Jimmy Akin

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

Angelus

• 15 December 2019

General Audiences

• 11 December 2019

Messages

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

Prayers

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

Speeches

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

Papal Tweets

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

Papal Instagram

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This version of The Weekly Francis covers material released in the last week from 1 December 2019 to 11 December 2019.

Angelus

• 8 December 2019

Apostolic Letter

• 1 December 2019 – Apostolic Letter “Admirabile signum” on the meaning and importance of the nativity scene

General Audiences

• 4 December 2019

Speeches

• 5 December 2019 – To the Delegations who donated the Crib and the Christmas Tree in St. Peter’s Square
• 6 December 2019 – To the editorial staff and collaborators of the Journal “Aggiornamenti Sociali”
• 7 December 2019 – To Representatives of Acec-Sdc (Catholic Association of Community Cinema-theatre operators) to mark 70 years of the Community
• 7 December 2019 – To participants in Catholic-inspired Non-governmental Organizations
• 9 December 2019 – To the Community of the Pontifical Regional Flaminian Seminary “Benedetto XV”, Bologna
• 9 December 2019 – To Members of the “A Chance in Life” Foundation

Papal Tweets

• “Today the Church praises stability. “Trust in the Lord forever, because the Lord is an eternal Rock” (Isa 26:4). Those who trust in the Lord will always be safe, because their foundations are sunk into the Rock. #HomilySantaMarta” @Pontifex 5 December 2019
• “Prayer is the door of faith; prayer is medicine for the heart.” @Pontifex 6 December 2019
• “The true worship of God is always expressed in love of one’s neighbour.” @Pontifex 7 December 2019
• “May the feast of our Mother #MaryImmaculate help us to make our whole life a ”yes“ to God, a ”yes“ composed of adoration of Him and of daily gestures of love and service.” @Pontifex 8 December 2019
• “May the feast of our Mother #MaryImmaculate help us to make our whole life a ”yes“ to God, a ”yes“ composed of adoration of Him and of daily gestures of love and service.” @Pontifex 8 December 2019
• “Corruption undermines the dignity of the person and shatters all good and beautiful ideals.All of society is called upon to make a concrete commitment to combat the cancer of corruption which, with the illusion of quick and easy profits, in reality impoverishes everyone.#IACD2019” @Pontifex 9 December 2019
• “The human person is always sacred and inviolable, in any situation and at any stage of his or her development. If this conviction falls, there is no solid and permanent foundation for the defense of #HumanRights.” @Pontifex 10 December 2019
• “May Our Lady of #Loreto help us to walk the path of peace and fraternity based on acceptance and forgiveness, respect for others, and on love; may she grant families the blessing of life; and may she bring help and comfort to those in need. #LauretanJubilee” @Pontifex 10 December 2019
• "“Like a shepherd He feeds His flock, in His arms He gathers the lambs, carrying them in his bosom, leading the ewes with care” (Is 40:11), so the Lord comforts us. #HomilySantaMarta" @Pontifex 10 December 2019
• “Let us ask the Lord, in this time of Advent, to revive in us faith in Christ who comes to save us, to help us be always faithful to our vocation as missionary disciples. #GeneralAudience” @Pontifex 11 December 2019
• “Today in the world many Christians are persecuted and give their lives for their faith. Martyrdom is the breath of the life of a Christian, of a Christian community. There will always be martyrs among us: this is the sign that we are following the way of Jesus. #GeneralAudience” @Pontifex 11 December 2019

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This version of The Weekly Francis covers material released in the last week from 26 November 2019 to 4 December 2019.

Angelus

• 1 December 2019

General Audiences

• 27 November 2019

Homilies

• 1 December 2019 – Holy Mass for the Congolese Community

Messages

• 30 November 2019 – Message of Pope Francis to His Holiness Bartholomew I on the occasion of the Feast of Saint Andrew
• 1 December 2019 – Message of the Holy Father to the participants in the United Nations Conference on Climate [Madrid, 2–13 December 2019]
• 3 December 2019 – Message of Pope Francis to mark the International Day of Persons with Disabilities (IDPwD)

Speeches

• 26 November 2019 – Apostolic Journey to Japan: Press Conference on the return flight to Rome (Papal flight, 26 November 2019)
• 29 November 2019 – To members of the “Rosario Livatino” Study Center
• 29 November 2019 – To members of the International Theological Commission
• 30 November 2019 – To Participants at the “Children’s global summit”
• 30 November 2019 – To Participants at the International Meeting: The “Church which goes forth”. Evangelii Gaudium: Reception and Perspectives
• 30 November 2019 – To the participants in the course promoted by the Tribunal of the Roman Rota
• 2 December 2019 – To French Catholic entrepreneurs participating in the “Journey of the Common Good” in the Capital
• 4 December 2019 – To Members of the Board of Directors of the Independent Self-governing Trade Union “Solidarność” (Poland)

Papal Tweets

• “How important it is to learn to be a friendly and outstretched hand! Try to grow in friendship even with those who think differently than you, so that solidarity might grow among you and become the best weapon to change the course of history.” @Pontifex 28 November 2019
• “The Church exists to keep alive in people’s heart the memory that God loves them. It exists to tell everyone, even those furthest away: “God doesn’t forget you, He cares about you”.” @Pontifex 30 November 2019
• “In the #GospelOfTheDay, Jesus exhorts us to be ready for His coming: ”Watch therefore, for you do not know on what day your Lord is coming“ (Mt 24:42). To watch means to have your heart ready to give and to serve, to be attentive to our neighbour in difficulty.” @Pontifex 1 December 2019
• “The word #Advent means coming. The Lord is coming. This is the root of our hope: the certainty that God’s consolation comes to us amidst the troubles of the world. Not a consolation of words, but of His presence among us.” @Pontifex 1 December 2019
• “With this Letter, I wish to encourage the beautiful family tradition of preparing the nativity scene in the days before Christmas, but also the custom of setting it up in the workplace, in schools, hospitals, prisons and town squares. http://w2.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/apost_letters/documents/papa-francesco-lettera-ap_20191201_admirabile-signum.html” @Pontifex 1 December 2019
• “The closeness to the Lord invites our heart to approach our brothers and sisters with love, to show compassion towards everyone.” @Pontifex 2 December 2019
• “Today we renew our commitment so that every disabled person may share their gifts with the community to which they belong and in which they take part. #IDPD” @Pontifex 3 December 2019
• “Today the Church praises smallness. God’s works begin by sprouting from a seed, from little things. Jesus speaks about this smallness of the Kingdom: the small heart, humble, that is open to the revelation of the Lord. #HomilySantaMarta” @Pontifex 3 December 2019
• “Let us pray for all the pastors of the Church, that they might guide the flock entrusted to them with the same firmness and tenderness of the Good Shepherd. #GeneralAudience” @Pontifex 4 December 2019

Papal Instagram

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