POPE SNIPPETS
Archive
DEC 2018
Pope Francis focuses on the “astonishment” and “anxiety” of Mary and Joseph
Sunday, 30 December 2018 – Pope Francis at Mass, Casa Santa Marta (Vatican News)
Pope Francis Christmas Urbi et Orbi message
Wednesday, 25 December 2018 – Pope Francis at Mass, Casa Santa Marta (Vatican News)
Let us allow ourselves to be consoled by God
Tuesday, 11 December 2018 – Pope Francis at Mass, Casa Santa Marta (Vatican News)
Prepare for Christmas with the courage of faith
Monday, 10 December 2018 – Pope Francis at Mass, Casa Santa Marta (Vatican News)
Advent is a time for purifying the faith
Monday, 3 December 2018 – Pope Francis at Mass, Casa Santa Marta (Vatican News)
NOV 2018
Christians must provide credible witness with their lives
Friday, 30 November 2018 – Pope Francis at Mass, Casa Santa Marta (Vatican News)
So-called Christian societies will end if pagan
Thursday, 29 November 2018 – Pope Francis at Mass, Casa Santa Marta (Vatican News)
How do we want to meet the Lord?
Tuesday, 27 November 2018 – Pope Francis at Mass, Casa Santa Marta (Vatican News)
‘Generosity enlarges the heart’
Monday, 26 November 2018 – Pope Francis at Mass, Casa Santa Marta (Vatican News)
Pope to Choirs: ‘Help community sing, don’t replace its voice’
Saturday, 24 November 2018 – 3rd International Meeting of Choirs, Saturday audience, Paul VI Hall, Vatican (Vatican News)
Martyrdom doesn’t make the news
Thursday, 15 November 2018 – Pope Francis at Mass, Casa Santa Marta (Vatican News)
Bishop, a humble and meek servant, not a prince
Monday, 12 November 2018 – Pope Francis at Mass, Casa Santa Marta (Vatican News)
‘Murmuring’; and instead of dialoguing, we secretly complain
Thursday, 8 November 2018 – Pope Francis at Mass, Casa Santa Marta (Vatican News)
‘Witness’ always breaks a habit. It also puts you at risk
Thursday, 8 November 2018 – Pope Francis at Mass, Casa Santa Marta (Vatican News)
Bearing witness, complaining, asking questions
Thursday, 8 November 2018 – Pope Francis at Mass, Casa Santa Marta (Vatican News)
OCT 2018
Thursday, 18 October 2018 – Pope Francis at Mass, Casa Santa Marta (Vatican News)
Wednesday, 17 October 2018 – Pope Francis, General Audience, St Peter’s Square (Vatican News)
Be careful around rigid Christians
Tuesday, 16 October 2018 – Pope Francis at Mass, Casa Santa Marta (Vatican News)
Tuesday, 16 October 2018 – Pope Francis message to FAO to mark World Food Day (Vatican News)
SEP 2018
The Lord keeps giving us new chances because his greatest joy is to see us reborn
Tuesday, 25 September 2018 – Pope Francis meets with Beneficiaries of the Church’s Charitable Works in Tallin – Apostolic Visit (Vatican News)
Instead of looking at ourselves, we tend to look at others, at their sins, and to talk about them
Friday, 21 September 2018 – Pope Francis at Mass, Casa Santa Marta (Vatican News)
We must not be afraid to contemplate the cross as a moment of defeat, of failure
Friday, 14 September 2018 – Pope Francis at Mass, Casa Santa Marta (Vatican News)
Pope To Youth: Jesus doesn’t want you on the bench, He asks you to go out to the world
Monday, 17 September 2018 – Pope Francis, Pope at central square in Palermo, Sicily, Italy (xt3.com and Rome Reports)
Sunday, 16 September 2018 – Pope Francis at Sunday Angelus (CNA/EWTN News)
The worst kind of slavery is that of one’s Ego
Wednesday, 12 September 2018 – Pope Francis, General Audience, St Peter’s Square (Vatican News)
Jesus always acts with discretion. He does not want to impress people
Sunday, 9 September 2018 – Pope Francis at Sunday Angelus (CNA/EWTN News)
Do not be deaf or silent in the face of suffering
Sunday, 9 September 2018 – Pope Francis at Sunday Angelus (Vatican News)
Discern true rest from false rest
Wednesday, 5 September 2018 – Pope Francis, General Audience, St Peter’s Square (Vatican News)
Make an examination of conscience everyday
Tuesday, 4 September 2018 – Pope Francis at Morning Mass, Casa Santa Marta (Vatican News)
Be vigilant so that our way of thinking and acting is not polluted…by vanity, greed, pride
Sunday, 2 September 2018 – Pope Francis at Sunday Angelus (Vatican News)
