Jimmy Akin

This version of The Weekly Francis covers material released in the last week, from 15 September 2022 to 27 September 2022.

Angelus

• 25 September 2022 – Pastoral Visit to Matera for the conclusion of the 27th National Eucharistic Congress’ Angelus

Speeches

• 15 September 2022 – Apostolic Journey to Kazakhstan’ Press Conference on the return flight to Rome
• 16 September 2022 – To Participants in the General Chapter of the Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance (Trappists)
• 22 September 2022 – To the participants in the International Thomistic Congress, promoted by the Pontifical Academy of Saint Thomas Aquinas
• 22 September 2022 – To the participants in the meeting of Deloitte Global
• 22 September 2022 – To the Order of Canons Regular of Prémontré (Premonstratensians) on the occasion of the ninth centenary of the founding of the Abbey of Prémontré
• 24 September 2022 – Visit of the Holy Father Francis to Assisi for the ‘Economy of Francesco’ event
• 26 September 2022 – To the participants in the General Chapter of the Capuchin Tertiary Sisters of the Holy Family
• 26 September 2022 – To the participants in the meeting of the ‘Shalom’ Catholic Community

Papal Tweets

• “Our models of consumption and production, and our lifestyles, must respect creation and the integral human development of all peoples. Let us renew the covenant between human beings and the environment, a mirror reflecting the creative love of God. #TimeofCreation” @Pontifex, 22 September 2022
• “Charity inspired by faith has the power to disarm the forces of evil. Saint #PadrePio of Pietrelcina fought evil throughout his life: with humility, with obedience, and with the Cross, offering up suffering for love.” @Pontifex, 23 September 2022
• “A society and an economy without young people are sad, pessimistic and cynical. We are grateful to God that you are here. I am counting on you! Do not be afraid to bother us! Be an example for us! #EconomyOfFrancesco” @Pontifex, 24 September 2022
• “In the crucial moments of history, those who left a good mark were able to do so because they translated ideals, desires and values into concrete actions. You will change the economic world if you use your hands together with your heart and head. #EconomyOfFrancesco” @Pontifex, 24 September 2022
• “Do not forget about workers. Without dignified work and just remuneration, young people will not truly become adults and inequality will increase. Do not forget to create work, good work, work for everyone. #EconomyOfFrancesco” @Pontifex, 24 September 2022
• “Look at the world with the eyes of the poorest. You too will improve the economy if you look at things from the perspective of victims and the discarded. If you become friends of the poor and share their life, you will have a share in the Kingdom of God. #EconomyOfFrancesco” @Pontifex, 24 September 2022
• “There is no “Economy of Francesco” without respect, care and love for the poor, for every poor person, for every fragile and vulnerable person, from conception in the womb to the sick person with disabilities, to the elderly person in difficulty. #EconomyOfFrancesco” @Pontifex, 24 September 2022
• “The first capital of any society is spiritual, for this is what engenders the joy of living that is also necessary for the economy. The fragility of many young people comes from a lack of this precious spiritual capital. #EconomyOfFrancesco” @Pontifex, 24 September 2022
• “The plant paradigm takes a different approach to earth and environment. Plants cooperate with all the surroundings environment; even when they compete, they cooperate for the good of the ecosystem. Let’s learn from the meekness of plants! #EconomyOfFrancesco #TimeOfCreation” @Pontifex, 24 September 2022
• “Today, a new economy inspired by Francis of Assisi can and must become an economy of friendship with the earth and an economy of peace. It is a question of transforming an economy that kills into an economy of life, in all its aspects. #EconomyOfFrancesco” @Pontifex, 24 September 2022
• “Current consumerism seeks to fill the void of human relationships with ever more sophisticated commodities – loneliness is big business in our time! – but in this way it generates a famine of happiness. #EconomyOfFrancesco” @Pontifex, 24 September 2022
• “Let’s #PrayTogether invoking the intercession of the Virgin Mary for #Myanmar. This week I heard the cry of grief at the death of children in a bombed school. May the lament of these little ones not go unheard! These tragedies must not happen!” @Pontifex, 25 September 2022
• “I join in the appeal of the bishops of #Cameroon for the liberation of eight people kidnapped in the diocese of Mamfe, including five priests and a religious sister. Let’s #PrayTogether for them and for the peoples of Bamenda: may the Lord grant #peace to that dear country.” @Pontifex, 25 September 2022
• “Mary, Queen of Peace, comfort the Ukrainian people and obtain from the heads of Nations the strength of will to find immediate, effective initiatives to bring the war to an end. #Peace #PrayTogether” @Pontifex, 25 September 2022
• “Let us return to the taste of bread, because while injustice and discrimination against the poor continue in the world, Jesus gives us the Bread of Sharing and sends us out daily as apostles of fraternity, justice and peace.” @Pontifex, 25 September 2022
• “The #Eucharist invites us to conversion: from indifference to compassion, from waste to sharing, from individualism to fraternity, because there is no true Eucharistic worship without compassion for the many “Lazaruses” who walk beside us even today.” @Pontifex, 25 September 2022
• “#TodaysGospel tells us that bread is not always shared on the world table; the fragrance of communion does not always emanate; it is not always broken in justice: on one side a rich man clothed in purple, on the other a poor man covered in sores.” @Pontifex, 25 September 2022
• “Today is World Day of Migrants and Refugees. Let us renew our commitment to building a future that puts migrants, refugees, displaced persons and victims of human trafficking at the centre. The Kingdom of God is built together with them. #WDMR2022 @M_RSection” @Pontifex, 25 September 2022
• “The rich man does not even have a name; instead the poor man has a name, Lazarus, which means “God helps”. Despite his marginalised condition, his dignity is intact because he lives in a relationship with God, the unshakeable hope of his life.” @Pontifex, 25 September 2022
• “I wish once more to declare that the use of atomic energy for purposes of war is today, more than ever, a crime not only against the dignity of human beings but against any possible future for our common home. #Peace #NuclearDisarmament #TimeofCreation” @Pontifex, 26 September 2022
• “I pray that the Church, and each of us, may be granted the grace to discover the Lord Jesus in our brothers or sisters who are hungry, thirsty, strangers, lacking clothing and dignity, sick and imprisoned. #Charity #SaintVincentDePaul” @Pontifex, 27 September 2022

