{"id":17490,"date":"2022-09-21T23:56:45","date_gmt":"2022-09-22T03:56:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.splendoroftruth.com\/curtjester\/?p=17490"},"modified":"2022-09-21T23:56:46","modified_gmt":"2022-09-22T03:56:46","slug":"the-weekly-francis-volume-429","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.splendoroftruth.com\/curtjester\/2022\/09\/the-weekly-francis-volume-429\/","title":{"rendered":"The Weekly Francis &#8211; Volume 429"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright\"><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\" width=\"300\" height=\"187\" src=\"http:\/\/www.splendoroftruth.com\/curtjester\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/pope-francis2-300x187.jpg\" alt=\"pope-francis2-300x187\" class=\"wp-image-14281\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Weekly Francis is a compilation of the Holy Father\u2019s writings, speeches, etc which I also cross-post at <a href=\"http:\/\/jimmyakin.com\/category\/popefrancis\">Jimmy Akin\u2019s blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This version of The Weekly Francis covers material released in the last week from 12 September 2022 to 21 September 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Angelus<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"http:\/\/w2.vatican.va\/content\/francesco\/en\/angelus\/2022\/documents\/20220918-angelus.html\">18 September 2022 &#8211; Angelus<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">General Audiences<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"http:\/\/w2.vatican.va\/content\/francesco\/en\/audiences\/2022\/documents\/20220921-udienza-generale.html\">21 September 2022 &#8211; General Audience &#8211; Catechesis\u2019 The Apostolic Journey in Kazakhstan<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Homilies<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"http:\/\/w2.vatican.va\/content\/francesco\/en\/homilies\/2022\/documents\/20220914-omelia-kazakhstan.html\">14 September 2022 &#8211; Apostolic Journey to Kazakhstan\u2019 Holy Mass in the \u2018Expo grounds\u2019 (Nur-Sultan)<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Speeches<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"http:\/\/w2.vatican.va\/content\/francesco\/en\/speeches\/2022\/september\/documents\/20220912-studenti-svizzeri.html\">12 September 2022 &#8211; To the Members of the Swiss Student Society<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/w2.vatican.va\/content\/francesco\/en\/speeches\/2022\/september\/documents\/20220914-kazakhstan-congresso.html\">14 September 2022 &#8211; Apostolic Journey to Kazakhstan\u2019 Opening and Plenary Session of the \u2018VII Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions\u2019 (Nur-Sultan)<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/w2.vatican.va\/content\/francesco\/en\/speeches\/2022\/september\/documents\/20220915-kazakhstan-finecongresso.html\">15 September 2022 &#8211; Apostolic Journey to Kazakhstan\u2019 Reading of the Final Declaration and Conclusion of the Congress at the \u2018Palace of Peace and Reconciliation\u2019 (Nur-Sultan)<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/w2.vatican.va\/content\/francesco\/en\/speeches\/2022\/september\/documents\/20220915-kazakhstan-clero.html\">15 September 2022 &#8211; Apostolic Journey to Kazakhstan\u2019 Meeting with Bishops, Priests, Deacons, Consecrated Persons, Seminarians and Pastoral Workers (Nur-Sultan)<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/w2.vatican.va\/content\/francesco\/en\/speeches\/2022\/september\/documents\/20220916-fondazione-populorum-progressio.html\">16 September 2022 &#8211; To Members of the Administration Board of the \u2018Populorum Progressio\u2019 Foundation<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/w2.vatican.va\/content\/francesco\/en\/speeches\/2022\/september\/documents\/20220917-diocesi-alessandria-spoleto.html\">17 September 2022 &#8211; To the Pilgrims from the dioceses of Alessandria and Spoleto<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Papal Tweets<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>\u201cMay we never justify violence. May we never allow the sacred to be exploited by the profane. The sacred must never be a prop for power, nor power a prop for the sacred! God is peace and guides us always to peace, never to war. #ApostolicJourney\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pontifex\/status\/1569985906689413120\">@Pontifex, 14 September 2022<\/a><\/li><li>\u201cLet us invest not in more weapons, but in education, that peace may be the fruit of persevering commitment to education, supporting the aspirations of the young to development and a serene future. #ApostolicJourney\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pontifex\/status\/1569986294125629442\">@Pontifex, 14 September 2022<\/a><\/li><li>\u201cBefore the mystery of the infinite that transcends and attracts us, religions remind us we are creatures: we are not omnipotent, but men and women journeying towards the same heavenly goal. #ApostolicJourney #Kazakhstan VAMcWci <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/francesco\/en\/speeches\/2022\/september\/documents\/20220914-kazakhstan-congresso.html\">Speech<\/a>\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pontifex\/status\/1569986929801699328\">@Pontifex, 14 September 2022<\/a><\/li><li>\u201cIf we keep our gaze fixed on Jesus, the sting of evil can no longer prevail over us, for on the cross he took upon himself the venom of sin and death, and crushed their destructive power. #ExaltationoftheCross #ApostolicJourney\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pontifex\/status\/1570034637405028352\">@Pontifex, 14 September 2022<\/a><\/li><li>\u201cFrom the cross of Christ we learn love, not hatred; compassion, not indifference; forgiveness, not vengeance. #ExaltationoftheCross #ApostolicJourney\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pontifex\/status\/1570035888293191680\">@Pontifex, 14 September 2022<\/a><\/li><li>\u201cLet us #PrayTogether that our world may learn how to build #peace, not least by limiting the arms race and converting the enormous sums spent on war into concrete assistance to peoples. #ApostolicJourney\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pontifex\/status\/1570042181745840128\">@Pontifex, 14 September 2022<\/a><\/li><li>\u201cEach day children, born and unborn, migrants and elderly persons, are discarded. Many brothers and sisters die sacrificed on the altar of profit, amid indifference. Yet every human being is sacred. It is the task of religions to remind the world of this!