The Weekly Francis – 13 April 2022

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

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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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The Weekly Francis – 5 April 2022

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

Angelus

General Audiences

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Papal Tweets

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

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The Weekly Francis – 29 March 2022

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

Angelus

General Audiences

Homilies

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Messages

Prayers

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Papal Tweets

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

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The Weekly Francis – 22 March 2022

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

Angelus

General Audiences

Letters

Messages

  • [15 March 2022 – Message of the Holy Father Francis to Archbishop Gintaras Grušas of Vilnius and President of the Council of Bishops’ Conferences of Europe for the opening of the European Catholic Social Days Bratisl

Speeches

Papal Tweets

  • “God entrusts the task of saving humanity from the flood to the eldest of all, the “righteous” Noah. In his care for life in all its forms, Noah obeys God’s command, repeating the tender and generous gesture of creation. #BlessingOfTime #GeneralAudience” @Pontifex, 16 March 2022
  • “Дорогие братья и сёстры, среди боли, причинённой этой войной, помолимся вместе, испрашивая у Господа прощение и #мир. #МолимсяВместе #Украина LMWL Image@Pontifex, 16 March 2022
  • “Cеред болю цієї війни усі разом помолімося, просячи у Господа прощення і просячи миру. Ми прокажемо молитву. #МолімосяРазом #Україна #Мир E Image@Pontifex, 16 March 2022
  • “Dear brothers and sisters, in the pain of this war we all pray together, asking the Lord for forgiveness and asking for #peace. #PrayTogether #Ukraine PXWp Image@Pontifex, 16 March 2022
  • “#Lent is a journey of healing, to live each day with a renewed spirit, a different “style”. Prayer, charity and fasting are aids to this: they restore us to a living relationship with God, our brothers and sisters, and ourselves.” @Pontifex, 17 March 2022
  • “#Lent is the time granted us by the Lord to be renewed, to nurture our interior life and to journey towards Easter, towards the things that do not pass away, towards the reward we are to receive from the Father.” @Pontifex, 18 March 2022
  • “#PrayTogether #Ukraine #Peace #StJoseph AwAr Image@Pontifex, 19 March 2022
  • “#МолімосяРазом #Україна #Мир Image@Pontifex, 19 March 2022
  • “#МолимсяВместе #Украина #Мир T Image@Pontifex, 19 March 2022
  • “Мені приємно знати, що людям, які залишилися під бомбами, не бракує підтримки душпастирів, які в ці трагічні дні життям свідчать Євангеліє милосердя та братерства. Дякую за це свідчення! #Україна #Мир” @Pontifex, 20 March 2022
  • “Let us be close to this martyred people, let us embrace them with affection with concrete commitment and prayer. And please let us not get used to war and violence, let us not tire of welcoming them with generosity, not only now, but also in the weeks and months to come. #Ukraine” @Pontifex, 20 March 2022
  • “Будем же близки к этому истерзанному народу, обнимем его нашей любовью, конкретными обязательствами и молитвой. Пожалуйста, не будем привыкать к войне и насилию, но без устали, великодушно принимать людей не только сейчас, но и в предстоящие недели и месяцы. #Украина” @Pontifex, 20 March 2022
  • “Let us think of these women and children who in time, without work, separated from their husbands, will be sought out by the ‘vultures’ of society. Please, let us protect them. #Ukraine #Peace #PrayTogether” @Pontifex, 20 March 2022
