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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