This version of The Weekly Francis covers material released in the last week from 16 October 2020 to 30 December 2020.

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

Angelus

• 20 December 2020
• 26 December 2020
• 27 December 2020

General Audiences

• 23 December 2020
• 30 December 2020

Homilies

• 24 December 2020 – Holy Mass on the Solemnity of the Nativity of the Lord

Letters

• 24 December 2020 – Letter of His Holiness Pope Francis to Lebanese people

Messages

• 16 October 2020 – Video Message of His Holiness Pope Francis for the World Food Day 2020
• 16 October 2020 – Message for the World Food Day 2020
• 8 December 2020 – LIV World Day of Peace 2021 – A Culture of Care as a Path to Peace
• 16 December 2020 – Video message of the Holy Father Francis for the launch of a project promoted by Mission 4.7 and the Global Compact for Education
• 24 December 2020 – Christmas message to South Sudan Political Leaders
• 25 December 2020 – “Urbi et Orbi” – Christmas 2020

Motu Proprio

• 26 December 2020 – Apostolic Letter in the form of Motu Proprio regarding certain competencies in economic and financial matters

Speeches

• 18 December 2020 – To the students of the “Theologisches Studienjahr” of the Abbey of the Dormition of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Jerusalem
• 21 December 2020 – To the Vatican employees for the exchange of Christmas greetings
• 21 December 2020 – Christmas Greetings of the Holy Father to the Roman Curia