  • “Не забуваймо про жінок, про дітей, які з часом, без роботи, далеко від своїх чоловіків, можуть стати жертвами суспільних ”стерв’ятників“. Захистімо їх, будь ласка. #Україна #Мир #МолімосяРазом” @Pontifex, 20 March 2022
  • “Подумаем о детях и женщинах, которые со временем – без работы, разлученные со своими мужьями – будут разыскиваться ‘стервятниками’ общества. Пожалуйста, защитим их. #Украина #Мир #МолимсяВместе” @Pontifex, 20 March 2022
  • “It comforts me to know that the people left under the bombs do not lack the closeness of their pastors, who in these tragic days are living the Gospel of charity and fraternity. Thank you for this witness! #Ukraine #Peace” @Pontifex, 20 March 2022
  • “Будьмо поруч із цим багатостраждальним народом і обіймімо його конкретними зусиллями та молитвою. Прошу вас, не звикаймо до війни та насильства, не втомлюймося великодушно приймати, не лише тепер, але й наступними тижнями та місяцями. #Україна” @Pontifex, 20 March 2022
  • “Меня утешает, что люди, оставшиеся под бомбами, не лишены близости пастырей, которые в эти трагические дни живут по Евангелию милосердия и братства. Спасибо за это свидетельство! #Украина #Мир” @Pontifex, 20 March 2022
  • “Також і цього тижня ракети та бомби падали на цивільних, літніх людей, дітей, вагітних матерів. Все це – нелюдяне, більше того, це є також святотатством, бо виступає проти сакральності людського життя, яке є понад будь-якими стратегіями! #Україна #Мир” @Pontifex, 20 March 2022
  • “На этой неделе ракеты и бомбы падали также на мирных жителей, стариков, детей и беременных матерей. Всё это бесчеловечно! Более того, это даже кощунственно, ибо противоречит священному характеру человеческой жизни, которая гораздо важнее любой стратегии! #Украина #Мир” @Pontifex, 20 March 2022
  • “The violent aggression against #Ukraine does not stop, a senseless massacre where every day there is a repetition of slaughter and atrocities. There is no justification for this! I plead with the international community to truly commit to ending this abhorrent war. #Peace” @Pontifex, 20 March 2022
  • “Не припиняється сповнена насильства агресія проти #України, безглузде кровопролиття, де кожного дня здійснюється спустошення та жорстокість. Немає виправдання для цього! Благаю всіх діячів міжнародної спільноти докладати зусилля для того, щоби припинити цю огидну війну. #Мир” @Pontifex, 20 March 2022
  • “Не прекращается насильственная агрессия против Украины, бессмысленная бойня, в которой зверства повторяются каждый день. Этому не может быть оправдания! Я призываю всех лидеров международного сообщества постараться положить конец этой отвратительной войне. #Мир” @Pontifex, 20 March 2022
  • “God is Father and looks after you as the best of fathers: He does not look at the achievements you have not yet reached, but the fruits you can bear. He does not keep track of your shortcomings but encourages your potential. He does not dwell on the past, but bets on your future.” @Pontifex, 20 March 2022
  • “In the #GospelOfTheDay (Lk 13:1–9) the Lord asks us for conversion. It is an urgent call, especially during this time of #Lent. Let us turn from evil, let us be open to the logic of the Gospel because where love and fraternity reign, evil has no more power!” @Pontifex, 20 March 2022
  • “This week again missiles and bombs have fallen on civilians, the elderly, children, and pregnant mothers. All this is inhuman! Indeed, it is also sacrilegious because it goes against the sacredness of human life, and this comes before any strategy! #Ukraine #Peace” @Pontifex, 20 March 2022
  • “During this Lenten season, let us pray by looking at the Crucified Lord. Let us open our hearts to the touching tenderness of God, and in his wounds place our own wounds and those of our world. #Lent” @Pontifex, 21 March 2022
  • “#МолімосяРазом #Україна #Мир geFvKbZ Image@Pontifex, 22 March 2022
  • “#PrayTogether #Ukraine #Peace AS Image@Pontifex, 22 March 2022
  • “#МолимсяВместе #Украина #Мир Image@Pontifex, 22 March 2022