AUG 2018
God is calling on families ‘to participate’ in His dream
Wednesday, 29 August 2018 – Pope Francis, General Audience, St Peter’s Square (Vatican News)
JUL 2018
Don’t waste food, don’t be indifferent to the world’s cry of hunger
Sunday, 29 July 2018 – Pope Francis at Sunday Angelus (Vatican News)
JUN 2018
Forgiveness, prayer, and love for those who seek to destroy us is the path Jesus has laid out for us
Tuesday, 19 June 2018 – Pope Francis homily at Morning Mass, Casa Santa Marta (Vatican News)
Monday, 18 June 2018 – Pope Francis at Morning Mass, Casa Santa Marta (Vatican News)
The Kingdom of God grows by its own power; mysteriously
Sunday, 17 June 2018 – Pope Francis at Sunday Angelus (Vatican News)
Exploiting women is a sin against God
Friday, 15 June 2018 – Pope Francis homily at Mass, Casa Santa Marta (Vatican News)
Thursday, 14 June 2018 – Pope Francis message to 2nd Holy See – Mexico Conference on International Migration (Vatican News)
Just as we should never think that we know everything, we should never fear to try to learn more
Thursday, 14 June 2018 – Pope Francis to Participants at Vatican Observatory Summer School in Astrophysics (Vatican News)
Thursday, 14 June 2018 – Pope Francis homily at Mass, Casa Santa Marta (Vatican News)
Christians must pursue the path of true life, true love, true wealth
Wednesday, 13 June 2018 – Pope Francis, General Audience, St Peter’s Square (Vatican News)
Envy and jealousy for someone else’s goodness and good works can lead to false accusations.
Sunday, 10 June 2018 – Pope Francis at the Angelus (Vatican News)
God’s love has no need for words but for concrete gestures.
Friday, 8 June 2018 – Pope Francis homily at Mass, Casa Santa Marta (Vatican News)
Thursday, 7 June 2018 – Pope Francis homily at Mass, Casa Santa Marta (Vatican News)
Only the Eucharist satisfies hearts
Sunday, 3 June 2018 – Pope Francis homily at Mass on the Solemnity of Corpus Christi (CNA/EWTN News)
Sunday, 3 June 2018 – Pope Francis homily at Mass on the Solemnity of Corpus Christi (Vatican News)
Eucharist burns away selfish attitudes
Sunday, 3 June 2018 – Pope Francis at Sunday Angelus on the Solemnity of Corpus Christi (Vatican News)
the Devil is behind every persecution
Friday, 1 June 2018 – Pope Francis homily at Mass, Casa Santa Marta (Vatican News)
APR, MAY 2018
Let yourselves be shaped by the Spirit
Wednesday, 30 May 2018 – Pope Francis, General Audience, St Peter’s Square (Vatican News)
Reject worldly patterns of behaviour that take away our freedom.
Tuesday, 29 May 2018 – Pope Francis at Mass, Casa Santa Marta (Vatican News)
Wednesday, 9 May 2018 – Pope Francis, General Audience, St Peter’s Square (Vatican News)
Thursday, 26 April 2018 – Pope Francis, Morning Mass, Casa Santa Marta (Vatican News)
Evangelization is the Spirit’s work
Thursday, 19 April 2018 – Pope Francis, Morning Mass, Casa Santa Marta (Vatican News)
Sign of Cross — Reminder of Baptism
Wednesday, 18 April 2018 – Pope Francis’ catechesis on Baptism, General Audience, Vatican (Vatican News)
Tuesday, 17 April 2018 – Pope Francis Homily, Morning Mass, Casa Santa Marta (Vatican News)
Follow Jesus out of faith, not self-interest
Monday, 16 April 2018 – Pope Francis Homily, Morning Mass, Casa Santa Marta (Vatican News)
Friday, 13 April 2018 – Pope Francis Homily, Morning Mass, Casa Santa Marta (Vatican News)
Easter joy brings obedience, witness, realism
Thursday, 12 April 2018 – Pope Francis Homily, Morning Mass, Casa Santa Marta (Vatican News)
FEB, MAR 2018
Jesus risks himself in service
Maundy Thursday, 29 March, 2018 – Pope Francis to inmates, Regina Coeli prison, Mass of the Lord’s Supper, Vatican (Vatican News)
Easter Triduum is center of Christian faith
Wednes
ay, 28 March 2018, General Audience, Vatican (Vatican News)
Our Lady is a gift of the Trinity
Saturday, 10 March 2018, Vatican (Vatican News)
Tuesday, 27 Feb 2018, Casa Santa Marta, Vatican (Vatican News)
Friday, 16 Feb 2018, Casa Santa Marta, Vatican (Vatican News)
How is your heart? Is it strong? Does it stay faithful to the Lord, or is it slowly sliding away?
