This version of The Weekly Francis covers material released in the last week from 1 December 2019 to 18 December 2019.
The Weekly Francis is a compilation of the Holy Father’s writings, speeches, etc which I also post at Jimmy Akin’s blog.
Angelus
General Audiences
Messages
- 4 December 2019 – Message of the Holy Father on the occasion of the 24th Public Session of the Pontifical Academies
- 8 December 2019 – LIII World Day of Peace 2020 – Peace as a journey of hope: dialogue, reconciliation and ecological conversion
Prayers
Speeches
- 1 December 2019 – Liturgy of the word and signing of the Letter on the Nativity scene (Shrine of Greccio, 1 December 2019)
- 6 December 2019 – To Members of the “National Notaries’ Fund”
- 11 December 2019 – To a Pilgrimage from the Eparchy of Mukachevo of the Byzantine Rite (Ukraine)
- 12 December 2019 – To Members of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints
- 13 December 2019 – To Performers and Organizers of the Christmas Concert
- 13 December 2019 – To Members of Associations, Congregations and Movements dedicated to Mercy in France
- 14 December 2019 – To Diocesan Auxiliaries of Milan and to Diocesan Apostolic Collaborators of Padua and Treviso
- 16 December 2019 – To the members of the Italian National Association of Senior Workers
- 16 December 2019 – To a delegation of boys and girls of the Italian Catholic Action
Papal Tweets
- “When we learn to live in forgiveness, we grow in our capacity to become men and women of #peace. http://w2.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/messages/peace/documents/papa-francesco_20191208_messaggio–53giornatamondiale-pace2020.html” @Pontifex 12 December 2019
- “The time before Christmas calls us to ask ourselves: What is the great desire of my heart? It is God Himself who puts this “thirst” in our hearts. And He comes to meet us by this route,wherever there is hunger and thirst for peace, hunger and thirst for justice, freedom and love.” @Pontifex 13 December 2019
- “Thank you for accompanying me on this anniversary. I continue asking for the support of your prayer.” @Pontifex 13 December 2019
- “Faith gives us the ability to look with hope at the events of life, and helps us to accept even defeats and sufferings, in the knowledge that evil never has the last word.” @Pontifex 14 December 2019
- “May the Virgin Mary help us so that, as we approach #Christmas, we do not allow ourselves to be distracted by external things, but make room in our hearts for the One who has already come and wants to come again to heal our illnesses and to give us his joy.” @Pontifex 15 December 2019
- “There are two attitudes typical of lukewarm Christians: putting God in a corner – either you do this for me or I won’t go to Church anymore – and washing our hands of those in need. Let us get rid of these attitudes to make space for the Lord who is coming. #HomilySantaMarta” @Pontifex 16 December 2019
- “Every conversion comes from a previous experience of mercy, from God’s tenderness that captures the heart.” @Pontifex 17 December 2019
- “Our response to the challenges posed by contemporary migration can be summed up in four verbs: welcome, protect, promote and integrate. If we put them into practice, we will help build the city of God and man. #InternationalMigrantsDay http://w2.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/messages/migration/documents/papa-francesco_20190527_world-migrants-day–2019.html” @Pontifex 18 December 2019
- “ thank those people everywhere who have sent me their congratulations and good wishes for my fiftieth ordination anniversary and for my birthday. I thank you in a particular way for the gift of your prayers.” @Pontifex 18 December 2019
Papal Instagram