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The Weekly Francis – 15 March 2022

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

Angelus

Homilies

Speeches

Papal Tweets

  • “#PrayTogether #Ukraine #Peace ux Image@Pontifex, 12 March 2022
  • “#МолімосяРазом #Україна #Мир Pc Image@Pontifex, 12 March 2022
  • “#МолимсяВместе #Украина #Mир Image@Pontifex, 12 March 2022
  • “For the followers of Jesus, now is not a time for sleeping, for letting our souls be sedated. One of the great tragedies of our time is the refusal to open our eyes to reality and instead to look the other way. #PrayTogether #Ukraine #Peace” @Pontifex, 12 March 2022
  • “To pray is to bring the beating heart of current affairs into God’s presence, so that his gaze will shine out upon history. #PrayTogether #Ukraine #Peace” @Pontifex, 12 March 2022
  • “If #prayer is living, it “unhinges” us from within and continually prompts us to allow ourselves to be troubled by the plea of all those who suffer in our world. Let us also ask ourselves how we are bringing the present war to our prayers. #PrayTogether #Ukraine #Peace” @Pontifex, 12 March 2022
  • “Прошу всі дієцезальні та чернечі спільноти помножувати молитви за мир. Бог є тільки Богом миру, Він не є Богом війни, і той, хто підтримує насильство, профанує Його ім’я. #МолімосяРазом #Україна #Мир” @Pontifex, 13 March 2022
  • “The city that bears the name of the Virgin Mary, Mariupol, has become a city martyred by the ruinous war that is devastating Ukraine. #LetsPrayTogether #Ukraine #Peace” @Pontifex, 13 March 2022
  • “Before the barbarism of killing children and innocent and defenceless citizens, no strategic reasons hold: the only thing to be done is to cease the unacceptable armed aggression before cities are reduced to cemeteries. #LetsPrayTogether #Ukraine #Peace” @Pontifex, 13 March 2022
  • “I would like once again to urge the welcoming of the many refugees, in whom Christ is present, and to give thanks for the great network of solidarity that has formed. #LetsPrayTogether #Ukraine #Peace” @Pontifex, 13 March 2022
  • “Хочу ще раз закликати приймати численних біженців, в яких перебуває Христос, і подякувати за велику мережу солідарності, що сформувалася. #МолімосяРазом #Україна #Мир” @Pontifex, 13 March 2022
  • “I ask all diocesan and religious communities to increase their moments of prayer for peace. God is only the God of peace, he is not the God of war, and those who support violence profane his name. #LetsPrayTogether #Ukraine #Peace” @Pontifex, 13 March 2022
  • “With an aching heart I add my voice to that of the common people, who implore the end of the war. In the name of God, listen to the cry of those who suffer, and put an end to the bombings and the attacks! #LetsPrayTogether #Ukraine #Peace” @Pontifex, 13 March 2022
  • “З болем у серці приєдную мій голос до голосу простих людей, що благають про кінець війни. Нехай же в ім’я Боже буде почутим крик страждаючих… У Боже ім’я, прошу вас: припиніть цю різанину! #МолімосяРазом #Україна #Мир” @Pontifex, 13 March 2022
  • “Like the disciples, we too are in need of God’s light, that makes us see things in a different way: it attracts us, it reawakens us, it reignites our desire and strength to pray, to look within ourselves, and to dedicate time to others. #GospelOfTheDay (Lk 9:28–36)” @Pontifex, 13 March 2022
  • “Місто, яке носить ім’я Діви Марії, Маріуполь, стало містом-мучеником лютої війни, яка спустошує Україну. #МолімосяРазом #Україна #Мир” @Pontifex, 13 March 2022
  • “Прошу все епархиальные и монашеские общины приумножить моменты молитвы о мире: Бог – это всецело Бог мира, а не Бог войны, и кто поддерживает насилие, оскверняет Его имя. #МолимсяВместе #Украина #Мир” @Pontifex, 13 March 2022
  • “Я хотел бы еще раз призвать к приему многочисленных беженцев, в которых пребывает Христос, и поблагодарить за создание большой сети солидарности. #МолимсяВместе #Украина #Мир” @Pontifex, 13 March 2022
  • “С болью в сердце я присоединяю свой голос к голосу обычных людей, взывающих к прекращению войны. Во имя Бога, да будет услышан вопль страждущих… Во имя Бога прошу вас: остановите это кровопролитие! #МолимсяВместе #Украина #Мир” @Pontifex, 13 March 2022
  • “Перед варварством убийства детей, невинных и беззащитных гражданских лиц не может быть убедительных стратегических доводов: нужно прекратить это недопустимую вооруженную агрессию прежде, чем она превратит города в кладбища. #МолимсяВместе #Украина #Мир” @Pontifex, 13 March 2022
  • “Город, носящий имя Пресвятой Девы Марии, Мариуполь, стал городом-мучеником раздирающей душу войны, которая изнуряет Украину. #МолимсяВместе #Украина #Мир” @Pontifex, 13 March 2022
  • “Перед варварством вбивства дітей, невинного і беззбройного цивільного населення, не існує жодних стратегічних причин, якими це можна обґрунтувати: єдине, що потрібно, – це припинити неприйнятну збройну агресію, перше ніж вона перетворить міста в цвинтарі. #Україна #Мир” @Pontifex, 13 March 2022
  • “Temptations often appear seemingly in the form of good: the devil uses deception, he arrives “with an angelic face”. If we give in to his flattery, we end up justifying our falsity, masking it with good intentions.” @Pontifex, 14 March 2022
  • “В пятницу 25 марта, во время покаянного богослужения в 17 часов в базилике Святого Петра, совершу акт посвящения России и Украины Непорочному Сердцу Пресвятой Богородицы.
  • “#МолимсяВместе ”#мир #Россия #Украина” @Pontifex, 15 March 2022
  • “#Lent is a favourable time to seek out – and not to avoid – those in need; to reach out – and not to ignore – those who need a sympathetic ear and a good word; to visit – and not to abandon – those who are lonely.” @Pontifex, 15 March 2022
  • “On Friday 25 March, during the Celebration of Penance at 17.00 in Saint Peter’s Basilica, I will consecrate #Russia and #Ukraine to the Immaculate Heart of Mary. #PrayTogether #Peace” @Pontifex, 15 March 2022
  • “У п’ятницю, 25 березня, під час Покаянного богослужіння в базиліці Святого Петра о 17:00, я посвячу #Росію та #Україну Непорочному Серцю Марії. #МолімосяРазом #Мир” @Pontifex, 15 March 2022