Papal Tweets

• “The events of this year teach us the importance of caring for each other and creation. Therefore I have chosen, as the theme for the Message for the 54th #WorldPeaceDay, ”The culture of care as a journey of peace“. http://vatican.va/content/francesco/en/messages/peace/documents/papa-francesco_20201208_messaggio–54giornatamondiale-pace2021.html” @Pontifex 17 December 2020
• ““Our soul waits for the Lord: he is our help and shield. Yes, our heart is glad in him” (Ps 33:20–21). The confident expectation of the Lord allows us to find comfort and courage in the dark moments of our lives. #Adven” @Pontifex 17 December 2020
• “Loving our neighbour as ourselves means being committed to building a world in which everyone has access to the goods of the earth, in which all can develop as individuals and as families, and in which fundamental rights and dignity are guaranteed to all. #MigrantsDay” @Pontifex 18 December 2020
• “I encourage you to dedicate time to prayer, meditating in the light of the Word of God, so that the Holy Spirit who inhabits it might illuminate the path to follow and transform our hearts, as we await the birth of Our Lord Jesus. #Advent” @Pontifex 18 December 2020
• “The Christmas tree and the Nativity scene are signs of hope, especially in this difficult time. Let us be sure we do not stop at the sign, but get to the meaning, that is, to Jesus, to the love of God that He revealed to us, the infinite goodness that he made shine on the world.” @Pontifex 19 December 2020
• “#Solidarity finds concrete expression in service, which can take a variety of forms in an effort to care for others. And service means caring for the vulnerable members of our families, our society, our people. #HumanSolidarityDay” @Pontifex 20 December 2020
• “Instead of complaining in these difficult times about what the pandemic prevents us from doing, let us do something for someone who has less: not the umpteenth gift for ourselves and our friends, but for a person in need whom no-one thinks of! #Angelus” @Pontifex 20 December 2020
• “Jesus does not wait until we are good to love us, but gives Himself freely to us.” @Pontifex 21 December 2020
• “Those who fail to view a crisis in the light of the Gospel simply perform an autopsy on a cadaver. They see the crisis, but not the hope and the light brought by the Gospel. Speech” @Pontifex 21 December 2020
• “May the joyous expectation of the coming of the Saviour who became man, like us, fill our hearts with hope and peace. #Advent” @Pontifex 22 December 2020
• “Christmas is the feast of God’s love for us: the divine love that inspires, directs and corrects change, and defeats the human fear of leaving ”safety“ to cast us back onto the ”mystery“.” @Pontifex 24 December 2020
• “Follow the Solemnity of the Nativity of the Lord – Midnight Mass – Saint Peter’s Basilica at 19:30 (CET) Event” @Pontifex 24 December 2020
• “God came among us in poverty and need, to tell us that in serving the poor, we will show our love for him. From this night onward, as a poet wrote, “God’s residence is next to mine, his furniture is love” (Emily Dickinson, Poems, XVII). #Christmas” @Pontifex 24 December 2020
• “God came into the world as a child to make us children of God. What a magnificent gift! This day, God amazes us and says to each of us: “You are amazing”. #Christmas” @Pontifex 24 December 2020
• “#Christmas Image” @Pontifex 24 December 2020
• “The birth of Jesus is the “newness” that enables us to be reborn each year and to find, in him, the strength needed to face every trial. #Christmas” @Pontifex 24 December 2020
• ““To us a child is born” (Is 9:6). He came to save us! He tells us that pain and evil are not the final word. To become resigned to violence and injustice would be to reject the joy and hope of Christmas.” @Pontifex 25 December 2020
• “Thanks to this Child, all of us can speak to God and call him “Father”. We can all call one another brothers and sisters. We come from every continent, from every language and culture, with our own identities and differences, yet we are all brothers and sisters.” @Pontifex 25 December 2020
• “Every other person is my brother or my sister. In everyone, I see reflected the face of God, and in those who suffer, I see the Lord pleading for my help. I see him in the sick, the poor, the unemployed, the marginalized, the migrant and the refugee.” @Pontifex 25 December 2020
• “By his birth in the flesh, the Son of God consecrated familial love. My thoughts at this moment turn to families: to those who cannot come together today and to those forced to remain at home.” @Pontifex 25 December 2020
• “May Christmas be an opportunity for all of us to rediscover the family as a cradle of life and faith, a place of acceptance and love, dialogue, forgiveness, fraternal solidarity and shared joy, a source of peace for all humanity.” @Pontifex 25 December 2020
• “In the past few days I have received Christmas greetings from Rome and other parts of the world. Since it is impossible to respond to everyone, I express my gratitude to everyone, especially for the gift of prayer, which I willingly reciprocate.” @Pontifex 26 December 2020
• “Saint Stephan is the first martyr, the first of a host of brothers and sisters who continue to bring the light into the darkness – while he was on the receiving end of the stones of hatred, reciprocated with words of forgiveness. He thus changed history.” @Pontifex 26 December 2020
• “We too can change evil into good each day. Loving actions change history: even the ones that are small, hidden, everyday. For God guides history through the humble courage of those who pray, love and forgive.” @Pontifex 26 December 2020
• “I have decided to declare a special year dedicated to the Family #Amorislaetitia, which will be inaugurated on the next Solemnity of Saint Joseph. Let us entrust this journey with families all over the world to the Holy Family of Nazareth.” @Pontifex 27 December 2020
• “While humanity’s ruin is that everyone goes their own way, in the nativity scene everyone converges upon Jesus, Prince of Peace in the night of the world. #Nativityscene” @Pontifex 28 December 2020
• “The Son of God was born an outcast, in order to tell us that every outcast is a child of God. He came into the world as each child comes into the world, weak and vulnerable, so that we can learn to accept our weaknesses with tender love.” @Pontifex 29 December 2020
• “Yesterday, an earthquake in Croatia caused victims and caused serious damage. I express my closeness to the wounded and to those who have been affected by the quake and I pray in particular for those who have lost their lives and for their families.” @Pontifex 30 December 2020
• “The #prayer of thanksgiving begins by recognizing that we were thought of before we learned how to think; we were loved before we learned how to love. If we view life like this, then “thank you” becomes the driving force of our day. #GeneralAudience” @Pontifex 30 December 2020
• “The Son of God comes down from heaven and comes to earth to bring us to heaven! This is what we need to meditate on, contemplate, what we need to reflect on during #Christmas.” @Pontifex 30 December 2020

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This version of The Weekly Francis covers material released in the last week from 9 December 2020 to 16 December 2020.

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

Angelus

• 13 December 2020

General Audiences

• 16 December 2020

Messages

• 12 December 2020 – Video message of the Holy Father for the High Level Virtual Climate Ambition Summit 2020

Speeches

• 11 December 2020 – To the Delegations who donated the Nativity Display and the Christmas Tree in St. Peter’s Square
• 12 December 2020 – To the Artists of the Christmas Concert in the Vatican

