The Weekly Francis – Volume 224 – 25 April 2018

This version of The Weekly Francis covers material released in the last week from 28 April 2016 to 25 April 2018.

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

Daily Homilies (fervorinos)

• 28 April 2016 – Innovation and resistance
• 25 November 2016 – One word is enough
• 28 November 2016 – Beautiful surprise
• 1 December 2016 – Spiritual leopards
• 5 December 2016 – The intuition of Magdalene
• 6 December 2016 – Judas and the lost sheep
• 9 December 2016 – Mediators or intermediaries
• 13 December 2016 – People discarded
• 15 December 2016 – The great and the least
• 16 December 2016 – The pointing finger

General Audiences

• 18 April 2018

Homilies

• 15 April 2018 – Pastoral Visit to the roman Parish of “San Paolo della Croce”

Letters

• 8 April 2018 – Letter sent by the Holy Father to the Bishops of Chile following the report of Archbishop Charles J. Scicluna

Messages

• 23 April 2017 – Video message of His Holiness Pope Francis to participants in the presentation of the Complete Works of Don Milani at the Italian Book Fair (Milan, 19–23 April 2017)
• 5 July 2017 – Video message of the Holy Father on the occasion of the 3rd International Congress of “Cattedre Scholas” at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
• 17 November 2017 – Video message of the Holy Father on the occasion of his imminent Apostolic Journey to Myanmar [26 November – 30 November 2017]
• 30 November 2017 – Video message of the Holy Father to the participants in the International Symposium on “Laudato si’, Care for our Common Home, a Necessary Conversion to Human Ecology“ [Wyndham San José Herradura Hotel San José, Costa Rica, 29 November – 1 December 2017]
• 28 December 2017 – Message sent by the Secretary of State on behalf of the Holy Father to the participants in the 40th European Meeting of Young Adults organized by the Taizé Community [Basel, 28 December 2017– 1 January 2018]
• 20 April 2018 – Video Message of the Holy Father to the participants in the meeting of heads of youth pastoral ministry in Cuba (21 April 2018)

Regina Coeli

• 15 April 2018 – Regina Coeli, 15 April 2018

Speeches

• 21 April 2018 – To the Dioceses of Cesena and Bologna
• 21 April 2018 – To the Community of the Venerable English College in Rome

Papal Tweets

• “Mercy opens the doors of the heart because it makes us feel like we are all children of one Father.” @Pontifex 19 April 2018
• “Today we recall the words of Don Tonino Bello: ”Works of charity are not enough, unless those works are done with charity“.” @Pontifex 20 April 2018
• “All it takes to encounter God is to acknowledge that we are needy. And the key to that encounter lies in humbling ourselves.” @Pontifex 20 April 2018
• “When we are full of self-importance, we leave no space for God. So let us ask the Lord for a conversion of heart.” @Pontifex 21 April 2018
• “God calls each one of us, and each call is a gift that should fill us with joy.” @Pontifex 22 April 2018
• “Let us follow the example of St Francis of Assisi and take care of our common Home.” @Pontifex 22 April 2018
• “The Word of God is the lamp with which we look to the future: its light allows us to read the signs of the times.” @Pontifex 23 April 2018
• “Moved by the prayers and immense solidarity shown little Alfie Evans, I renew my appeal that the suffering of his parents may be heard and that their desire to seek new forms of treatment may be granted.” @Pontifex 23 April 2018
• “Life only fully makes sense when it is given as a gift. It becomes tasteless when it is lived for itself alone.” @Pontifex 24 April 2018
• “Authentic Christians are not afraid of opening up to others, of sharing their living spaces and transforming them into places of solidarity.” @Pontifex 25 April 2018

Papal Instagram

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