The Weekly Francis – Volume 128 – 13 January 2016

This version of The Weekly Francis covers material released in the last week from 14 December 2015 to 11 January 2016.

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

• 1 January 2016
• 3 January 2016
• 6 January 2016

General Audiences

• 30 December 2015

Homilies

• 31 December 2015 – Celebration of Vespers and Te Deum in Thanksgiving for the past year

Messages

• 27 December 2015 – Message of the Holy Father, signed by the Secretary of State, to the young people gathered in Valencia (Spain) on the occasion of the meeting organized by the Taizé Community

Speeches

• 14 December 2015 – To groups of the “Policoro Project” of the Italian Episcopal Conference
• 17 December 2015 – To the children of Italian Catholic Action
• 17 December 2015 – Presentation of the Letters of Credence by the Ambassadors of Guinea, Latvia, India and Bahrain accredited to the Holy See
• 19 December 2015 – To the employees of the Italian State Railways
• 31 December 2015 – To the International Federation of Pueri Cantores
• 11 January 2016 – Address to the members of the Diplomatic Corps accredited to the Holy See for the traditional exchange of New Year greetings

Papal Tweets

• “In Jesus of Nazareth, mercy has appeared and lives (MV 1).” @Pontifex 5 January 2016
• “When the world slumbers in comfort and selfishness, our Christian mission is to help it rouse from sleep.” @Pontifex 8 January 2016
• “When we entrust ourselves to the Lord, we can overcome all obstacles that we encounter on the way.” @Pontifex 8 January 2016