Papal Tweets

• “God listens to the cry of those who invoke Him. Even our reluctant questions, those that remain in the depths of our heart. The Father wishes to give us the Holy Spirit, which inspires every #prayer and transforms everything. It is a question of patience, of supporting the wait.” @Pontifex 9 December 2020
• “Everyone is called to contribute with courage and determination to the respect for the fundamental rights of every person, especially the ”invisible“: of the many who are hungry and thirsty, who are naked, sick, outcast or imprisoned.” @Pontifex 10 December 2020
• “Accompanied by the Mother of Jesus on the journey towards Christmas, in these times that are difficult for many, let us make an effort to rediscover the great hope and joy brought to us by the coming of the Son of God into the world. #Advent” @Pontifex 11 December 2020
• “Looking at the image of Our Lady of #Guadalupe, we see these three realities reflected: abundance, blessing and gift. God always gives Himself in abundance in His blessings.” @Pontifex 12 December 2020
• “The current pandemic and climate change affect above all the lives of the poor. We must promote a culture that places at its center human dignity and the common good. For this reason the Holy See joins in the objective of net zero emission. Video Message” @Pontifex 12 December 2020
• “The Virgin Mary silently awaited God’s Word of salvation; she welcomed it; she listened to it; she conceived it. In her, God became close. This is why the Church calls Mary a “Cause of our joy”. #Angelus” @Pontifex 13 December 2020
• “I bless the statuettes of Jesus, which will be placed in the Nativity scene. When you pray at home, before the Nativity scene with your families, allow yourselves to be drawn by the tenderness of Baby Jesus, born poor and frail among us, in order to give us his love.” @Pontifex 13 December 2020
• “To pray is to light a candle in the darkness. #Prayer rouses us from the tepidness of a purely horizontal existence, lifts our gaze to higher things, makes us attuned to the Lord, allows God to be close to us; it frees us from our solitude and gives us hope.” @Pontifex 15 December 2020
• “#Prayer during the time of #Advent helps us to remember we are not more righteous or better than others, but that we are all sinners who need to be touched by God’s mercy. #GeneralAudience” @Pontifex 16 December 2020
• “I ask God to inspire, in the hearts of all, respect for the life of our brothers, especially the most fragile and helpless, and to give strength to those who receive them and care for them, even when this demands heroic love.” @Pontifex 16 December 2020

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This version of The Weekly Francis covers material released in the last week from 17 November 2020 to 9 December 2020.

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

Angelus

• 6 December 2020
• 8 December 2020

Apostolic Letter

• 8 December 2020 – Apostolic Letter Patris Corde of the Holy Father Francis on the 150th Anniversary of the proclamation of Saint Joseph as Patron of the Universal Church

General Audiences

• 9 December 2020

Letters

• 17 November 2020 – Chirograph of the Holy Father for the establishment in canonical and Vatican juridical person of the “Pope’s Worldwide Prayer Network” Foundation
• 5 December 2020 – Chirograph signed by the Holy Father – Statute of the Supervisory and Financial Information Authority (ASIF)

Messages

• 3 December 2020 – Message of His Holiness Pope Francis to mark the International Day of Persons with Disabilities (IDPwD)
• 8 December 2020 – Video message of the Holy Father to mark the end of the National Marian Year in Argentina

Motu Proprio

• 21 November 2020 – Apostolic Letter in the form of a “Motu Proprio” “Ab initio”, of the Supreme Pontiff Francis on the amendment of cannons 435 §1 and 506 §1 of the Code of Canons of the Oriental Churches

Speeches

• 4 December 2020 – Address of His Holiness Pope Francis for the presentation of Credential Letters by the Ambassadors of Jordan, Kazakhstan, Zambia, Mauritania, Uzbekistan, Madagascar, Estonia, Rwanda, Denmark and India accredited to the Holy See

Papal Tweets

• “The first step of faith is to tell God that we need him, that we need him to be close to us. Thus, if we ask Jesus to come close to us, we will train ourselves to be watchful.” @Pontifex 3 December 2020
• “Inclusion should be the “rock” on which to build programmes and initiatives of civil institutions meant to ensure that no one, especially those in greatest difficulty, is left behind. #IDPD” @Pontifex 3 December 2020
• “To help our society to “build back better”, inclusion of the vulnerable must also entail efforts to promote their active participation. #IDPD Message” @Pontifex 3 December 2020
• “Come, Lord Jesus, make our distracted hearts watchful. Awaken within us the desire to pray and the need to love.” @Pontifex 4 December 2020
• “Just as before our birth, our loved ones awaited us, so now Love in person awaits us. If we are awaited in Heaven, why should we be caught up with earthly concerns? Why should we waste time complaining about the night, when the light of day awaits us?” @Pontifex 5 December 2020
• “Conversion is a grace that we need to forcefully ask God for. We are converted to the degree in which we open ourselves up to the beauty, the goodness, the tenderness of God. Thus let us leave what is false and fleeting for what is true, beautiful and everlasting. #GospelOfTheDay” @Pontifex 6 December 2020
• “I want to be close to all doctors and nurses during this time in which the pandemic calls us to be near all men and women who suffer. Thank you for drawing near to them, thanks for your tenderness, thanks for your professionalism in taking care of the sick.” @Pontifex 7 December 2020
• “The uncontaminated beauty of our Mother is incomparable, but at the same time it attracts us. Let us entrust ourselves to her and say “no” to sin and “yes” to Grace once and for all. #Angelus” @Pontifex 8 December 2020
• “150 years after the proclamation of St Joseph as Patron of the Catholic Church, I would like to share some personal reflections on this extraordinary figure, so close to our own human experience.
  Apostolic Letter” @Pontifex 8 December 2020