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The Weekly Francis – 8 March 2022

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

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  • “2 March, Ash Wednesday, Day of prayer and fasting for peace in #Ukraine. #PrayTogether Image@Pontifex, 2 March 2022
  • “2 March, Ash Wednesday, Day of prayer and fasting for peace in #Ukraine. #PrayTogether Image@Pontifex, 2 March 2022
  • “The alliance between the two extreme generations of life – children and the elderly – also helps the other two – young people and adults – to bond with each other, to make everyone’s existence richer in humanity. #GeneralAudience #BlessingOfTime @LaityFamilyLife @PontAcadLife” @Pontifex, 2 March 2022
  • “The #ashes remind us that worldliness is like the dust that is carried away by a slight gust of wind. Sisters and brothers, we are not in this world to chase the wind; our hearts thirst for eternity.Homily@Pontifex, 2 March 2022
  • “2 March, Ash Wednesday, Day of prayer and fasting for peace in #Ukraine. #PrayTogether Image@Pontifex, 2 March 2022
  • “Today we enter the time of #Lent. Our prayer and fasting will be a plea for #peace in #Ukraine, bearing in mind that peace in the world always begins with our personal conversion, following Christ.” @Pontifex, 2 March 2022
  • “#PrayTogether #Ukraine Image@Pontifex, 3 March 2022
  • “#МолімосяРазом #Україна Image@Pontifex, 3 March 2022
  • “#МолимсяВместе #Украина Image@Pontifex, 3 March 2022
  • “Prayer, charity and fasting are not medicines meant only for ourselves but for everyone: they can change history, because they are the principal ways for God to intervene in our lives and in the world. They are weapons of the spirit. #Lent” @Pontifex, 4 March 2022
  • “#PrayTogether #Ukraine #Peace Image@Pontifex, 5 March 2022
  • “#МолімосяРазом #Україна #Мир Image@Pontifex, 5 March 2022
  • “#МолимсяВместе #Украина #Мир Image@Pontifex, 5 March 2022
  • “Along with the collaborators of the Roman Curia, the Spiritual Exercises will begin. We keep all the needs of the Church and the human family in our prayer. And you too, please, pray for us.” @Pontifex, 6 March 2022
  • “I would also like to thank the journalists who put their lives at risk to provide information. Thank you, brothers and sisters, for this service that allows us to be close to the tragedy of that population and enables us to assess the cruelty of a war. #Ukraine #Peace” @Pontifex, 6 March 2022
  • “#PrayTogether #Ukraine #Peace Image@Pontifex, 6 March 2022
  • “#МолімосяРазом #Україна #Мир Image@Pontifex, 6 March 2022
  • “#МолимсяВместе #Украина #Мир Image@Pontifex, 6 March 2022
  • “#МолімосяРазом #Україна #Мир Image@Pontifex, 6 March 2022
  • “#МолимсяВместе #Украина #Мир Image@Pontifex, 6 March 2022
  • “No compromises with evil! We must not fall into that slumber of the conscience that makes us say: “But after all, it’s not serious, everyone does it”! Let us look at Jesus, who does not make agreements with evil. He opposes the devil with the #WordOfGod and overcomes temptation.” @Pontifex, 6 March 2022
  • “#PrayTogether #Ukraine #Peace Image@Pontifex, 6 March 2022
  • “#8марта Image@Pontifex, 8 March 2022
  • “#8march Image@Pontifex, 8 March 2022
  • “#8березня Image@Pontifex, 8 March 2022
  • “Let us #PrayTogether for Christians facing new bioethical challenges; may they continue to defend the dignity of all human life with prayer and action. #PrayerIntention Video@Pontifex, 8 March 2022

