This version of The Weekly Francis covers material released in the last week from 8 November – 19 December 2014.
The Weekly Francis is a compilation of the Holy Father’s writings, speeches, etc which I also post at Jimmy Akin’s The Weekly Francis. Jimmy Akin came up with this idea when he started “The Weekly Benedict” and I have taken over curation of it.
Angelus
- 7 December 2014
- 8 December 2014 – Angelus, Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary
- 14 December 2014
General Audiences
Homilies
- 12 December 2014 – Eucharist Celebration on the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe
- 14 December 2014 – Pastoral visit to the Roman parish of «San Giuseppe all’Aurelio»
Letters
- 8 November 2014 – Letter of the Holy Father to participants in the Extraordinary General Assembly of the Italian Episcopal Conference [Assisi, 10–13 November 2014]
- 9 December 2014 – Letter of the Holy Father for the 8th World Meeting of Families [Philadelphia, 22–27 September 2015]
Messages
- 20 November 2014 – Video message of the Holy Father for the Fourth Edition of the Festival of the Social Doctrine of the Church [Verona, 20–23 November 2014]
- 27 November 2014 – Message of the Holy Father on the occasion of the International Pastoral Congress on the World’s Big Cities [Barcelona, 25–26 November 2014]
- 30 November 2014 – Message of the Holy Father for the opening of the Year of Consecrated Life
- 2 December 2014 – Message of the Holy Father on the occasion of the opening meeting of the 3rd edition of the Family Festival in Riva del Garda
- 6 December 2014 – Video message of the Holy Father to the Christians of Mosul refugees in Erbil
Speeches
- 22 November 2014 – To participants in the Fourth National Missionary Convention sponsored by the Italian Episcopal Conference
- 27 November 2014 – Meeting with the Pauline Family
- 27 November 2014 – To participants at the International Pastoral Congress on the World’s Big Cities
- 27 November 2014 – To participants in the Plenary of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life
- 2 December 2014 – Ceremony for the signing of the Faith Leaders’ Universal Declaration Against Slavery
- 4 December 2014 – To the Federation of Christian Organizations for International Volunteer Service (FOCSIV)
- 5 December 2014 – To members of the International Theological Commission
- 7 December 2014 – Lighting of the Christmas tree in Gubbio
- 8 December 2014 – Act of Veneration of the Blessed Virgin Mary on the occasion of the Feast of the Immaculate Conception
- 11 December 2014 – Message of the Holy Father to the Participants in the Fourth European Conference of Youth Pastoral Care [Rome, 11–13 December 2014]
- 12 December 2014 – To the Syro-Antiochian Community
- 12 December 2014 – To a Delegation of the Salvation Army
- 13 December 2014 – To the National Council of the Italian Union of Blind and sight-impaired Persons on the occasion of the Feast of Saint Lucy
- 15 December 2014 – To the Board of Directors and Personnel of the Television Network “TV 2000”
Daily Homilies (fervorinos)
- 15 December 2014 – Darkness of the heart
- 16 December 2014 – They shall be first
- 18 December 2014 – We are History
- 19 December 2014 – The Church is not an entrepreneur but a mother
Papal Tweets
- “It is so important to listen! Husbands and wives need to communicate to bring happiness and serenity to family life.” @pontifex, 16 December 2014
- “The Lord put it clearly: you cannot serve two masters. You have to choose between God and money.” @pontifex, 18 December 2014
- “If Jesus is to become the centre of our life, we need to spend time in his presence, before the Tabernacle.” @pontifex, 19 December 2014
