The Weekly Francis – Volume 60 – 1 June 2014

This version of The Weekly Francis covers material released in the last week from 19 to 31 May 2014.

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.

Homilies

• 26 May 2014 – Holy Mass with the Ordinaries of the Holy Land and the Papal Entourage (Room of the Cenacle in Jerusalem)

Messages

• 19 May 2014 – Message to Card. Jean-Louis Tauran for the 50th anniversary of foundation of the Council for dialogue with other religions
• 28 May 2014 – Message on the occasion of the 103rd Session of the Conference of the International Labour Organization (ILO) [Geneva, 28 May – 12 June 2014]

Speeches

• 19 May 2014 – To the Bishops of the Episcopal Conference of Mexico on their ad Limina visit
• 25 May 2014 – Greeting to children of the refugee camp of Dheisheh, Aida and Beit Jibrin at the Phoenix Center of Dheisheh refugee camp (Bethlehem)
• 25 May 2014 – Ecumenical Celebration on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the meeting in Jerusalem between Pope Paul VI and Patriarch Athenagoras (Jerusalem, Basilica of the Holy Sepulchre)
• 26 May 2014 – Meeting with priests, religious and seminarians in the Church of Gethsemane at the foot of the Mount of Olives (Jerusalem)
• 26 May 2014 – Courtesy visit to the President of the State of Israel in the Presidential Residence (Jerusalem)
• 26 May 2014 – Courtesy visit to the two chief rabbis of Israel at Heichal Shlomo Center in Jerusalem, next to the Jerusalem Great Synagogue(Jerusalem)
• 26 May 2014 – Visit to the Yad Vashem Memorial in Jerusalem
• 26 May 2014 – Visit to the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem in the building of the Great Council on the Esplanade of the Mosques (Jerusalem)
• 26 May 2014 – Press Conference of the Holy Father during the return flight from the Holy Land

Papal Tweets

• “May we enter into true friendship with Jesus, so that following him closely, we may live with and for him.” @pontifex, 29 May 2014
• “Every Christian can witness to God in the workplace, not only with words, but above all with an honest life.” @pontifex, 30 May 2014
• “In the difficult moments of life, Christians can turn to the Mother of God and find protection and care.” @pontifex, 31 May 2014