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The Weekly Francis – 1 March 2022

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

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  • “I invite everyone to make this coming 2nd March, Ash Wednesday, a Day of Fasting for Peace: let believers dedicate themselves intensively to prayer and fasting. May the Queen of Peace preserve the world from the madness of war.” @Pontifex, 23 February 2022
  • “I would like to appeal to those with political responsibilities to make a serious examination of conscience before God, who is the God of peace and not of war, the Father of all, not just of some, who wants us to be brothers and not enemies. #Ukraine #Peace” @Pontifex, 23 February 2022
  • “The young must dialogue with the old, and the #old with the young. And this bridge will be the transmission of wisdom in humanity, because the elderly are like the roots of the tree, and the young are like the flowers and the fruit. #BlessingOfTheTimes #GeneralAudience” @Pontifex, 23 February 2022
  • ““Let us never grow tired of doing good” (Gal 6:9). Message@Pontifex, 24 February 2022
  • “On the synodal journey, humility alone can enable us to encounter and listen, to dialogue and discern. #Synod” @Pontifex, 25 February 2022
  • “#PrayTogether #Ukraine Image@Pontifex, 25 February 2022
  • “#PrayTogether #Ukraine Image@Pontifex, 25 February 2022
  • “#PrayTogether #Ukraine Image@Pontifex, 25 February 2022
  • “#PrayTogether #Ukraine Image@Pontifex, 26 February 2022
  • “#PrayTogether #Ukraine Image@Pontifex, 26 February 2022
  • “#PrayTogether #Ukraine Image@Pontifex, 26 February 2022
  • “Я вновь обращаюсь ко всем с призывом провести 2 марта, в Пепельную среду, день молитвы и поста за мир на Украине, чтобы стать ближе к страданиям украинского народа, почувствовать, что все мы братья и сёстры, и молить Бога о прекращении войны. #МолимсяВместе #Украина Image@Pontifex, 27 February 2022
  • “Знову звертаюся до всіх із закликом провести 2 березня, в Попільну середу, День молитви і посту за мир в Україні, щоби бути поруч із стражданнями українського народу, щоб усім почуватися братами й сестрами та випрошувати в Бога кінець війни. #МолімосяРазом #Україна Image@Pontifex, 27 February 2022
  • “I renew my invitation for everyone to take part on 2 March, Ash Wednesday, in a Day of Prayer and Fasting for Peace in #Ukraine, in order to be near to the suffering Ukrainian people, to be aware that we are all brothers and sisters, and to implore God for an end to the war. Image@Pontifex, 27 February 2022
  • “Let us ask ourselves what type of words we use. Words that express care, respect, understanding, closeness, compassion, or do we pollute the world by spreading venom: criticizing, complaining, feeding widespread aggression? #GospeloftheDay (Lk 6,39–46)” @Pontifex, 27 February 2022
  • “#PrayTogether #Ukraine Image@Pontifex, 28 February 2022
  • “#МолімосяРазом #Україна Image@Pontifex, 28 February 2022
  • “#МолимсяВместе #Украина Image@Pontifex, 28 February 2022
  • “#МолімосяРазом #Україна Image@Pontifex, 1 March 2022
  • “#PrayTogether #Ukraine Image@Pontifex, 1 March 2022
  • “#МолимсяВместе #Украина Image@Pontifex, 1 March 2022

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Young Earth/Old Earth Resources

Below are three episodes of Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World in which I look at the evidence regarding whether we’re living on a Young Earth or an Old Earth:

 

 

Also, be sure to read this post: Is God Telling Us Fictions About the Past?

