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

This version of The Weekly Francis covers material released in the last week from 14 September 2021 to 29 September 2021.

Angelus

• 26 September 2021 – Angelus

General Audience

• 29 September 2021 – General Audience – Catechesis on the Letter to the Galatians’ 9. Life of faith

Homily

• 23 September 2021 – Mass with the Council of Bishops’ Conferences of Europe

Letter

• 23 September 2021 – Letter of the Holy Father – Concession of the Ecclesiastica Communio to the new Patriarch of Cilicia of the Armenians

Message

• 14 September 2021 – XXXVI World Youth Day, 2021’ ‘Stand up. I appoint you as a witness of what you have seen.’ (cf. Acts 26’16)

Speech

• 25 September 2021 – To the Bishops who are friends of the Focolare Movement (25 September2021)

Tweet

• “Let us help today’s Europe, faint with weariness, to rediscover the ever youthful face of Jesus! Homily” @Pontifex, 23 September 2021
• “Do not look the other way at the suffering of your brothers and sisters deprived of freedom and dignity, victims of contemporary slavery. Let us ask #OurLadyOfRansom to help us work together to break their chains and give them back a dignified life.” @Pontifex, 24 September 2021
• “All of us are brothers and sisters! Let us pray to the Most High that, after this time of trial, there may no longer be “others”, but rather, a great “we”, rich in diversity.” @Pontifex, 25 September 2021
• “In the #GospelOfTheDay Jesus exhorts us: instead of judging everything and everyone, let us be careful of ourselves! Indeed, the risk is that of being inflexible towards others and indulgent towards ourselves.” @Pontifex, 26 September 2021
• “Today the Church is called to go out to the streets of the existential peripheries to heal the wounded and seek the lost, without prejudices or fear, without proselytism, but ready to expand her tent to welcome everyone in an ever larger WE. #WDMR2021” @Pontifex, 26 September 2021
• “I appeal to all men and women to journey together towards an ever broader “we”, to renew the human family, to build together a future of justice and peace, and to ensure that no one is left out. #WDMR2021” @Pontifex, 26 September 2021
• “The arms race, including nuclear weapons, continues to squander precious resources that could better be used to benefit the integral development of peoples and protect the natural environment. #NuclearDisarmament” @Pontifex, 26 September 2021
• “The example of #SaintVincentDePaul encourages us to make time and space for the poor, and to make their worries and troubles our own, because a Christianity without contact with those who suffer becomes disembodied, incapable of touching the flesh of Christ.” @Pontifex, 27 September 2021
• “Dear young people, once again I would like to take you by the hand and walk with you on the spiritual pilgrim)age that leads to the 2023 World Youth Day in Lisbon. #WYD2023 Message @Pontifex, 27 September 2021
• “During this time of crisis – health, social, environmental – let us reflect on how the use of material goods can be harmful for the earth. Let us choose to change and to move toward a simpler and more respectful style of life regarding creation. #SeasonOfCreation” @Pontifex, 28 September 2021
• “Christian spirituality proposes moderation and simplicity that allows us to stop and appreciate the small things, to be grateful for the opportunities life affords us, to be spiritually detached from what we possess, and not succumb to sadness for what we lack. #SeasonOfCreation” @Pontifex, 28 September 2021
• “Today, the Church remembers the #ArchangelSaints Michael, Gabriel and Raphael, messengers of God’s grace. Let us entrust ourselves to them so that our good works might make God’s love visible in the world.” @Pontifex, 29 September 2021
• “The response of faith demands that we be active in our love for God and in our love of neighbour. #GeneralAudience” @Pontifex, 29 September 2021
• “Fighting against the terrible scourge of hunger means also fighting waste. To throw food away means to throw people away. It is scandalous today not to notice how precious food is as a good, and how so much good ends up so badly. #FLWDay” @Pontifex, 29 September 2021
• “Dear young people, I would like to thank you for your dreams and good projects, and for the fact that you are as concerned about human relations as you are about caring for the environment. Thank you. It is a concern that is good for everyone. #Youth4Climate” @Pontifex, 29 September 2021

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

This version of The Weekly Francis covers material released in the last week from 1 July 2021 to 22 September 2021.

