The Weekly Francis – Volume 64 – 29 June 2014

This version of The Weekly Francis covers material released in the last week from 7 to 29 June 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.

Speeches

• 7 June 2014 – To members of the sports association for the 70th anniversary of the foundation of the Italian Sports Center
• 15 June 2014 – To the Saint Egidio Community
• 16 June 2014 – To participants in Rome’s diocesan conference entitled: “A People who generates its children, communities and families in the great stages of Christian initiation”
• 26 June 2014 – To Members of the Reunion of Aid Agencies for the Oriental Churches (R.O.A.C.O.)
• 26 June 2014 – To Participants in the Summer Course of the Vatican Observatory
• 28 June 2014 – To a delegation of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople

Daily Homilies (fervorinos)

• 23 June 2014 – No one can judge
• 24 June 2014 – Preaching the baptism of conversion
• 26 June 2014 – Those who speak without authority
• 27 June 2014 – God’s lullaby

Papal Tweets

• “Let us pray for the Christian communities in the Middle East, that they may continue to live in the land where Christianity was born.” @pontifex, 23 June 2014
• “How I wish everyone had decent work! It is essential for human dignity.” @pontifex, 24 June 2014
• “The family is essential to sustaining human and social development.” @pontifex, 26 June 2014
• “In the face of life’s difficulties, let us ask the Lord for the strength to remain joyful witnesses to our faith.”@pontifex, 27 June 2014
• “To be friends with God means to pray with simplicity, like children talking to their parents.” @pontifex, 28 June 2014
• “May Saints Peter and Paul bless the city of Rome and the entire pilgrim Church throughout the world.” @pontifex, 29 June 2014

Roman Curia

• Instrumentum Laboris – The Pastoral Challenges of the Family in the Context of Evangelization (26 June 2014)

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