Jimmy Akin

This version of The Weekly Francis covers material released in the last week from 26 March 2019 to 29 May 2019.

General Audiences

• 15 May 2019
• 22 May 2019

Homilies

• 12 May 2019 – Holy Mass with Priestly Ordinations

Messages

• 27 May 2019 – Message for the 105th World Day of Migrants and Refugees, 2019
• 29 May 2019 – Message of the Holy Father Francis to the Director General of the FAO for the inauguration of the United Nations decade of Family Farming

Motu Proprio

• 26 March 2019 – Apostolic Letter issued ‘Motu Proprio’ on the protection of minors and vulnerable persons

Regina Coeli

• 12 May 2019 – Regina Coeli, 12 May 2019
• 19 May 2019 – Regina Coeli, 19 May 2019

Speeches

• 18 May 2019 – To members of the Italian Foreign Press Association
• 18 May 2019 – To Members of the European Food Banks Federation
• 23 May 2019 – Address of His Holiness for the Presentation of Credential Letters by the Ambassadors of Thailand, Norway, New Zealand, Sierra Leone, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Luxembourg, Mozambique and Ethiopia accredited to the Holy See
• 24 May 2019 – To the Italian Ecclesiastical Museums Association
• 24 May 2019 – To the Hospital of the Innocents Institute of Florence
• 25 May 2019 – To Participants at the Conference promoted by the Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life on the theme “Yes to Life! – Caring for the precious gift of life in its frailness”
• 27 May 2019 – Meeting with Finance Ministers from Various Nations (Casina Pio IV, 27 May 2019)
• 27 May 2019 – To participants in the Meeting sponsored by Caritas Internationalis

Papal Tweets

• ““The word of God is alive” (Hebrews 4:12); it does not die or get old, but remains forever.” @Pontifex 16 May 2019
• “Let yourself be transformed and renewed by the Holy Spirit, in order to bring Christ into every environment and to give witness to the joy and youthfulness of the Gospel!” @Pontifex 17 May 2019
• “It is the Spirit who is the protagonist of Christian life, the Holy Spirit, who is with us, accompanies us, transforms us, is victorious with us.” @Pontifex 18 May 2019
• “Let us remain united to the Lord Jesus through listening to the Word, through the sacraments, a life of fraternity and service to others.” @Pontifex 19 May 2019
• “We pray for those who live with severe illness. Let us always safeguard life, God’s gift, from its beginning until its natural end. Let us not give in to a throwaway culture.” @Pontifex 20 May 2019
• “The peace of Jesus is a gift. We cannot obtain it through human means. The peace of Jesus is something else: the peace of Jesus teaches us to endure. To endure is to carry life on our shoulders, our difficulties, our work, everything, and to have the courage to go forward.” @Pontifex 21 May 2019
• “Every creature has a function, none is superfluous. The whole universe speaks the language of God’s love, of His boundless affection for us: soil, water, mountains, everything is God’s caress. #Biodiversity #LaudatoSì’” @Pontifex 22 May 2019
• “God does not reside in the greatness of that which we accomplish, but in the littleness of the poor persons that we meet. #Caritas” @Pontifex 23 May 2019
• “We pray for the Catholics in China. May Our Lady of Sheshan help them witness to the faith, in communion with the universal Church, and to persevere in unity despite the wounds and the trials, trusting in the hope that does not disappoint.” @Pontifex 24 May 2019
• “Mary is a woman who walks with the grace and the tenderness of a mother; she unties all the knots of the many problems we manage to create, and she teaches us to stand upright in the midst of storms. #MaryHelpOfChristians” @Pontifex 24 May 2019
• “Mercy shown to those who can only receive, without giving anything in return, is precious in the eyes of God.” @Pontifex 25 May 2019
• “It is the Spirit who makes us arise from our limitations, from our deaths, because we have so many necroses in our life, in our soul. The message of the Resurrection is this: we must be reborn.” @Pontifex 26 May 2019
• “Even today so many Christians are killed and persecuted for the love of Christ. They give their lives in silence, because their martyrdom isn’t newsworthy. Yet there are more Christian martyrs today than in the early centuries.” @Pontifex 27 May 2019
• “In our lives there are crosses, there are difficult moments. But in these difficult moments we feel that the Holy Spirit helps us to go forward and to overcome the difficulties. #SantaMarta” @Pontifex 28 May 2019
• “If you trust in the goodness of the Lord, you will understand the meaning of events and the purpose of your life.” @Pontifex 29 May 2019

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