Jimmy Akin

This version of The Weekly Francis covers material released in the last week from 29 January 2022 to 9 February 2022.

Angelus

• 6 February 2022 – Angelus

General Audiences

• 9 February 2022 – General Audience – Catechesis on Saint Joseph’ 11. Saint Joseph, patron of the good death

Homilies

• 2 February 2022 – Holy Mass on the 26th World Day For Consecrated Life

Messages

• 2 February 2022 – XXVI World Day for Consecrated Life – Feast of the Presentation of the Lord
• 4 February 2022 – Video Message of His Holiness Pope Francis to mark the Second International Day of Human Fraternity
• 8 February 2022 – Video Message of the Holy Father on the occasion of the 8th International Day of Prayer and Awareness against Human Trafficking

Speeches

• 29 January 2022 – To the Members of the Italian Association of Leather Chemists
• 3 February 2022 – To the Management and Staff of the Office Responsible for Public Security at the Vatican
• 4 February 2022 – To a Group of the ‘House of the Spirit and the Arts’ Foundation
• 5 February 2022 – To the members of the National Association of Italian Municipalities (ANCI)
• 7 February 2022 – To the Community of the Pontifical Lombard Seminary in Rome

Papal Tweets

• “I thank all those who act in the conviction that we can live in harmony and peace, conscious of the need for a more fraternal world, inasmuch as all of us are creatures of God: brothers and sisters. #HumanFraternityDay” @Pontifex, 4 February 2022
• “The path of fraternity is long and challenging, yet it is the anchor of salvation for humanity. Let us counter times of darkness and mindsets of conflict with fraternity. @alimamaltayeb #HumanFraternityDayvatican.vaVideo Message of His Holiness Pope Francis to mark the Second International Day of Human Fraternity” @Pontifex, 4 February 2022
• “God’s grace is offered to everyone; and many who are the least on this earth will be the first in heaven (cf. Mk 10:31).” @Pontifex, 5 February 2022
• “The other one, happened here in Italy, in Monferrato: John, a Ghanaian boy, 25 years old, a migrant, fell ill with a terrible cancer and wanted to go back home to embrace his father before dying. The whole village took up a collection so that he could die in his father’s arms.” @Pontifex, 6 February 2022
• “Today is the International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation. This practice, unfortunately widespread in various regions of the world, demeans the dignity of women and gravely undermines their physical integrity.” @Pontifex, 6 February 2022
• “The Lord climbs into the boat of our lives when we have nothing to offer Him; to enter our voids and fill them with His presence; to make use of our miseries to proclaim His mercy. #GospeloftheDay (Lk 5, 1–11)” @Pontifex, 6 February 2022
• “Often, like Peter in the #GospeloftheDay (Lk 5, 1–11), we experience the disappointment of trying so hard and not seeing the desired results. But it is precisely that empty boat, the symbol of our incapacity, that becomes the pulpit from which Jesus proclaims the Word.” @Pontifex, 6 February 2022
• “Amid so much bad news, there are good things. Today I would like to mention two: one, in Morocco, where an entire people worked to save a child, Rayan. thank you to these people for their witness.” @Pontifex, 6 February 2022
• “Oggi si celebra la Giornata internazionale contro le mutilazioni genitali femminili. Questa pratica, purtroppo diffusa in diverse regioni del mondo, umilia la dignità della donna e attenta gravemente alla sua integrità fisica.” @Pontifex, 6 February 2022
• “The crisis of faith, in our lives and in our societies, has to do with the eclipse of desire for God, with the habit of being content to live from day to day, without ever asking what God really wants from us. We have forgotten to lift our eyes to heaven.” @Pontifex, 7 February 2022
• “To caress an elderly person expresses the same hope as caressing a child, because the beginning of life and the end are always a mystery, a mystery that should be respected, accompanied, cared for, loved.” @Pontifex, 9 February 2022
• “Human trafficking is violence! The violence suffered by every woman and girl is an open wound on the body of Christ, on the body of all humanity, a deep wound that affects every one of us too. #PrayAgainstTraffickingvatican.va Video Message of the Holy Father to the participants in the World Day of Prayer, Reflection and…” @Pontifex, 9 February 2022
• “Today, Feast of Saint Bakhita, #LetsPrayTogether for the victims of human trafficking, a crime that primarily affects women and girls. Let’s work together for an economy of care and to eliminate all inequalities. #PrayAgainstTrafficking” @Pontifex, 9 February 2022
• “It makes no sense to accumulate if one day we will die. What we must accumulate is love, and the ability to share, the ability not to remain indifferent when faced with the needs of others. #GeneralAudience” @Pontifex, 9 February 2022
• “Let us continue to implore the God of peace that tensions and threats of war be overcome through serious dialogue. Let’s not forget: war is madness!” @Pontifex, 9 February 2022

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This version of The Weekly Francis covers material released in the last week from 20 January 2022 to 26 January 2022.