Enjoy!

Is God telling us fictions about the past?

Wouldn’t it be great if scientists invented a device that would let us look into the past and see it with our own eyes? Guess what! They have!

Wouldn’t it be great if scientists invented a device that enabled us to have a clear window into the past–so that we wouldn’t just have to read about the past in books?

Instead, with the new device–let’s call it a Time Window–we could actually see events occurring in the past in real time, with our own eyes.

That would be wicked awesome, wouldn’t it!?

The exciting news is that scientists have invented this device!

That’s right! The Time Window is real!

What’s more, they invented it just over 400 years ago, so they’ve had the chance to mature the technology to the point that now it’s really, really good.

For comparison, imagine how good an iPhone would be today if Steve Jobs had invented the first one 400 years ago.

The only problem is that they missed a great marketing opportunity.

Instead of calling it the Time Window ™ they gave it a much more boring name . . . the telescope.

 

How the Time Window Works

The reason that the Time Window–er, telescope–lets us look into the past and see it with our own eyes is that it takes time for light to reach our eyes. The speed of light is not infinite.

Technically, this means that any time you see anything, you are technically witnessing something that happened in the past.

Since light travels so fast, however, if you see someone across the room pick up an iPhone, that happened only the tiniest fraction of a second ago. In fact, you started seeing it while it was still happening. That’s not long enough ago to make it an exciting glimpse into history.

But things get more interesting when you take a telescope and point it at something really distant.

 

By Jove!

For example, back in 1609, Galileo Galilei pointed his telescope at the planet Jove–er, Jupiter–and discovered that by it there were several moons.

Now the thing is, depending on where Earth and Jupiter are in their orbits, Jupiter is between 33 and 54 light minutes away from Earth.

Let’s just say it’s an average of 44 light minutes away for the sake of simplicity.

That means, it takes 44 minutes for the light from Jupiter to reach an astronomer on Earth.

So when Galileo looked at Jupiter through his telescopes and saw its moons, he was seeing where those moons were 44 minutes ago.

He was viewing actual history that occurred 44 minutes in the past!

Woo-hoo!

 

Party Like It’s 1879!

The same thing keeps happening when you look further out.

Back in 2008, scientists used one of their spiffy modern telescopes to capture the light in this image . . .

This is an image of the solar system HR 8799.

It’s got a single star in the middle, and we can see that it has at least three planets orbiting it.

What’s more, it’s 129 light years away from Earth.

That means that this image, which was taken in 2008, is of events taking place in 1879.

This is an image of where those planets were in the year that the apparition at Knock, Ireland took place, that the California Constitution was ratified, and that Thomas Edison unveiled incandescent light to the public.

It’s an image of things happening in that year.

Now let’s look really far into the past . . .

 

An Earth-Shattering Ka-Boom

Also in 2008, astronomers captured an image of a supernova known as SN 2008D.

Here’s a time-lapse image of the supernova happening, both in x-rays and visible light. Take a moment and watch it:

Hoo-eee! It blowed up real good! (Particularly in x-rays.)

Now here’s the thing: SD 2008D is in the galaxy NGC 2770, which is in the constellation Lynx.

It’s also 88,000,000 (88 million) light years away.

That means that when you’re watching the supernova explode in the images above, You Are Watching an Event That Took Place 88 Million Years in the Past.

That’s right. Dinosaurs were roaming the earth when this event took place. It was the middle of the Cretaceous Era.

 

So What’s This Have to Do with God? 

Historically, many people have thought that the universe was only a few thousand years old, based on the most common understanding of Genesis.

Modern science has suggested that it is much, much older.

If the above picture reveals an event that took place 88,000,000 years ago, then the view that the universe is only a few thousand years old can’t be right.

So what alternatives does we have in resolving this situation?

Here are three . . .

 

Option 1: We’re Really, Really Wrong

One option would be to say that we are really–desperately–wrong in our understanding of science today.

Either light doesn’t travel at the speed we think it does or SN 2008D isn’t as far away as we think it is–or something.

This cannot be ruled out on theoretical grounds. The best scientific thought of the day has turned out to be really, really wrong before.

But how likely is this?

At this point we seem to have very, very good evidence about the age and dimensions of the cosmos, about how fast light travels and how far away things like supernovas are.