Angelus

• 19 September 2021 – Angelus

General Audience

• 22 September 2021 – General Audience – Catechesis’ The Apostolic Journey in Budapest and in Slovakia

Message

• 1 July 2021 – Message of the Holy Father to the Superior General of the Congregation of the Passion of Jesus Christ for the International Theological Congress on ‘The Wisdom of the Cross in a Pluralistic world’
• 18 September 2021 – Video Message of the Holy Father for the meeting ‘Our common mission of safeguarding God’s children’, organised by the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors and the Bishops’ Conferences o

Speech

• 16 September 2021 – To the participants in the meeting of moderators of lay associations, ecclesial movements and new communities
• 17 September 2021 – To Participants in the meeting promoted by the Pontifical Council for Promoting New Evangelization

Tweet

• “#Catechesis is not an abstract communication, the memorization of theoretical knowledge. We must insist on pointing to the heart of catechesis: Jesus Christ, the Risen One, loves you and will never abandon you!” @Pontifex, 17 September 2021
• “A society is all the more human to the degree that it cares effectively for its most frail and suffering members, in a spirit of fraternal love. Let us strive to achieve this goal, so that no one will feel alone or abandoned. #PatientSafetyDay” @Pontifex, 17 September 2021
• “I would like to add my own personal thanks to the thousands of catechists throughout the world. I accompany you with my prayer and with my Apostolic Blessing.” @Pontifex, 17 September 2021
• “From our gift the life and health of others, sick and suffering, may spring forth, helping to reinforce a culture of help, giving, hope and life. Society needs these concrete gestures of solidarity and generous love, to ensure the understanding that life is something sacred.#WMDD” @Pontifex, 18 September 2021
• “Hope would have us recognize that there is always a way out, that we can always redirect our steps, that we can always do something to solve our problems. #SeasonofCreation #LaudatoSi’” @Pontifex, 18 September 2021
• “Those to be served above all are: those in need of receiving who can’t give anything back. In welcoming those on the margins, the neglected, we welcome Jesus, for He is there. And in the little one, in the poor person we serve, we too receive God’s tender embrace. #GospelOfTheDay” @Pontifex, 19 September 2021
• “In the #GospelOfTheDay (Mk 9:20–37), the Lord overturns the criteria about what truly matters: greatness and success in God’s eyes are measured by service. Not on what someone has, but on what someone gives. Do you want to be first? Serve.” @Pontifex, 19 September 2021
• “Witnesses do not lose themselves in words, but rather they bear fruit. They do not complain about others and the world, but start with themselves. They remind us that God is not to be proven, but shown; not announced with proclamations but witnessed by example.” @Pontifex, 20 September 2021
• “Saints are witnesses whom we venerate and who in thousands of different ways bring us to Jesus Christ, the only Lord and Mediator between God and humanity. They remind us that holiness can blossom even in our lives, however weak and marked by sin. #SaintMatthew” @Pontifex, 21 September 2021
• “Any time is fitting for the message of peace; in no situation is God’s grace ever lacking. #PeaceDay” @Pontifex, 21 September 2021
• “Let us #PrayTogether, asking the Holy Spirit that the seeds sown during the #ApostolicJourney to #Budapest and #Slovakia might bear good fruit in the People of God.” @Pontifex, 22 September 2021

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

This version of The Weekly Francis covers material released in the last week from 22 August 2021 to 15 September 2021.

Angelus

• 12 September 2021 – Apostolic Journey to Budapest’ Angelus

Homily

• 12 September 2021 – Apostolic Journey to Budapest’ Holy Mass at Heroes’ Square in Budapest
• 14 September 2021 – Apostolic Journey to Slovakia’ Byzantine Divine Liturgy of Saint John Chrysostom presided by the Holy Father (14 September 20
• 15 September 2021 – Apostolic Journey to Slovakia’ Holy Mass on the esplanade of the National Shrine in Šaštin

Message

• 22 August 2021 – Message of the Holy Father to the participants in the 24th International Mariological-Marian Congress [8–11 September 2021]
• 7 September 2021 – Message of the Holy Father to the participants at the G20 Interfaith Forum 2021
• 9 September 2021 – Message of the Holy Father to the participants in the 14th National Pilgrimage of Families for the Family

Prayers

• 15 September 2021 – Apostolic Journey to Slovakia’ Moment of Prayer with the Bishops at the National Shrine in Šaštin)

