The Weekly Francis – Volume 95 – 31 March 2015

This version of The Weekly Francis covers material released in the last week from 12 March 2015 to 31 March 2015.

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.

Angelus

• 15 March 2015
• 22 March 2015

Daily Homilies (fervorinos)

• 12 March 2015 – Hearts of stone
• 16 March 2015 – How we are changed
• 17 March 2015 – Don’t close that door
• 23 March 2015 – Three women and three judges
• 24 March 2015 – Christians? Yes, but…

General Audiences

• 18 March 2015

Homilies

• 13 March 2015 – Penitential Celebration
• 21 March 2015 – Pastoral Visit: Eucharistic Concelebration in Piazza Plebiscito (Naples, 21 March 2015)
• 29 March 2015 – Palm Sunday – XXX World Youth Day

Letters

• 20 March 2015 – Letter of the Holy Father to the President of the International Commission against the Death Penalty

Speeches

• 12 March 2015 – Greeting of the Holy Father to the Korean Community of Rome
• 12 March 2015 – To participants in a Course on the Internal Forum organized by the Apostolic Penitentiary
• 14 March 2015 – To members of the lay movement “Seguimi”
• 14 March 2015 – To members of the Italian Union of Catholic School Teachers, Managers, Educators and Trainers [UCIIM]
• 16 March 2015 – To the Bishops of the Episcopal Conference of Bosnia and Herzegovina on their “ad Limina” visit
• 21 March 2015 – Pastoral Visit: Meeting with young people on the Caracciolo Seafront (Naples, 21 March 2015)
• 21 March 2015 – Pastoral Visit: Meeting with the sick at the Basilica del Gesù Nuovo (Naples, 21 March 2015)
• 21 March 2015 – Pastoral Visit: Meeting with the Clergy, Men and Women Religious and Permanent Deacons gathered in the Cathedral (Naples, 21 March 2015)
• 21 March 2015 – Pastoral Visit: Visit at the “Giuseppe Salvia” detention centre in Poggioreale and luncheon with representatives of detainees (Naples, 21 March 2015)
• 21 March 2015 – Pastoral Visit: Meeting with people and various social categories of the Scampia neighbourhood (Naples, 21 March 2015)

Papal Tweets

• “The laity are called to become a leaven of Christian living within society.” @Pontifex 26 March 2015
• “Life is a precious gift, but we realize this only when we give it to others.” @Pontifex 27 March 2015
• “As disciples of Christ, how can we not be concerned for the good of the weakest?” @Pontifex 28 March 2015
• “Holy Week is a privileged time when we are called to draw near to Jesus: friendship with him is shown in times of difficulty.” @Pontifex 30 March 2015
• “Confession is the sacrament of the tenderness of God, his way of embracing us.” @Pontifex 31 March 2015