Institute of the COMI (Cooperatrici Oblate Missionarie dell’Immacolata)
• 22 November 2021 – To the participants in the ‘Christmas contest’ initiative

Papal Tweets

• “Dear young people, if our world is to arise, it needs your strength, your enthusiasm, your passion! Message” @Pontifex, 19 November 2021
• “Child labor is the exploitation of children. It is the denial of their rights to health, education, harmonious growth, to play, to dream. It means robbing children of their future, and therefore, humanity itself.” @Pontifex, 19 November 2021
• “Today Christ’s invitation to Paul is directed to every one of you young people: Get up! Do not remain on the ground ”feeling sorry for yourself“. There’s a mission waiting for you! You too can testify to what Jesus has begun to accomplish in you.” @Pontifex, 20 November 2021
• “The way we relate to children, the extent to which we respect their innate human dignity and fundamental rights, expresses what kind of adults we are and want to be, and what kind of society we want to build. #WorldChildrensDay” @Pontifex, 20 November 2021
• “It is my hope and prayer that each of you can joyfully say: “With Jesus, I too am a king”. I too reign: as a living sign of the love of God, of his compassion and his tenderness. #ChristTheKing Homily” @Pontifex, 21 November 2021
• “Dear young friends! Be free and authentic, be the critical conscience of society. Be passionate about truth, so that, with your dreams, you can say: “My life is not captive to the mindset of the world: I am free, because I reign with Jesus for justice, love and peace!” #WYD” @Pontifex, 21 November 2021
• “The kingship of Jesus is completely different than that of the world: He did not come to dominate but to serve. He did not come amid signs of power, but with the power of signs. He is not like other kings, but he is King for the others. #ChristTheKing” @Pontifex, 21 November 2021
• “If we put the #Gospel at the centre and bear witness to it with fraternal love, we will be able to look to the future with hope, whatever the tempests, great or small, we may experience today.” @Pontifex, 22 November 2021
• “Love rejoices in seeing others grow and suffers when others are anguished, lonely, sick, homeless, despised or in need. Love makes the heart leap; it brings us out of ourselves and creates bonds of sharing and communion.” @Pontifex, 23 November 2021
• “The Lord puts people who suffer on our path, people who feel alone or have lost their strength and courage. We must know how to recognize them and, with Saint Joseph’s help, become their friends and their support on the journey of life. #GeneralAudience” @Pontifex, 24 November 2021
• “The joy of the gospel fills the hearts and lives of all who encounter Jesus. Those who accept His offer of salvation are set free from sin, sorrow, inner emptiness and isolation. #EvangeliiGaudium Apostolic Exhortation” @Pontifex, 24 November 2021

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This version of The Weekly Francis covers material released in the last week from 9 November 2021 to 17 November 2021.

Angelus

• 14 November 2021 – Angelus

General Audiences

• 17 November 2021 – General Audience ’ Catechesis on Saint Joseph – 1. Saint Joseph and the environment in which he lived

Homilies

• 14 November 2021 – Mass for the World Day of the Poor

Letters

• 9 November 2021 – Letter of the Holy Father to the Catholics of Scotland

Messages

• 11 November 2021 – Message of the Holy Father on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of UNESCO
• 12 November 2021 – Video message of the Holy Father to mark the 75th anniversary of Unesco
• 15 November 2021 – Message of the Holy Father to participants in the World Meeting of Justice and Peace Commissions of Episcopal Conferences [Video Conference, 17 – 18 November 2021]

Speeches

• 12 November 2021 – Day of prayer and witness on the occasion of World Day of the Poor in Assisi
• 13 November 2021 – Conferral of the Ratzinger Prize
• 13 November 2021 – Presentation of an award to Ms. Alazraki and Mr. Pullella, in the presence of journalists accredited to the Holy See Press Office
• 15 November 2021 – To the Participants in the General Chapter of the Secular Franciscan Order

Papal Tweets

• “There cannot be a cooperation that generates peace without concrete collective dedication that promotes integral disarmament. #ParisPeaceForum2021” @Pontifex, 11 November 2021
• “It is time to develop a new form of universal solidarity that is grounded in fraternity, love, and mutual understanding: one that values people over profit, one that seeks new ways to understand development and progress. #COP26!” @Pontifex, 11 November 2021
• “Here at the Portiuncula, Saint Francis welcomed Saint Clare, the first brothers, and many poor people who came to him. Hospitality means to open the door, the door of our house and the door of our heart, and to allow the person who knocks to come in.” @Pontifex, 12 November 2021
• “It is time to be scandalised once again before the reality of children who are starving, reduced to slavery, tossed about in the water in the aftermath of a shipwreck, innocent victims of every sort of violence.” @Pontifex, 12 November 2021
• “It is time for sleeves to be rolled up so dignity can be restored by creating jobs.” @Pontifex, 12 November 2021
• “It is time that eyes be opened to see the state of inequality in which many families live.” @Pontifex, 12 November 2021
• “It is time that the poor be given back their voice, because for too long their requests have remained unheard.” @Pontifex, 12 November 2021
• “It is time that the circle of indifference be broken so as to discover once again the beauty of encounter and dialogue.” @Pontifex, 12 November 2021
• “It is time that violence against women cease and that they be respected and not treated like bargaining chips.” @Pontifex, 12 November 2021
• “We are called to discover Christ in the poor, to lend our voice to their causes, but also to be their friends, to listen to them, to understand them and to welcome the mysterious wisdom that God wants to communicate to us through them. Message” @Pontifex, 13 November 2021
• “What is it that gives solidity to life, and will never end? Saint Paul tells us: “Love never ends” (1 Cor 13:8).” @Pontifex, 14 November 2021
• “A person who is generous, helpful, meek, patient, not envious, does not gossip, brag, or lack respect (cf. 1 Cor 13:4–7), this is a person who builds Heaven on earth. That person may not be noticed, and yet, what he or she does will not be lost because good lasts forever.” @Pontifex, 14 November 2021
• “Let us bring an outlook of hope to our world. Let us bring it with tenderness to the poor, without judging them. For there, with them, is Jesus; because there, in them, is Jesus, who awaits us. #WorldDayOfThePoor Homily” @Pontifex, 14 November 2021
• “That is the word that makes hope blossom in the world and relieves the suffering of the poor: tenderness. We need to overcome the temptation to be concerned only about our own problems; we need to grow tender before the tragedies of our world, to share its pain.” @Pontifex, 14 November 2021
• “I am grateful for all the initiatives of solidarity on the occasion of the #WorldDayOfThePoor. I also invite you to repeat the strong moment of witness and prayer that we lived last Friday in Assisi Moments of Prayer – YouTube” @Pontifex, 15 November 2021
• “Dialogue between members of different religions does not take place simply for diplomacy, courtesy or tolerance. The goal of dialogue is to establish friendship, peace and harmony, to share spiritual and moral values and experiences in a spirit of truth and love. #DayForTolerance” @Pontifex, 16 November 2021
• “Saint Joseph, you who came from the periphery, help us change our vision and to take care of those persons who are discarded or are on the margins of society. #GeneralAudience” @Pontifex, 17 November 2021

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