The Weekly Francis – Volume 251 – 29 November 2018

This version of The Weekly Francis covers material released in the last week from 18 November 2018 to 29 November 2018.

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

Angelus

• 18 November 2018

General Audiences

• 21 November 2018

Letters

• 24 November 2018 – Letter sent by Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin on behalf of the Holy Father to the Archbishop of Milan for the Conference for the Centenary of the death of Blessed Giuseppe Toniolo
• 24 November 2018 – Letter of the Holy Father to the Archbishop of Bari-Bitonto for the 50th anniversary of the elevation of the Basilica of Saint Nicholas of Bari to “Pontifical Basilica”

Messages

• 22 November 2018 – Message of the Holy Father to Participants in the XXVI World Congress of UNIAPAC [Lisbon, 22–24 November 2018] (22 Novemnber 2018)

Speeches

• 19 November 2018 – To participants in the pilgrimage from Albania
• 23 November 2018 – To Members of the “Giorgio La Pira” Foundation
• 24 November 2018 – To Participants in the III International Meeting of Choirs in the Vatican, on the Feast Day of St. Cecilia
• 24 November 2018 – To Seminarians of the Diocese of Agrigento

Papal Tweets

• “May the Virgin Mary help us joyfully follow Jesus on the way of service, the royal road that leads to Heaven.” @Pontifex 21 November 2018
• “In the eyes of God human life is precious, sacred and inviolable. No one can despise the lives of others or one’s own life.” @Pontifex 22 November 2018
• “Men and women bear God’s image within and are the object of His infinite love, in whatever condition they were called into existence.” @Pontifex 23 November 2018
• “None of us can survive without mercy. We all have need for forgiveness.” @Pontifex 24 November 2018
• “While the great ones of the Earth build themselves ‘thrones’ for their own power, God chooses an uncomfortable throne, the cross, from which to reign by giving his life.” @Pontifex 25 November 2018
• “Let us ask the Lord for the grace of being generous, so that our hearts may be opened and we may become kinder. #SantaMarta” @Pontifex 26 November 2018
• “This week the Church invites us to ask ourselves: what state do I want the Lord to find me in when He calls? #SantaMarta” @Pontifex 27 November 2018
• “We cannot truly follow Jesus when we are weighed down by things, because if the heart is crowded with other goods, there will be no room for the Lord, who will become just one thing among others.” @Pontifex 28 November 2018
• “Faced with the tragedies of life, we are called to look to the horizon, because we have been redeemed and the Lord will come to save us. #SantaMarta” @Pontifex 29 November 2018

Papal Instagram

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