Jimmy Akin

This version of The Weekly Francis covers material released in the last week, from 30 January 2023 to 8 March 2023.

Angelus

• 5 March 2023 – Angelus

General Audiences

• 8 March 2023 – General Audience – Catechesis. The passion for evangelization’ the apostolic zeal of the believer. 6. The Second Vatican Ecumenical Council. 1. Evangelization as ecclesial service

Letters

• 30 January 2023 – Chirograph of the Holy Father for the new Statutes of the Institute for the Works of Religion

Speeches

• 4 March 2023 – To the Editorial Board of the television program ‘A sua immagine’
• 6 March 2023 – To the Community of the ‘Saint Mary Seminary’ of the diocese of Cleveland, United States of America

Papal Tweets

• “Let us #PrayTogether for those who have suffered because of the wrongs done to them by members of the Church. May they find within the Church herself a concrete response to their pain and suffering. #PrayerIntention #ClickToPray Video” @Pontifex, 2 March 2023
• “Our whole life of faith is a shared experience, for we follow Jesus together. Our Lenten journey is “synodal”, since we travel together along the same path, as disciples of the one Master. #Lent” @Pontifex, 4 March 2023
• “The #GospelOfTheDay (Mt 17:1–9) teaches us how important it is to remain with Jesus. In fact, it is by staying with him that we learn to recognize on his face the luminous beauty of love he gives us, even when it bears the marks of the cross.” @Pontifex, 5 March 2023
• “These past days, my thought has been often gone to the victims of the train accident that happened in Greece. Many were young students. I am praying for the deceased. I am near the wounded and their relatives. May Our Lady comfort them.” @Pontifex, 5 March 2023
• “I am praying for the numerous victims of the shipwreck that took place off of Cutro, near Crotone. I renew my appeal that similar tragedies may not be repeated. Let the human traffickers be stopped so they do not continue to dispose of the lives of so many innocent people!” @Pontifex, 5 March 2023
• “The path of poverty and self-denial (fasting), concern and acts of love for wounded humanity (almsgiving), and familiar dialogue with the Father (prayer) make it possible for us to incarnate a sincere faith, a living hope, and active charity. #Lent” @Pontifex, 6 March 2023
• “In this Season of #Lent, let us exercise interior clarity, placing ourselves before the #WordOfGod in #prayer, so that an advantageous struggle against the evil that enslaves us, a struggle for freedom, may take place within us.” @Pontifex, 7 March 2023
• “Let us #PrayTogether so that #women, every woman, may be respected, protected and esteemed. Violence against women and mothers is violence against God himself, who from a woman, from a mother, took on our human condition.” @Pontifex, 8 March 2023
• “Every baptized person is sent to announce the Good News by loving and serving others. We cannot remain mere spectators. Apostolic zeal impels us to always seek new ways of proclaiming and witnessing to God’s love. #GeneralAudience” @Pontifex, 8 March 2023

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This version of The Weekly Francis covers material released in the last week, from 9 February 2023 to 26 February 2023.

Angelus

• 26 February 2023 – Angelus

Speeches

• 9 February 2023 – To a delegation of representatives of the Medical Area of the Health Pastoral Office of the diocese of Rome
• 17 February 2023 – To a group of businesspeople from Mexico
• 18 February 2023 – To participants in Study Day on Siblings with Disabilities
• 23 February 2023 – To a Delegation of the Max Planck Society
• 23 February 2023 – To the Delegation of of priests and monks of the Oriental Orthodox Churches
• 24 February 2023 – To the Members of the ‘Pro Petri Sede’ Association
• 24 February 2023 – Impromptu words of the Holy Father at the end of the screening of the documentary ‘Freedom on Fire’ Ukraine’s Fight for Freedom’
• 25 February 2023 – Inauguration of the Judicial Year of Vatican City State Tribunal
• 25 February 2023 – To Rectors, professors, students and staff of the Roman Pontifical Universities and Institutions

Papal Tweets

• “#Lent is the “favourable time” to return to what is essential, to divest ourselves of all that weighs us down, to be reconciled with God, and to rekindle the fire of the Holy Spirit hidden beneath the ashes of our frail humanity.” @Pontifex, 23 February 2023
• “One year ago the absurd war against Ukraine began. Let us remain close to the tormented Ukrainian people, who continue to suffer, and let us ask ourselves: has everything possible been done to stop the war? Peace built on rubble will never be a true victory.” @Pontifex, 24 February 2023
• “During #Lent we are called to respond to God’s gift by accepting his word, which is “living and active” (Heb 4:12). Regular listening to the #WordOfGod makes us open and docile to his working and bears fruit in our lives.” @Pontifex, 25 February 2023
• “I renew my appeal to make dialogue prevail over hatred and vengeance in the Holy Land, and I pray to God for Palestinians and Israelis, that they may find the path to fraternity and peace, with the help of the international community.” @Pontifex, 26 February 2023
• “Let’s #PrayTogether for the people of Burkina Faso, so that the violence they have suffered does not make them lose faith in the path of democracy, justice and peace.” @Pontifex, 26 February 2023
• “Jesus teaches us to repel the attacks of the devil who, as his name says, wants to sow division in us, between us and God, between us and others. How do we repel him? Not by negotiating with him, but by opposing him in faith with the divine word. #GospelOfToday (Mt 4:1–11)” @Pontifex, 26 February 2023
• “Let’s #PrayTogether also for the victims of the shipwreck this morning, off the Calabrian coast, including many children, and for the other surviving migrants. I thank those who have brought relief and are providing shelter.” @Pontifex, 26 February 2023

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This version of The Weekly Francis covers material released in the last week, from 25 January 2023 to 22 February 2023.