Papal Instagram

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This version of The Weekly Francis covers material released in the last week, from 12 September 2022 to 21 September 2022.

Angelus

• 18 September 2022 – Angelus

General Audiences

• 21 September 2022 – General Audience – Catechesis’ The Apostolic Journey in Kazakhstan

Homilies

• 14 September 2022 – Apostolic Journey to Kazakhstan’ Holy Mass in the ‘Expo grounds’ (Nur-Sultan)

Speeches

• 12 September 2022 – To the Members of the Swiss Student Society
• 14 September 2022 – Apostolic Journey to Kazakhstan’ Opening and Plenary Session of the ‘VII Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions’ (Nur-Sultan)
• 15 September 2022 – Apostolic Journey to Kazakhstan’ Reading of the Final Declaration and Conclusion of the Congress at the ‘Palace of Peace and Reconciliation’ (Nur-Sultan)
• 15 September 2022 – Apostolic Journey to Kazakhstan’ Meeting with Bishops, Priests, Deacons, Consecrated Persons, Seminarians and Pastoral Workers (Nur-Sultan)
• 16 September 2022 – To Members of the Administration Board of the ‘Populorum Progressio’ Foundation
• 17 September 2022 – To the Pilgrims from the dioceses of Alessandria and Spoleto

Papal Tweets

• “May we never justify violence. May we never allow the sacred to be exploited by the profane. The sacred must never be a prop for power, nor power a prop for the sacred! God is peace and guides us always to peace, never to war. #ApostolicJourney” @Pontifex, 14 September 2022
• “Let us invest not in more weapons, but in education, that peace may be the fruit of persevering commitment to education, supporting the aspirations of the young to development and a serene future. #ApostolicJourney” @Pontifex, 14 September 2022
• “Before the mystery of the infinite that transcends and attracts us, religions remind us we are creatures: we are not omnipotent, but men and women journeying towards the same heavenly goal. #ApostolicJourney #Kazakhstan VAMcWci Speech” @Pontifex, 14 September 2022
• “If we keep our gaze fixed on Jesus, the sting of evil can no longer prevail over us, for on the cross he took upon himself the venom of sin and death, and crushed their destructive power. #ExaltationoftheCross #ApostolicJourney” @Pontifex, 14 September 2022
• “From the cross of Christ we learn love, not hatred; compassion, not indifference; forgiveness, not vengeance. #ExaltationoftheCross #ApostolicJourney” @Pontifex, 14 September 2022
• “Let us #PrayTogether that our world may learn how to build #peace, not least by limiting the arms race and converting the enormous sums spent on war into concrete assistance to peoples. #ApostolicJourney” @Pontifex, 14 September 2022
• “Each day children, born and unborn, migrants and elderly persons, are discarded. Many brothers and sisters die sacrificed on the altar of profit, amid indifference. Yet every human being is sacred. It is the task of religions to remind the world of this!” @Pontifex, 14 September 2022
• “One cannot profess genuine fidelity to the Creator without showing love for his creatures. #ApostolicJourney #TimeOfCreation” @Pontifex, 15 September 2022
• “We defend everyone’s right to religion, to hope, to beauty: to Heaven. For every human being, in their absolute uniqueness, if they are in contact with the divine, can radiate a special light in our world. #ApostolicJourney” @Pontifex, 15 September 2022