Speech

• 11 September 2021 – To the participants in the General Chapter of the Order of Discalced Carmelites
• 12 September 2021 – Apostolic Journey to Budapest’ Greeting to journalists on the flight to Budapest
• 12 September 2021 – Apostolic Journey to Budapest’ Meeting with the Bishops (Museum of Fine Arts in Budapest)
• 12 September 2021 – Apostolic Journey to Slovakia’ Ecumenical Meeting at the Apostolic Nunciature in Bratislava
• 12 September 2021 – Apostolic Journey to Budapest’ Meeting with the Representatives of the Ecumenical Council of Churches and some Jewish Communities in Hungary at the Museum of Fine Arts in Budapest
• 13 September 2021 – Apostolic Journey to Slovakia’ Meeting with Authorities, Civil Society and the Diplomatic Corps in the garden of the Presidential Palace in Bratislava
• 13 September 2021 – Apostolic Journey to Slovakia’ Private Visit to the ‘Bethlehem Center’
• 13 September 2021 – Apostolic Journey to Slovakia’ Meeting with the Jewish Community at Rybné námestie Square in Bratislava
• 13 September 2021 – Apostolic Journey to Slovakia’ Meeting with Bishops, Priests, Religious, Consecrated Persons, Seminarians, Catechists at the Cathedral of Saint Martin in Bratislava
• 14 September 2021 – Apostolic Journey to Slovakia’ Meeting with Young People at Lokomotiva Stadium in Košice
• 14 September 2021 – Apostolic Journey to Slovakia’ Meeting with the Roma Community at Luník IX district in Košice

Tweet

• “Let us #PrayTogether today for all the people who suffer from sadness, because they are alone or because they do not know what the future holds for them, or because they cannot support their family, because they have no job. Many people suffer from sadness. Let us pray for them.” @Pontifex, 10 September 2021
• “A true ecological approach always becomes a social approach that must integrate justice in debates on the environment, so as to hear both the cry of the earth and the cry of the poor. #SeasonOfCreation” @Pontifex, 11 September 2021
• “True religiosity consists in the worship of God and the love of neighbour. More than demonstrating something, we believers are called to manifest the fatherly presence of the God of heaven through our harmony on earth. #G20InterfaithForum” @Pontifex, 11 September 2021
• “Tomorrow I begin my #ApostolicJourney to Budapest and Slovakia. I ask everyone to accompany me in prayer, and I entrust this visit to the intercession of so many heroic confessors of the faith, who, amid hostility and persecution, bore witness to the Gospel in those places.” @Pontifex, 11 September 2021
• “New Year’s Day is celebrated today in Ethiopia. Let us #PrayTogether for the Ethiopian people, particularly for those suffering due to the ongoing conflict and the serious humanitarian situation it has caused. May this be a moment to hear the common desire for peace.” @Pontifex, 11 September 2021
• “May Saints Cyril and Methodius, precursors of #ecumenism, help us make every effort to work for a reconciliation of diversity in the Holy Spirit: a unity that, without being uniformity, is capable of being a sign and witness to the freedom of Christ, the Lord. #ApostolicJourney” @Pontifex, 12 September 2021
• “The Eucharist is here to remind us who God is. It does not do so just in words, but in a concrete way, showing us God as bread broken, as love crucified and bestowed. #EucharisticCongress #Budapest Homily @Pontifex, 12 September 2021
• “The “Mission Cross” is the symbol of this International #EucharisticCongresss: may it lead you to proclaim with your lives the liberating Gospel of God’s boundless love for each person. Amid the present-day famine of love, men and women long for this nourishment.” @Pontifex, 12 September 2021
• “Today, the Lord looks at each of us personally and asks: “Who am I – in fact – for you?” This question, addressed to each of us, calls for more than a quick answer straight out of the catechism; it requires a vital, personal response. #GospelOfTheDay” @Pontifex, 12 September 2021
• “Only if we become roots of peace and shoots of unity, will we prove credible in the eyes of the world, which look to us with a yearning that can bring hope to blossom. #ApostolicJourney” @Pontifex, 12 September 2021
• “The blessing of the Most High is poured out upon us, whenever he sees a family of brothers and sisters who respect and love each other and work together. Amid all the discord that defiles our world, we may always be witnesses of peace. #ApostolicJourney” @Pontifex, 13 September 2021
• “Cyril and Methodius invented new languages for handing on the Gospel; they were creative in translating the Christian message. Isn’t this perhaps the most urgent task facing the Church: finding new “alphabets” to proclaim the faith? #ApostolicJourney” @Pontifex, 13 September 2021
• “None can stand apart, either as individuals or as a nation. Cultivate the beauty of the whole. It requires patience and effort, courage and sharing, enthusiasm and creativity. Yet it is the human work blessed by heaven above. #ApostolicJourney Speech @Pontifex, 13 September 2021
• “Organized and efficient structures will not suffice to improve our life as a human community. We need the flavour of solidarity: society rediscovers its flavor through the gratuitous generosity of those who spend their lives for others. #ApostolicJourney” @Pontifex, 13 September 2021
• “The cross demands a limpid testimony. For the cross is not a flag to wave, but the pure source of a new way of living: that of the Gospel, that of the Beatitudes. #ApostolicJourney https://vatican.va/content/francesco/en/homilies/2021/documents/20210914-omelia-presov.html…” @Pontifex, 14 September 2021
• “The cross was an instrument of death, yet it became the source of life. It was a horrendous sight, yet it revealed to us the beauty of God’s love. That is why, in today’s feast, the people of God venerate the cross and the Liturgy celebrates it. #ExaltationOfTheCross” @Pontifex, 14 September 2021
• “Today, being really original and revolutionary means rebelling against the culture of the ephemeral, going beyond shallow instincts and momentary pleasures, and choosing to love with every fibre of your being, for the rest of your life. #ApostolicJourney” @Pontifex, 14 September 2021
• “Do not be afraid to go out to encounter the marginalized. You will find that you are going out to meet Jesus. He awaits you wherever there is need, not comfort; wherever service rules, not power. Those are the places where he will be found. #ApostolicJourney” @Pontifex, 14 September 2021
• “For our life to be great, we need love and heroism. If we look to the crucified Jesus, we find both boundless love and the courage to give one’s life to the utmost, without half-measures. #ApostolicJourney” @Pontifex, 14 September 2021
• “#OurLadyOfSorrows, at the foot the cross, did not run away from her grief. She remains with tears on her face, but with the faith of one who knows that in her Son, God transforms suffering and triumphs over death. #ApostolicJourney” @Pontifex, 15 September 2021
• “Contemplating the Sorrowful Mother, may we open ourselves to a faith that becomes compassion, a faith that identifies with those in need. A faith that imitates God’s style, quietly relieving the suffering of our world and watering the soil of history with salvation.” @Pontifex, 15 September 2021
• “I gave thanks to God for having allowed me to accomplish this #ApostolicJourney. I am grateful to all who, in different ways, have cooperated, above all by their prayers. I carry you in my heart.” @Pontifex, 15 September 2021

