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The Weekly Francis – Volume 348 – 10 February 2021

by Jeffrey Miller February 10, 2021

written by Jeffrey Miller February 10, 2021

This version of The Weekly Francis covers material released in the last week from 4 February 2021 to 10 February 2021.

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

Angelus

7 February 2021

General Audiences

10 February 2021

Messages

Speeches

Papal Tweets

“There is no time today for indifference. Either we are brothers and sisters, or everything will fall apart. Fraternity is the new frontier for humanity on which we need to build; it is the challenge of our century. @alimamaltayeb #HumanFraternity Message” @Pontifex 4 February 2021
“Social friendship and universal fraternity necessarily call for an acknowledgement of the worth of every human person, always and everywhere. #FratelliTutti” @Pontifex 5 February 2021
“In the spirit of human fraternity, I invite everyone not to forget the most vulnerable populations, and to give particular attention to neglected tropical diseases that affect the poorest people. Let us promote the necessary treatments so that no one will be left behind.” @Pontifex 6 February 2021
“Let us to allow Jesus to heal us – we always need this, everyone – so that we might in our turn be witnesses to God’s healing tenderness. #GospelOfTheDay” @Pontifex 7 February 2021
“Once again I would like to assure my spiritual closely and solidarity to the people of Myanmar. And I am praying so that all those with leadership responsibilities in the country might make themselves sincerely available to serve the common good.” @Pontifex 7 February 2021
“I would like to make an appeal in favor of unaccompanied minors, those who find themselves on the so called ”Balkan route“ and those on all the other ”routes“. May they not lack the care they deserve or the and preferential humanitarian channels because of us.” @Pontifex 7 February 2021
“Let us ask for the grace that our eyes might see the drama of our brothers and sisters who are the victims of trafficking in persons, and for the courage to act so that our communities will be free of slavery. #PrayAgainstTrafficking” @Pontifex 8 February 2021
“The wounds of our brothers and sisters exploited by human trafficking cry out to us. They are victims of an economic system that, by maximizing profit, causes ”the human person to be commotidized“. Let us all be committed to a just and solidary economy. #PrayAgainstTrafficking” @Pontifex 8 February 2021
“The International Day of Prayer and Awareness against Human Trafficking encourages us to not stop praying and fighting together so that every person who is enslaved might be restored to freedom. #PrayAgainstTrafficking Message” @Pontifex 8 February 2021
“#Fraternity is the true cure for the pandemic and the many evils that have affected us. Along with vaccines, fraternity and hope are, as it were, the medicine we need in today’s world. Speech” @Pontifex 8 February 2021
“All of us are responsible for the communications we make, for the information we share, for the control that we can exert over fake news by exposing it. All of us are to be witnesses of the truth. #SaferInternetDay” @Pontifex 9 February 2021
“The person who prays is like someone in love with the beloved in his or her heart wherever they go. So we can pray at any moment, and during what happens every day: on the street, in the office, on public transportation, through words and in the silence of our hearts. #Prayer” @Pontifex 10 February 2021
“I express my closeness to the victims of the calamity that happened in #India where part of a glacier separated itself provoking violent flooding that devastated two power plants. I pray for the workers who died, for their families and for all those who were wounded.” @Pontifex 10 February 2021