Angelus

• 19 February 2023 – Angelus

Apostolic Letter

• 14 February 2023 – Regulation of the Independent Supervisory Commission of the Vicariate of Rome

General Audiences

• 15 February 2023 – General Audience – Catechesis. 4. The first apostolate
• 22 February 2023 – General Audience – Catechesis. The passion for evangelization’ the apostolic zeal of the believer. 6. The protagonist of the proclamation’ the Holy Spirit

Homilies

• 22 February 2023 – Holy Mass, Blessing and Imposition of the Ashes

Messages

• 25 January 2023 – Lent 2023’ Lenten Penance and the Synodal Journey

Speeches

• 10 February 2023 – To Participants in the Forum of Indigenous Peoples
• 16 February 2023 – To a delegation from the United Bible Societies
• 17 February 2023 – To Participants in the General Chapter of the Congregation of Marian Fathers of the Immaculate Conception of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary
• 18 February 2023 – To Participants at the Conference promoted by the Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life
• 18 February 2023 – To Participants in the formation course for legal practitioners, organized by the Tribunal of the Roman Rota
• 20 February 2023 – To the Members of the Pontifical Academy for Life
• 20 February 2023 – To the Members of the ‘Circolo San Pietro’

Papal Tweets

• “Let us not forget those suffering from the earthquake in #Turkey and #Syria. Let us continue to pray for the victims and their loved ones and make a concrete commitment to help the survivors. May the Lord give consolation to the people affected by this terrible tragedy.” @Pontifex, 15 February 2023
• “The proclamation of the Gospel does not begin from us, but from the beauty of what we have freely received: meeting Jesus, knowing Him, and discovering that we are loved and saved. It is such a great gift that we cannot keep it to ourselves, we feel the need to spread it.” @Pontifex, 15 February 2023
• “The #WordOfGod, which is addressed to all, calls us to conversion. When we are filled with the Word, it transforms our hearts and minds; it changes us and helps us direct our lives to the Lord.” @Pontifex, 16 February 2023
• “#Lent is a time of grace to the extent that we listen to Jesus. He speaks to us in the Word of God and through our brothers and sisters, especially in the faces and stories of those who are in need. @VaticanIHD
  VUYft Message” @Pontifex, 17 February 2023
• “God never leaves us on our own. God waits for us to ask Him to give us a hand. We need to learn how to distinguish God’s voice through silent #Prayer and intimate dialogue with Him, treasuring in our hearts that which does us good and gives us peace.” @Pontifex, 18 February 2023
• “In the #GospelOfToday (Mt 5:38–48), the Lord invites us not to respond to evil with evil, but to dare to do good, even if we receive little or nothing in return. For it is this love that slowly transforms conflicts, overcomes enmities and heals the wounds of hatred.” @Pontifex, 19 February 2023
• “I am close to the people of New Zealand, struck in recent days by a devastating cyclone. Let’s #PrayTogether” @Pontifex, 19 February 2023
• “Let us not forget those who are suffering. I think of Syria and Turkey, of the very many victims of the earthquake; of the dear Ukrainian people and the many populations who suffer as a result of war of poverty, lack of freedom, or environmental devastation.” @Pontifex, 19 February 2023
• “#SocialJustice demands that we fight against the causes of poverty: inequality and the lack of labour, land, and lodging; against those who deny social and labour rights; and against the culture that leads to taking away the dignity of others.” @Pontifex, 20 February 2023
• “In God, no act of love, no matter how small, and no generous effort will ever be lost.” @Pontifex, 21 February 2023
• “Dear brothers and sisters, may the Holy Spirit sustain us this #Lent2023 in our ascent with Jesus. May we experience His divine splendour and thus, confirmed in faith, persevere in our journey with Him, the glory of His people and light of the nations.
  VUYft Message” @Pontifex, 22 February 2023
• “The Spirit sheds light on the path of the Church. He is not only the light of hearts, He is the light that orients the Church: He brings clarity, helps to distinguish, to discern. This is why it is necessary to invoke Him often; let us also do so today, at the beginning of #Lent” @Pontifex, 22 February 2023
• “Let us not neglect the grace of this holy season, responding generously to the powerful promptings of #Lent. At the end of the journey, we will encounter with greater joy the Lord of life, who alone can raise us up from our ashes.” @Pontifex, 22 February 2023
• “Almsgiving, charity, will be a sign of our compassion toward those in need, and help us to return to others. Prayer will give voice to our profound desire to encounter the Father, and will bring us back to him.” @Pontifex, 22 February 2023
• “Fasting will be the spiritual training ground where we joyfully renounce the superfluous things that weigh us down, grow in interior freedom and return to the truth about ourselves.” @Pontifex, 22 February 2023

Papal Instagram

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