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

This version of The Weekly Francis covers material released in the last week from 1 September 2021 to 8 September 2021.

Angelus

• 5 September 2021 – Angelus

General Audience

• 8 September 2021 – General Audience – Catechesis on the Letter to the Galatians’ 8. We are children of God

Message

• 1 September 2021 – Joint Message of the Holy Father Francis, His Holiness Bartholomew I, Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, and His Grace Justin Welby, archbishop of Canterbury, for the protection of Creation

Speech

• 2 September 2021 – To the members of the Arché Foundation

Tweet

• “The pandemic has highlighted how vulnerable and interconnected everyone is. If we do not take care of one another, starting with the least, with those who are most impacted, including creation, we cannot heal the world. #SeasonOfCreation” @Pontifex, 3 September 2021
• “Taking into consideration the worsening of multiple converging political and environmental crises – hunger, the climate, nuclear arms, to name a few – the commitment to peace has never been so necessary and urgent.” @Pontifex, 4 September 2021
• “We all have ears, but very often we cannot hear. There is, in fact, an interior deafness worse than the physical one: the deafness of the heart that we can ask Jesus to touch and heal today. #GospelOfTheDay” @Pontifex, 5 September 2021
• “This is the medicine: fewer useless words and more of the Word of God. Let us hear the words of the #GospelOfTheDay addressed to us: “Ephphatha, be opened!” Jesus, I want to open myself to your Word, open myself to listen. Heal my heart.” @Pontifex, 5 September 2021
• “I assure my prayers for the people of the United States of America who have been hit by a strong hurricane in recent days. May the Lord receive the souls of the deceased and sustain those suffering from this calamity.” @Pontifex, 5 September 2021
• “May all Afghans, whether in their home country, in transit, or in host countries, live with dignity, in peace and fraternity with their neighbours. #PrayTogether” @Pontifex, 5 September 2021
• “God is gloriously and mysteriously present in creation since he is the Lord who reigns over it. To discover this, we need to be silent, listen, contemplate. #SeasonOfCreation” @Pontifex, 6 September 2021
• “Next Sunday I will travel to Budapest for the conclusion of the International Eucharistic Congress. My pilgrimage will continue for a few days in Slovakia and will conclude with the great popular celebration of Our Lady of Sorrows, Patroness of that country.” @Pontifex, 7 September 2021
• “This is the first time that @JustinWelby, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, and I feel compelled to address together the urgency of environmental sustainability, its impact on persistent poverty, and the importance of global cooperation. #SeasonofCreation messages” @Pontifex, 7 September 2021
• “Today as we celebrate the #BirthOfMary, let us ask our Mother to help us rediscover the beauty of being God’s children, overcoming differences and conflicts, to live as brothers and sisters.” @Pontifex, 8 September 2021
• “Education is one of the most effective ways of making our world and history more human. Education is above all a matter of love and responsibility handed down from one generation to another. #WorldLiteracyDay” @Pontifex, 8 September 2021

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