Angelus

• 23 January 2022 – Angelus

General Audiences

• 26 January 2022 – General Audience – Catechesis on Saint Joseph’ 9. Saint Joseph, a man who ‘dreams’

Homilies

• 23 January 2022 – Holy Mass on the occasion of the Sunday of the Word of God
• 25 January 2022 – Solemnity of the Conversion of Saint Paul – Celebration of Second Vespers

Messages

• 24 January 2022 – LVI World Communications Day, 2022 – Listening with the ear of the heart

Speeches

• 20 January 2022 – To the Members of the Italian Association of Private Construction Contractors (ANCE)

Papal Tweets

• “The unity for which Jesus prayed, which certainly demands mature freedom born of firm decisions, endurance and sacrifice, is the reason for the world to believe. #Prayer #ChristianUnity” @Pontifex, 21 January 2022
• “The Word brings us close to God. Let us carry it with us always, in a place where we can remember to open it daily, so that amid all those words that ring in our ears, there may also be a few verses of the #WordOfGod that can touch our hearts.” @Pontifex, 21 January 2022
• “#ChristianUnity is not attained so much by agreement about some shared value, but by doing something concrete together for those who bring us closest to the Lord: the poor, for in them Jesus is present (Mt 25:40). Sharing in works of charity helps us make greater progress.” @Pontifex, 22 January 2022
• “Let us ask the Lord for the strength to turn off the television and open the Bible, to turn off our cell phone and open the Gospel. It will make us feel God’s closeness to us and fill us with courage as we make our way through life. #WordOfGod” @Pontifex, 22 January 2022
• “I am following with concern the increase of tensions that threaten to inflict a new blow to peace in Ukraine and call into question the security of the European Continent. Therefore, I propose that next Wednesday, 26 January be a day of prayer for peace.” @Pontifex, 23 January 2022
• “The Word of God is the beacon that guides the synodal journey that has begun throughout the Church. As we strive to listen to each other, with attention and discernment, let us listen together to the Word of God and the Holy Spirit. #Synod” @Pontifex, 23 January 2022
• “By the power of the Holy Spirit, the Word of God has come to dwell among us and it desires to continue to dwell in our midst, in order to fulfil our expectations and to heal our wounds. #SundayoftheWord Homily” @Pontifex, 23 January 2022
• “The word of God nurtures and renews faith: let us put it back at the centre of our prayer and our spiritual life! #SundayoftheWord” @Pontifex, 23 January 2022
• “At the heart of the life of God’s holy people and our journey of faith are not ourselves and our own words. At its heart is God and his word. #SundayoftheWord” @Pontifex, 23 January 2022
• “It is only by paying attention to whom we listen, to what we listen, and to how we listen that we can grow in the art of communicating, the heart of which is not a theory or a technique, but the openness of heart that makes closeness posible. #WCD Message” @Pontifex, 24 January 2022
• “We have set out on a journey led by God’s kindly light that dissipates the darkness of division and directs our journey towards unity. The world needs God’s light, and that light shines only in love, in communion and in fraternity.” @Pontifex, 24 January 2022
• “Let us progress together in seeking God boldly and in concrete ways. Let us keep our gaze ever fixed on Christ (Heb 12.2) and remain close to one another in #prayer. #ChristianUnity” @Pontifex, 25 January 2022
• “Like Saul before his encounter with Christ, we need to change course, to invert the route of our habits and our ways, in order to find the path that the Lord points out to us: the path of humility, fraternity and adoration. #ChristianUnity” @Pontifex, 25 January 2022
• “O Lord, grant us the courage to change course, to be converted, to follow your will and not our own; to go forward together, towards you, who by your Spirit wish to make us one. #ChristianUnity Homily” @Pontifex, 25 January 2022
• “Today I ask you to pray for peace in #Ukraine: Let us ask the Lord to grant that the country may grow in the spirit of brotherhood, and that divisions will be overcome. May the prayers that today rise up to heaven touch the minds and hearts of world leaders.” @Pontifex, 26 January 2022

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