The Weekly Francis – Volume 250 – 21 November 2018

This version of The Weekly Francis covers material released in the last week from 1 May 2018 to 21 November 2018.

The Weekly Francis is a compilation of the Holy Father’s writings, speeches, etc which I also post at Jimmy Akin’s blog.

Angelus

• 11 November 2018

General Audiences

• 14 November 2018

Homilies

• 18 November 2018 – World Day of the Poor: Holy Mass

Letters

• 11 November 2018 – Letter of His Holiness to Enzo Bianchi to mark the 50th Anniversary of the founding of the Monastic Community of Bose
• 12 November 2018 – Letter of His Holiness to Cardinal De Donatis for the inauguration of the Academic Year of the Pontifical Lateran University

Messages

• 1 May 2018 – Message for the 101st German Catholic Convention (“Katholikentag”) [Münster, 9–13 may 2018] (1° may 2018)
• 28 May 2018 – Holy Father’s videomessage to the Pontifical Mission Societies
• 6 September 2018 – Message of the Holy Father to the G20 Interfaith Forum [Buenos Aires, 26–28 September 2018]
• 11 October 2018 – Message of the Holy Father to mark the opening of the interreligious meeting of Prayer for Peace “Bridges of Peace” [Bologna, 14–16 October 2018]
• 29 October 2018 – Message of the Holy Father to the Director of SIR News Agency, Vincenzo Corrado, to mark 30 years of publication
• 1 November 2018 – Videomessage of the Holy Father to the Scholas Occurrentes of Buenos Aires
• 5 November 2018 – Message of the Holy Father to the XXV General Assembly of the Spanish Conference of Religious Men and Women (CONFER) [Madrid, 13–15 November 2018]
• 21 November 2018 – Message of the Holy Father Francis to the participants in the Meeting organized by the Congregation for the Institutes of Consecrated Life and the Societies of Apostolic Life on the occasion of the “Pro Orantibus” Day (St John Lateran, 21 November 2018)
• 21 November 2018 – Videomessage of the Holy Father on the occasion of the 34th World Youth Day 2019 [Panama, 22–27 January 2019]

Speeches

• 15 November 2018 – To the Community of the Pius Pontifical Latin American College in Rome
• 17 November 2018 – Audience with the “Joseph Ratzinger – Benedict XVI Vatican Foundation” for the conferral of the Ratzinger Prize 2018
• 17 November 2018 – Audience with Members of the Apostolic Movement of the Blind (MAC)

Papal Tweets

• “Do not follow Jesus only when you feel like it, rather, seek Him every day. Find in Him the God who loves you always, the meaning of your life and the strength to give of yourself.” @Pontifex 16 November 2018
• “Nobody can delude themselves by thinking, “I’m fine because I’m not doing anything wrong”. To be a follower of Jesus it is not enough not to do wrong, because there is good that we must do!” @Pontifex 17 November 2018
• “Let us ask for the grace to open our eyes and hearts to the poor in order to hear their cry and recognize their needs. #WorldDayofthePoor
  http://w2.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/messages/poveri/documents/papa-francesco_20180613_messaggio-ii-giornatamondiale-poveri–2018.html …” @Pontifex 18 November 2018
• “You cannot love only as long as it is “advantageous”. Love manifests itself when it goes beyond one’s own self-interest, and when it is given without reservation.” @Pontifex 19 November 2018
• “Faithfulness is the characteristic of free, mature and responsible human relationships.” @Pontifex 20 November 2018
• “Since today is World Fisheries Day, let us pray for all seafarers and advocate for a global commitment to stop human trafficking and forced labor in the fishing industry. #WorldFisheriesDay” @Pontifex 21 November 2018
• “May the Virgin Mary help us joyfully follow Jesus on the way of service, the royal road that leads to Heaven.” @Pontifex 21 November 2018

Papal Instagram

• Franciscus