• “Extremism, radicalism, terrorism and all other incentives to hatred, hostility, violence and war have nothing to do with the authentic spirit of religion and must be rejected in the most decisive terms possible. #ApostolicJourney” @Pontifex, 15 September 2022
• “Thank you for your kind welcome and for the opportunity to spend these days in fraternal dialogue with the leaders of many religions. May the Most High bless the vocation of peace and unity of #Kazakhstan, the country of encounter. #ApostolicJourney” @Pontifex, 15 September 2022
• “Openness, joy and sharing are signs of the nascent Church, and of the Church of tomorrow. #ApostolicJourney” @Pontifex, 15 September 2022
• “Grateful hearts overflowing with praise harbour no regrets, but welcome each day as a grace. #ApostolicJourney” @Pontifex, 15 September 2022
• “On our own spiritual and ecclesial journey, we should always remember those who first proclaimed the faith to us. Indeed, this act of remembrance inspires us to contemplate the wonders that God has worked in history. #ApostolicJourney” @Pontifex, 15 September 2022
• “The state of decay of our common home merits the same attention as other global challenges such as grave health crises and wars. #WorldOzoneDay #TimeOfCreation” @Pontifex, 16 September 2022
• “The Lord wants us to make our lives masterpieces through the everyday things we do.” @Pontifex, 17 September 2022
• “Let us not forget that #peace is possible when weapons are silenced and dialogue begins! And let us continue to pray for the suffering people of Ukraine and for peace in every land bloodied by war.” @Pontifex, 18 September 2022
• “I am saddened by the recent fighting between Azerbaijan and Armenia. I express my spiritual closeness to the families of the victims, and I urge the parties to respect the ceasefire in view of a #peace agreement.” @Pontifex, 18 September 2022
• “In times of crisis, we sometimes allow ourselves to be overcome by discouragement or start to complain. Instead, Jesus in the #GospelOfTheDay tells us to be clever in following the Gospel, attentive in discerning reality and creative in finding good solutions for us and others.” @Pontifex, 18 September 2022
• “The lamp of faith will always be lit on earth as long as there is the oil of #prayer.” @Pontifex, 19 September 2022
• “The activity of #prayer is not only to be carried out at times of rest, but also during our daily life as a type of breathing of our living relationship with God.” @Pontifex, 20 September 2022
• “Being a small flock, should not frighten us, but rather invite us to live this reality with faith, so that we can become leaven, salt and light for others, trusting in the action of the Holy Spirit, who blows freely where He wills.” @Pontifex, 21 September 2022
• “Let’s #PrayTogether for sufferers of Alzheimer’s, a disease that affects many people, who are often pushed to the margins of society as a result; for their families; and for those who lovingly care for them, that they may be increasingly helped.” @Pontifex, 21 September 2022
• “The feast of the Evangelist #SaintMatthew, which the Church celebrates today, inspires me to urge everyone to read the #Gospel daily. You will find, in Christ’s words, light and support for your journey.” @Pontifex, 21 September 2022
• “I would like to mention the terrible situation in martyred #Ukraine. My envoy has told me about the pain of this people, the monstrosities they suffer. Let’s #PrayTogether for this martyred people, and for #peace.” @Pontifex, 21 September 2022

Papal Instagram

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