{"id":15771,"date":"2017-04-05T21:13:41","date_gmt":"2017-04-06T01:13:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.splendoroftruth.com\/curtjester\/?p=15771"},"modified":"2017-04-05T21:18:58","modified_gmt":"2017-04-06T01:18:58","slug":"the-weekly-francis-volume-172-05-april-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.splendoroftruth.com\/curtjester\/2017\/04\/the-weekly-francis-volume-172-05-april-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"The Weekly Francis &#8211; Volume 172 &#8211; 05 April 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.splendoroftruth.com\/curtjester\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/pope-francis2-300x187.jpg\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-14281\" src=\"http:\/\/www.splendoroftruth.com\/curtjester\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/pope-francis2-300x187.jpg\" alt=\"pope-francis2-300x187\" width=\"300\" height=\"187\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>This version of The Weekly Francis covers material released in the last week from 23 March 2017 to 5 April 2017.<\/p>\n<p>The Weekly Francis is a compilation of the Holy Father\u2019s writings, speeches, etc which I also post at <a href=\"http:\/\/jimmyakin.com\/category\/popefrancis\">Jimmy Akin\u2019s blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Messages<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/w2.vatican.va\/content\/francesco\/en\/messages\/pont-messages\/2017\/documents\/papa-francesco_20170323_messaggio-onu.html\">23 March 2017 &#8211; Message of the Holy Father to the President of the United Nations Conference to Negotiate a Legally Binding Instrument to Prohibit Nuclear Weapons, Leading Towards their Total Elimination [New York, 27\u201331 March 2017]<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Speeches<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/w2.vatican.va\/content\/francesco\/en\/speeches\/2017\/march\/documents\/papa-francesco_20170324_capi-unione-europea.html\">24 March 2017 &#8211; To the Heads of State and Government of the European Union<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/w2.vatican.va\/content\/francesco\/en\/speeches\/2017\/march\/documents\/papa-francesco_20170331_comitato-scienze-lutero.html\">31 March 2017 &#8211; To participants in the Meeting promoted by the Pontifical Committee for Historical Sciences: \u201cLuther: 500 Years Later\u201d<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Papal Tweets<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cMay the certainty of faith be the engine of our lives.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pontifex\/status\/844888966029467652\">@Pontifex 23 March 2017<\/a><\/li>\n<li>\u201cFasting is fruitful when accompanied by concrete expressions of love towards our neigbors, especially those in difficulty.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pontifex\/status\/845168304041967616\">@Pontifex 24 March 2017<\/a><\/li>\n<li>\u201cLet us remember our Christian brothers and sisters who are suffering persecution for their faith. May we be united with them.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pontifex\/status\/845251359406510081\">@Pontifex 24 March 2017<\/a><\/li>\n<li>\u201cThe word of God is alive and powerful, capable of bringing about the conversion of hearts.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pontifex\/status\/845500497654091776\">@Pontifex 25 March 2017<\/a><\/li>\n<li>\u201cLent is a favourable season for deepening our spiritual life through fasting, prayer and almsgiving.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pontifex\/status\/845961031696367616\">@Pontifex 26 March 2017<\/a><\/li>\n<li>\u201cCaring for the sacred gift of all human life, from conception to death, is the best way of preventing every type of violence.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pontifex\/status\/846323422036705284\">@Pontifex 27 March 2017<\/a><\/li>\n<li>\u201cIf we learn to read everything in the light of the Holy Spirit, we realize that everything is grace!\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pontifex\/status\/846685808690016257\">@Pontifex 28 March 2017<\/a><\/li>\n<li>\u201cThe peace that springs from faith is a gift: it is the grace of feeling that God loves us and that he is always beside us.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pontifex\/status\/847048192055283712\">@Pontifex 29 March 2017<\/a><\/li>\n<li>\u201cPrayer is powerful. Prayer conquers evil. Prayer brings peace.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pontifex\/status\/847410581195948032\">@Pontifex 30 March 2017<\/a><\/li>\n<li>\u201cFasting with a proud heart does more harm than good. The first fast is for humility.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pontifex\/status\/847776744945975297\">@Pontifex 31 March 2017<\/a><\/li>\n<li>\u201cEven in the hardest and most disturbing moments, the Lord\u2019s mercy and goodness are greater than every thing.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pontifex\/status\/848135357195444224\">@Pontifex 1 April 2017<\/a><\/li>\n<li>\u201chttps:\/\/twitter.com\/Pontifex\/status\/848965834865233920\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pontifex\/status\/848407145234145281\">@Pontifex 3 April 2017<\/a><\/li>\n<li>\u201cToday is the International Day of Mine Awareness. Let us please renew the commitment for a world without mines!\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pontifex\/status\/849222523636109312\">@Pontifex 4 April 2017<\/a><\/li>\n<li>\u201cLet us follow in the footsteps of Christ, especially by dedicating ourselves to our brothers and sisters in need.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pontifex\/status\/849584910218043394\">@Pontifex 5 April 2017<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Papal Instagram<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/franciscus\/\">Franciscus<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This version of The Weekly Francis covers material released in the last week from 23 March 2017 to 5 April 2017. 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