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This version of The Weekly Francis covers material released in the last week from 1 October 2017 to 2 December 2020.

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

Angelus

• 22 November 2020
• 29 November 2020

General Audiences

• 25 November 2020
• 2 December 2020

Homilies

• 22 November 2020 – Holy Mass for the handing over of the WYD Cross
• 28 November 2020 – Ordinary Public Consistory for the creation of new Cardinals
• 29 November 2020 – Eucharistic Concelebration with the new Cardinals

Messages

• 15 October 2020 – Message of the Holy Father to the Prepositor General of the Poor Clerics Regular of the Mother of God of the Pious Schools (Piarists), on the occasion of the online seminar on the Global Education Pact [12–14 November 2020]
• 15 October 2020 – Message of the Holy Father to the Superior General of the Congregation of the Passion of Jesus Christ (Passionists) on the occasion of the third centenary jubilee celebrations
• 21 November 2020 – Video Message of His Holiness Pope Francis to participants in the international online Event: “The Economy of Francesco” [Basilica of Saint Francis of Assisi, 19–21 November 2020],
• 30 November 2020 – Message of Pope Francis to His Holiness Bartholomew I on the occasion of the Feast of Saint Andrew

Speeches

• 1 October 2017 – Pastoral Visit to Cesena and Bologna: Encounter with the citizens in “Piazza del Popolo” (Cesena, 1 October 2017)
• 2 October 2017 – To participants in the meeting organised by the Italian Institute of Donation for the Day of the Gift
• 7 October 2017 – To the participants in the International Congress organized by the Congregation for the Clergy
• 9 October 2017 – To the patriarchs and Major Archbishops
• 14 October 2017 – To the members of the Emperor Karl League of Prayer for Peace and Fraternity among nations
• 21 October 2017 – To the community of the Pontifical Brazilian College in Rome

