The Weekly Francis – Volume 450

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

This version of The Weekly Francis covers material released in the last week, from 28 January 2023 to 14 February 2023.

Angelus

• 12 February 2023 – Angelus

General Audiences

• 8 February 2023 – General Audience – Catechesis. The Apostolic Journey to the Democratic Republic of the Congo and South Sudan

Messages

• 8 February 2023 – Video message of the Holy Father on the occasion of the Ninth International Day of Prayer and Awareness Against Human Trafficking
• 11 February 2023 – Message of the Holy Father for the twinning of the Shrines of Guadalupe

Speeches

• 28 January 2023 – To the Priests engaged in youth pastoral ministry of the archdiocese of Barcelona, Spain
• 5 February 2023 – Apostolic Journey to South Sudan’ Press Conference on the return flight to Rome
• 9 February 2023 – To the Members of the Vatican Amateur Sports Association
• 10 February 2023 – To Managers and athletes of the Italian Federation of Modern Pentathlon
• 13 February 2023 – To a Delegation from the Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani University (Tbilisi, Georgia)
• 13 February 2023 – To a Delegation from the Italian Federation for Rare Diseases (UNIAMO)

Papal Tweets

• “May we work together against human trafficking, walking with those who are destroyed by the violence of sexual and labour exploitation, as well as with migrants and displaced persons. May we courageously reaffirm the value of human dignity! #PrayAgainstTrafficking” @Pontifex, 8 February 2023
• “Let’s #PrayTogether for the peoples of Türkiye and Syria hard hit by the earthquakes that have caused thousands of deaths and injuries. I thank those who are working to provide relief, and I encourage everyone to offer their solidarity.” @Pontifex, 8 February 2023
• “Today the Church celebrates the memorial of the Sudanese Saint Josephine #Bakhita, whose testimony of life fills us with Christian hope. Trusting in her intercession, we pray for a future of justice and peace for our brothers and sisters in #Africa.” @Pontifex, 8 February 2023
• “Now is the time for compassion and for solidarity. We must put aside hatred, wars, and divisions that lead to self-destruction. Let us unite in our sorrow to help those who suffer in #Turkey and #Syria. May we build peace and fraternity in our world.” @Pontifex, 9 February 2023
• “We are all fragile and vulnerable. We all need that compassion which knows how to pause, come close, heal us, and raise us up.” @Pontifex, 10 February 2023
• “Today is the #WorldDayOfTheSick. Like the Good Samaritan, let us stop and care for people who are ill and suffering. May #OurLadyOfLourdes bless all the sick and those who care for them with love. @VaticanIHD” @Pontifex, 11 February 2023
• “Through the experience of vulnerability and illness, we can learn to walk together according to the style of God, which is closeness, compassion, and tenderness. #WorldDayOfTheSick @VaticanIHD
  https://t.co/AvGBBjPkrh Message” @Pontifex, 11 February 2023
• “Let’s #PrayTogether for all those who are suffering in #Nicaragua, for Bishop Álvarez of Matagalpa, whom I care about greatly, and for the people who have been deported. May the Lord open the hearts of political leaders and all citizens to the sincere search for peace.” @Pontifex, 12 February 2023
• “Let us continue to stay close, with prayer and concrete support, to the earthquake victims in #Syria and #Turkey. And let us not forget tormented Ukraine: may the Lord open ways of peace and give those responsible the courage to follow them. Let’s #PrayTogether” @Pontifex, 12 February 2023
• “God loves us first, freely, taking the first step towards us without us deserving it; and so we cannot celebrate his love without in our turn taking the first step towards reconciliation with those who have hurt us. #GospelOfToday” @Pontifex, 12 February 2023
• “In the #GospelOfToday Jesus shows that religious rules are only the beginning. Formal observance is satisfied with the bare minimum, whereas Jesus invites us to aspire to the maximum possible. True love is never satisfied: love goes beyond, one cannot do without.” @Pontifex, 12 February 2023
• “Where love becomes tangible, become closeness, becomes tenderness, becomes compassion, God is there.” @Pontifex, 13 February 2023
• “Each one of us needs other people. Even weakness, if endured together with others, can become a strength that will make the world better.” @Pontifex, 14 February 2023

Papal Instagram

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