 

Option 2: God Is Showing Us Fictions

Another option would be to say that, when the world began a few thousand years ago, God created light already en route from what appeared to be more distant galaxies.

If that’s the case, then any event we see that appears to be happening more than a few thousand light years away is a fiction.

Beyond a certain point, we’re watching God’s Imaginary Astronomy Show.

Mixed in with God’s Real Astronomy Show that’s taking place closer to home.

Hmmm.

That doesn’t seem consistent with God’s Truthfulness.

At a minimum, an advocate of this view would need to provide an explanation for why God would do this, why it wouldn’t be inconsistent with his Truthfulness.

Some have tried to mount such an explanation by saying that God created the world with an “appearance of age,” the same way that he created Adam and Eve as full-grown adults rather than babies.

That is the way Genesis seems to depict the creation of our first parents, since they are both apparently created on Day 6 of the creation week in Genesis 1, and since they are married as soon as Eve is created in the second creation narrative in Genesis 2.

If you think that God used evolution to make the bodies of the first humans (of course, he made their souls directly and immediately) then this issue doesn’t arise–at least not in the same way.

But what if you think that God literally created an adult Adam out of earth and an adult Eve out of Adam’s side? Does that provide much support for the “appearance of age” explanation of distant astronomical events?

I have never thought so.

It’s always seemed to me that, if God were to directly create the first humans as adults, there would be a very good reason for that–namely: Babies Cannot Take Care of Themselves.

Without the presence of other humans–or near-humans–to take care of our first parents, they would need to be adults (or at least teens). Either that, or God would have to run his own, direct daycare service, and Genesis doesn’t suggest that he did.

So I can see a reason why God would make the first humans as adults. That’s because of the incapacity to care for themselves that human infants have.

But that doesn’t give us any reason why God would need to plant false dinosaur bones in the ground or false astronomical images in the sky, let alone mix them up with real ones.

He could have just let God’s Real Astronomy Show play in the sky each night.

The sky wouldn’t have had quite as much stuff in it each night, but it would all have been true stuff.

 

Option 3: God’s Word in the Heavens and in the Bible Is True

The best approach would seem to be the classic one of saying that God’s word in nature and God’s word in the Bible are both true.

They have to be understood in harmony with each other.

Thus if we have good evidence from God’s word in nature that the universe is quite old then that helps shed light on the meaning of God’s word in the Scriptures.

This is the approach taken by the Catholic Church.

Concerning the creation narrative in Genesis 1, John Paul II stated:

Above all, this text has a religious and theological importance. It doesn’t contain significant elements from the point of view of the natural sciences. Research on the origin and development of the individual species in nature does not find in this description any definitive norm or positive contributions of substantial interest [General Audience, Jan. 29, 1986].

And the Catechism of the Catholic Church states:

283 The question about the origins of the world and of man has been the object of many scientific studies which have splendidly enriched our knowledge of the age and dimensions of the cosmos, the development of life-forms and the appearance of man.

These discoveries invite us to even greater admiration for the greatness of the Creator, prompting us to give him thanks for all his works and for the understanding and wisdom he gives to scholars and researchers.

With Solomon they can say: “It is he who gave me unerring knowledge of what exists, to know the structure of the world and the activity of the elements. . . for wisdom, the fashioner of all things, taught me.

And:

337 God himself created the visible world in all its richness, diversity and order. Scripture presents the work of the Creator symbolically as a succession of six days of divine “work”, concluded by the “rest” of the seventh day.

On the subject of creation, the sacred text teaches the truths revealed by God for our salvation, permitting us to “recognize the inner nature, the value and the ordering of the whole of creation to the praise of God.”

Having said that, I’m looking forward to seeing more events from distant history–with my own eyes–through the amazing Time Window! (Er, telescope.)

