Jimmy Akin

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

Angelus

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

General Audiences

• 26 February 2020

Speeches

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

Papal Tweets

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

Papal Instagram

• Franciscus

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

Daily Homilies (fervorinos)

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

General Audiences

• 19 February 2020

Homilies

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

Messages

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

Speeches

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

Papal Tweets

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

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• Franciscus

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

Angelus

• 16 February 2020

General Audiences

• 12 February 2020

Letters

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

Messages

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

Speeches

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

Papal Tweets

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

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• Franciscus