\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pontifex\/status\/1569986572942024706\">@Pontifex, 14 September 2022<\/a><\/li><li>\u201cOne cannot profess genuine fidelity to the Creator without showing love for his creatures. #ApostolicJourney #TimeOfCreation\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pontifex\/status\/1570376885254627329\">@Pontifex, 15 September 2022<\/a><\/li><li>\u201cWe defend everyone\u2019s right to religion, to hope, to beauty: to Heaven. For every human being, in their absolute uniqueness, if they are in contact with the divine, can radiate a special light in our world. #ApostolicJourney\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pontifex\/status\/1570375626988683265\">@Pontifex, 15 September 2022<\/a><\/li><li>\u201cExtremism, radicalism, terrorism and all other incentives to hatred, hostility, violence and war have nothing to do with the authentic spirit of religion and must be rejected in the most decisive terms possible. #ApostolicJourney\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pontifex\/status\/1570374370341421056\">@Pontifex, 15 September 2022<\/a><\/li><li>\u201cThank you for your kind welcome and for the opportunity to spend these days in fraternal dialogue with the leaders of many religions. May the Most High bless the vocation of peace and unity of #Kazakhstan, the country of encounter. #ApostolicJourney\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pontifex\/status\/1570368077123854338\">@Pontifex, 15 September 2022<\/a><\/li><li>\u201cOpenness, joy and sharing are signs of the nascent Church, and of the Church of tomorrow. #ApostolicJourney\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pontifex\/status\/1570324162685665281\">@Pontifex, 15 September 2022<\/a><\/li><li>\u201cGrateful hearts overflowing with praise harbour no regrets, but welcome each day as a grace. #ApostolicJourney\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pontifex\/status\/1570322778556809218\">@Pontifex, 15 September 2022<\/a><\/li><li>\u201cOn our own spiritual and ecclesial journey, we should always remember those who first proclaimed the faith to us. Indeed, this act of remembrance inspires us to contemplate the wonders that God has worked in history. #ApostolicJourney\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pontifex\/status\/1570321536799555584\">@Pontifex, 15 September 2022<\/a><\/li><li>\u201cThe state of decay of our common home merits the same attention as other global challenges such as grave health crises and wars. #WorldOzoneDay #TimeOfCreation\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pontifex\/status\/1570736756650934272\">@Pontifex, 16 September 2022<\/a><\/li><li>\u201cThe Lord wants us to make our lives masterpieces through the everyday things we do.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pontifex\/status\/1571099152729001984\">@Pontifex, 17 September 2022<\/a><\/li><li>\u201cLet us not forget that #peace is possible when weapons are silenced and dialogue begins! And let us continue to pray for the suffering people of Ukraine and for peace in every land bloodied by war.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pontifex\/status\/1571477889844797440\">@Pontifex, 18 September 2022<\/a><\/li><li>\u201cI am saddened by the recent fighting between Azerbaijan and Armenia. I express my spiritual closeness to the families of the victims, and I urge the parties to respect the ceasefire in view of a #peace agreement.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pontifex\/status\/1571476647009607680\">@Pontifex, 18 September 2022<\/a><\/li><li>\u201cIn times of crisis, we sometimes allow ourselves to be overcome by discouragement or start to complain. Instead, Jesus in the #GospelOfTheDay tells us to be clever in following the Gospel, attentive in discerning reality and creative in finding good solutions for us and others.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pontifex\/status\/1571446432409817089\">@Pontifex, 18 September 2022<\/a><\/li><li>\u201cThe lamp of faith will always be lit on earth as long as there is the oil of #prayer.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pontifex\/status\/1571823920105365507\">@Pontifex, 19 September 2022<\/a><\/li><li>\u201cThe activity of #prayer is not only to be carried out at times of rest, but also during our daily life as a type of breathing of our living relationship with God.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pontifex\/status\/1572186309929713665\">@Pontifex, 20 September 2022<\/a><\/li><li>\u201cBeing a small flock, should not frighten us, but rather invite us to live this reality with faith, so that we can become leaven, salt and light for others, trusting in the action of the Holy Spirit, who blows freely where He wills.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pontifex\/status\/1572571357547634688\">@Pontifex, 21 September 2022<\/a><\/li><li>\u201cLet\u2019s #PrayTogether for sufferers of Alzheimer\u2019s, a disease that affects many people, who are often pushed to the margins of society as a result; for their families; and for those who lovingly care for them, that they may be increasingly helped.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pontifex\/status\/1572563794986819585\">@Pontifex, 21 September 2022<\/a><\/li><li>\u201cThe feast of the Evangelist #SaintMatthew, which the Church celebrates today, inspires me to urge everyone to read the #Gospel daily. You will find, in Christ\u2019s words, light and support for your journey.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pontifex\/status\/1572567570325983232\">@Pontifex, 21 September 2022<\/a><\/li><li>\u201cI would like to mention the terrible situation in martyred #Ukraine. My envoy has told me about the pain of this people, the monstrosities they suffer. Let\u2019s #PrayTogether for this martyred people, and for #peace.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pontifex\/status\/1572578894854508544\">@Pontifex, 21 September 2022<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Papal Instagram<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/franciscus\/\">Franciscus<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Weekly Francis is a compilation of the Holy Father\u2019s writings, speeches, etc which I also cross-post at Jimmy Akin\u2019s blog. 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