The Weekly Francis – 22 February 2022

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

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  • “Closeness is a precious balm that provides support and consolation to the sick in their suffering. As Christians, we experience that closeness as a sign of the love of Jesus Christ, the Good Samaritan, who draws near with compassion to every man and woman.” @Pontifex, 10 February 2022
  • “Our Christian way of looking at others refuses to see them as a burden or a problem, but rather as brothers and sisters to be helped and protected.” @Pontifex, 11 February 2022
  • “Today is #WorldDayOfTheSick. #LetsPrayTogether for our sick brothers and sisters, their families, for health and pastoral workers, and for all those who care for them.” @Pontifex, 11 February 2022
  • “Discover the meaning of life by coming to the aid of those who suffer, understanding their anguish and bringing relief.” @Pontifex, 12 February 2022
  • “Child soldiers are robbed of their childhood, their innocence, their future, and often of their very lives. Each one of them is a cry raised to God that accuses the adults who put weapons in their little hands. #RedHandDay” @Pontifex, 12 February 2022
  • “The news coming out of Ukraine is very worrying. I entrust to the intercession of the Virgin Mary, and to the conscience of political leaders, every effort on behalf of peace. #PrayTogether” @Pontifex, 13 February 2022
  • “The Beatitudes declare that those who are poor, who lack many goods, are blessed, or happy. This poverty is also an attitude toward the meaning of life: Jesus’ disciples do not believe they possess it or know everything already. Rather, they know they must learn every day.” @Pontifex, 13 February 2022
  • “Faith is born and reborn: not from a duty, not from something to be done, but from a gaze of love to be welcomed. Christian life thus becomes beautiful, if it is not based on our abilities and our plans, but rather on God’s gaze.” @Pontifex, 14 February 2022
  • “May the holy brothers Cyril and Methodius, witnesses of a Christianity still united and full of zeal for the preaching of the Gospel, help us to persevere on our journey by fostering our fraternal communion in the name of Jesus.” @Pontifex, 14 February 2022
  • ““In old age they will still bear fruit” (Psalms 92:15). I have chosen this theme for the Second World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly, to be held on 24 July 2022, to promote dialogue among the generations, especially between grandparents and grandchildren. @LaityFamilyLife” @Pontifex, 15 February 2022
  • “The #elderly should be cared for like a treasure of humanity: they are our wisdom, our memory. It is crucial that grandchildren remain close to their grandparents, who are like roots from which they draw the sap of human and spiritual values. @LaityFamilyLife” @Pontifex, 15 February 2022
  • “It is very important to bring together the wisdom of the #elderly and the enthusiasm of the young. The encounter between grandparents and grandchildren is key, especially in this moment of economic and social crisis that humanity is undergoing. @LaityFamilyLife” @Pontifex, 15 February 2022
  • “I encourage you to ask for the intercession of Saint Joseph precisely at the most difficult times in your life. Where our mistakes become a scandal, let us ask Saint Joseph to give us the courage to speak the truth, ask for forgiveness, and humbly begin again. #GeneralAudience” @Pontifex, 16 February 2022
  • “Fraternal love is a gymnasium of the spirit, where day by day we measure ourselves and test our spiritual life.” @Pontifex, 17 February 2022
  • “Dear priests, these are the signposts that point the way to appreciating and rekindling missionary zeal: closeness to God, to the Bishop, to brother priests, and to the people entrusted to your care. Event@Pontifex, 17 February 2022
  • “Our love for God and neighbor is our passport to heaven. Our earthly possessions are dust that scatters, but the love we share – in our families, at work, in the Church, and in the world – will save us, for it will endure forever.” @Pontifex, 18 February 2022
  • “The Church is a family of brothers and sisters with one Father, who gave us Jesus as our brother, to help us understand how much He loves fraternity. In fact, he wants all humanity to become one universal family. #FrattelliTutti” @Pontifex, 19 February 2022
  • “With the Spirit of Jesus, we can respond to evil with good, we can love those who do us harm. This is what Christians do. How sad it is, when people and populations proud to be Christians see others as enemies and think to wage war against each other!” @Pontifex, 20 February 2022
  • “Turning the other cheek is not the withdrawal of the loser, but the action of one who has a greater inner strength, who defeats evil with good, who opens up a breach in the heart of the enemy, unmasking the absurdity of his hatred. It is dictated not by calculation, but by love.” @Pontifex, 20 February 2022
  • “Pessimism and complaining are not Christian. We were not made to be downcast, but to look up to heaven.” @Pontifex, 21 February 2022
  • “I have chosen as theme for the next World Day of Migrants and Refugees “Building the future with migrants and refugees”, a future according to God’s plan, which we are all called to contribute to. #WDMR2022” @Pontifex, 22 February 2022

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