{"id":15671,"date":"2016-12-14T18:10:24","date_gmt":"2016-12-14T23:10:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.splendoroftruth.com\/curtjester\/?p=15671"},"modified":"2016-12-14T18:26:12","modified_gmt":"2016-12-14T23:26:12","slug":"the-weekly-francis-volume-163-14-december-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.splendoroftruth.com\/curtjester\/2016\/12\/the-weekly-francis-volume-163-14-december-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"The Weekly Francis &#8211; Volume 163 &#8211; 14 December 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.splendoroftruth.com\/curtjester\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/pope-francis2-300x187.jpg\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-14281\" src=\"http:\/\/www.splendoroftruth.com\/curtjester\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/pope-francis2-300x187.jpg\" alt=\"pope-francis2-300x187\" width=\"300\" height=\"187\" \/><\/a>This version of The Weekly Francis covers material released in the last week from 6 December 2016 to 14 December 2016.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The Weekly Francis is a compilation of the Holy Father\u2019s writings, speeches, etc which I also post at <a href=\"http:\/\/jimmyakin.com\/2016\/12\/the-weekly-francis-14-december-2016.html\">Jimmy Akin\u2019s The Weekly Francis<\/a>. Jimmy Akin came up with this idea when he started \u201cThe Weekly Benedict\u201d and I have taken over curation of it.<\/p>\n<p>Messages<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/w2.vatican.va\/content\/francesco\/en\/speeches\/2016\/december\/documents\/papa-francesco_20161203_imprenditori.html\">3 December 1016 &#8211;\u00a0To Participants of the Fortune-Time Global Forum<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/w2.vatican.va\/content\/francesco\/en\/messages\/peace\/documents\/papa-francesco_20161208_messaggio-l-giornata-mondiale-pace-2017.html\">8 December 2016 &#8211; L World Day of Peace 2017: \u00abNonviolence: a Style of Politics for Peace\u00bb<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Speeches<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/w2.vatican.va\/content\/francesco\/en\/speeches\/2016\/december\/documents\/papa-francesco_20161210_riunione-icra.html\">10 December 2016 &#8211; To participants in the Meeting of the International Catholic Rural Association (ICRA)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Papal Tweets<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cThe Church does not grow through proselytism, but by attraction.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pontifex\/status\/806475855958392833\">@Pontifex 6 December 2016<\/a><\/li>\n<li>\u201cLet us learn from the Blessed Mother how to have a humble heart capable of receiving God\u2019s gifts.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pontifex\/status\/806785393437704192\">@Pontifex 8 December 2016<\/a><\/li>\n<li>\u201cLet us pray for all the victims of genocide and work together so that this crime never happens again in the world.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pontifex\/status\/807193084773756929\">@Pontifex 9 December 2016<\/a><\/li>\n<li>\u201cLet us all work decisively so that no one is excluded from the effective recognition of their fundamental human rights.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pontifex\/status\/807555466670710785\">@Pontifex 10 December 2016<\/a><\/li>\n<li>\u201cMay Advent be a time of hope. We go to encounter the Lord who comes to encounter us.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pontifex\/status\/807872552550821888\">@Pontifex 11 December 2016<\/a><\/li>\n<li>\u201cOn this Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, let us entrust to her the American peoples and the mission of the Church on that continent.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pontifex\/status\/808340638299144193\">@Pontifex 12 December 2016<\/a><\/li>\n<li>\u201cToday I would like each of us to reflect on his and her own past and the gifts received from the Lord.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pontifex\/status\/808654003471060992\">@Pontifex 13 December 2016<\/a><\/li>\n<li>\u201cNow is the time to unleash the creativity of mercy, to bring about new undertakings, the fruit of grace.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pontifex\/status\/809012571512549380\">@Pontifex 14 December 2016<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Papal Instagram<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/franciscus\/\">Franciscus<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This version of The Weekly Francis covers material released in the last week from 6 December 2016 to 14 December 2016. 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