Papal Tweets

• “The earth and its poor urgently demand a sound economy and a sustainable development. Therefore, we are called to rethink our mental and moral priorities so that they are in conformity with God’s commandments and the common good.” @Pontifex 19 November 2020
• “Every child needs to be welcomed and defended, helped and protected, from the moment of their conception. #WorldChildrensDay” @Pontifex 20 November 2020
• “A pleasure to speak by phone yesterday with my brother @alimamaltayeb, Grand Imam of Al-Azhar. We reaffirm our support to human fraternity as the solution to erase violence, discrimination and hatred in the name of religion. Religions have nothing to do with these. #FratelliTutti” @Pontifex 20 November 2020
• “Today we remember Mary’s Presentation in the Temple and celebrate #ProOrantibus Day. Thank you, contemplative sisters and brothers, because you are support for the weak, beacons that signal the port, torches that illuminate the dark night, sentinels who announce the new day.” @Pontifex 21 November 2020
• “Dear young people, the effects of our actions and decisions affect you personally. Therefore, you can’t remain outside the places that are shaping the present and future. You’re either part of them or history will pass you by. #FrancescoEconomy Message” @Pontifex 21 November 2020
• “Today, #ChristTheKing Sunday, the Cross and the icon of Mary, Salus Populi Romani, symbols of World Youth Days, begins a new pilgrimage which will lead to Lisbon in 2023. #takeupthecross” @Pontifex 22 November 2020
• “Before pouring out His love for us on the cross, Jesus shares His final wishes. He tells us that the good we do to one of our least brothers and sisters – hungry, thirsty, strangers, in need, sick, imprisoned – we do to Him (Mt 25:37–40). #GospelOfTheDay” @Pontifex 22 November 2020
• “Dear young people, let us not give up on great dreams. The Lord does not want us to narrow our horizons or to remain parked on the roadside of life. He wants us to race boldly and joyfully towards lofty goals. #takeupthecross Homily” @Pontifex 22 November 2020
• “We were not created to dream about vacations or the weekend, but to make God’s dreams come true in this world. God made us capable of dreaming, so that we could embrace the beauty of life. The works of mercy are the most beautiful works in life.” @Pontifex 23 November 2020
• “Let us care for the needs of every man and woman, young and old, with the same fraternal spirit of care and closeness that marked the Good Samaritan. #FratelliTutti” @Pontifex 24 November 2020
• “Too often, women are insulted, beaten, raped, forced to prostitute themselves…. If we want a better world, that will be a peaceful home and not a battlefield, we all need to do a lot more for the dignity of each woman.” @Pontifex 25 November 2020
• “When we pray, God opens our eyes renews and changes our hearts, heals our wounds and grants us the grace we need. #GeneralAudience #Prayer” @Pontifex 25 November 2020
• “Lord, Father of our human family, you created all human beings equal in dignity: pour forth into our hearts a fraternal spirit. Move us to create healthier societies and a more dignified world, a world without hunger, poverty, violence and war. #FratelliTutti” @Pontifex 26 November 2020
• “God is more patient than we are, and those who knock with faith and perseverance on the door of his heart will not be disappointed. #Prayer” @Pontifex 27 November 2020
• “I invite everyone to pray for #Ethiopia where armed clashes have intensified and are causing a serious humanitarian situation. I appeal to the parties in conflict so that the violence might ceases, life may be safeguarded and the populations can regain #peace.” @Pontifex 28 November 2020
• “We do not live aimlessly and without destination. We are awaited. We are precious. God has prepared for us the most worthy and beautiful place: Paradise.” @Pontifex 28 November 2020
• “Follow the Ordinary Public Consistory for the creation of new Cardinals – Saint Peter’s Basilica at 16 (CET) Event” @Pontifex 28 November 2020
• “The proclamation of the passion, death and resurrection (Mk 10:32–45) is a saving Word necessary for the Church in every age. We too, Pope and Cardinals, must always see ourselves reflected in this Word, it is painful, but it also heals, liberates and converts us. #Consistory” @Pontifex 28 November 2020
• “All of us love Jesus, all of us want to follow him, yet we must always be careful to remain on the road. For with our feet, with our bodies, we can be with Him, but our hearts can wander far afield and so lead us off the road. #Consistory” @Pontifex 28 November 2020
• “Conversion is precisely this: instead of being on the wrong road, we go on God’s road. Homily” @Pontifex 28 November 2020
• “#Advent is a continuous call to hope: it reminds us that God is present in history to lead it to its ultimate goal and to its fullness, which is the Lord Jesus Christ.
  ” @Pontifex 29 November 2020
• “Praying and loving, that is what it means to be watchful. When the Church worships God and serves our neighbour, it does not live in the night.However weak and weary, she journeys towards the Lord. Let us now call out to him. Come, Lord Jesus, we need you! Homily” @Pontifex 29 November 2020
• “#Advent is the Season in which we remember God’s nearness, that He came down toward us.” @Pontifex 30 November 2020
• “Let us keep in mind that not even a murderer loses his personal dignity — God Himself guarantees it (see EV 9). The firm rejection of the death penalty shows to what extent it is possible to recognize the inalienable dignity of every human being. #FratelliTutti #NoDeathPenalty” @Pontifex 30 November 2020
• “Let us frequently repeat the traditional #Advent prayer: “Come, Lord Jesus” (Rev 22:20): before meetings, studying, work, and before making decisions, in the important moments or times of trial: Come, Lord Jesus!” @Pontifex 1 December 2020
• “Video” @Pontifex 1 December 2020
• “Today, as in the past, slavery is rooted in a notion of the human person that allows people to be treated like an object, it tramples their dignity. Slavery makes us ”un-dignified“ because it takes way everyone’s dignity.” @Pontifex 2 December 2020
• “God’s grace changes lives: He takes us as we are, but He never leaves us as we are. #GeneralAudience” @Pontifex 2 December 2020
• “I want to assure my prayers for #Nigeria. Last Saturday more than one hundred farmers were brutally killed. May God welcome them in His peace and comfort their families, and convert the hearts of those who commit similar atrocities which gravely offend His name.” @Pontifex 2 December 2020

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