Thursday, 8 Feb 2018, Casa Santa Marta, Vatican (Vatican News)
We listen to the Gospel, and we must respond with our lives. (Homily to be brief; well-prepared)
Wednesday, 7 Feb 2018, General Audience, Vatican (Vatican News)
Teach the people to adore in silence
Monday, 5 Feb 2018, Casa Santa Marta, Vatican (Vatican News)
DEC, JAN 2018
Shepherds should show tenderness and closeness of Jesus
Tuesday, 30 Jan 2018, Casa Santa Marta, Vatican (Vatican News)
There is no humility without humiliation
Monday, 29 Jan 2018, Casa Santa Marta, Vatican (Vatican News)
Pope Francis on Christian Prayer – Friday, 12 Jan 2018, Morning Mass at Casa Santa Marta, Vatican (Vatican News)
Pastor’s authority comes from closeness to God and people
Tuesday, 9 Jan 2018 – Morning Mass at Casa Santa Marta, Vatican (Vatican News)
Contempt for the weak is work of Satan
Monday, 8 Jan 2018 – Morning Mass at Casa Santa Marta, Vatican (Vatican News)
Devotion to Mary is not spiritual etiquette; it is a requirement of the Christian life
Monday, 1 Jan 2018 – Solemnity of Mary Mother of God, Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica (CNA)
Humanity is precious and sacred to the Lord. Henceforth, to serve human life is to serve God.
Monday, 1 Jan 2018 – Solemnity of Mary Mother of God, Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica (Vatican News)
All of Mass is important – don’t be late!
Wednesday, 20 Dec 2017 – Vatican (Catholic News Agency)
Wednesday, 13 Dec 2017 – General Audience, Vatican (NEWS.VA)
Being humble means accepting humiliation like Christ
Tuesday, 5 Dec 2017 – Chapel, Casa Santa Marta, Vatican (NEWS.VA)
2017 NOV
The poor are our ‘passport to paradise’
Sunday, 19 Nov 2017 – First World Day for The Poor, Vatican (CNA/EWTN News)
Wednesday, 15 Nov 2017 – General Audience, St Peter’s Square, Vatican (CNA/EWTN News)
‘Christian craftiness’ prevents one from falling into the ring of corruption
Friday, 10 Nov 2017 – Homily at Mass, Casa Santa Marta, Vatican (Vatican Radio)
The Eucharist is a wonderful event during which Jesus Christ, our life, becomes present.
Wednesday, 08 Nov 2017 – General Audience, St Peter’s Square, Vatican (Vatican Radio)
2017 OCT
To help the Kingdom of God grow, courage is needed to sow the mustard seed and mix the yeast.
Tuesday, 31 Oct 2017 – Homily at Mass, Casa Santa Marta, Vatican (Vatican Radio)
No one must despair, for [the Lord’s] grace is always present to those who put their trust in him.
Wednesday , 25 Oct 2017 – General Audience, St Peter’s Square, Vatican (Vatican Radio)
Wednesday , 25 Oct 2017 – General Audience, St Peter’s Square, Vatican (Vatican Radio)
Friday , 20 Oct 2017 – Morning Mass, Casa Santa Marta, Vatican (Vatican Radio)
Friday , 13 Oct 2017 – Homily at Mass, Pope’s Santa Marta residence, Vatican (Vatican Radio)
Thursday, 12 Oct 2017 – Pope Francis’ Homily at Mass, St. Mary Major (Vatican Radio)
Wednesday, 11 Oct 2017 – General Audience, St. Peter’s Square (CNA/EWTN News)
God loves, he doesn’t take revenge! He loves, and waits to forgive us
Sunday, 8 Oct 2017 – Pope Francis’ Sunday Angelus address, St. Peter’s Square (CNA/EWTN News)
We can choose to be sinners on a journey, who are listening to the Lord and when they fall they repent and rise, like the first son; or sinners sitting, always and only ready to justify ourselves with words according to what is convenient
Sunday, 1 Oct 2017 – Pope Francis homily at Solemn Mass, Dall’Ara Stadium, Bologna (CNA/EWTN News)
2017 SEP
Do not be afraid of remorse, for it is a sign of salvation
Thursday, 28 September 2017 – Pope Francis homily at Mass (Vatican Radio)
24 September, 2017 – Sunday Angelus, St Peter’s Square (CNA/EWTN News)
Pray for leaders despite their mistakes
18 September, 2017 – Audience, St Peter’s Square (Vatican Radio)
Open Your Heart to Forgiveness
17 September, 2017 – Sunday Angelus, St Peter’s Square (CNA/EWTN News)
Sunday, 3 September, 2017 – Audience, St Peter’s Square (CNA/EWTN News)
2017 AUG
Have a youthful, searching heart, one full of desire for life and happiness.
30 August, 2017 – Audience, St Peter’s Square (CNA/EWTN News)
2017-07-16 Pope at Angelus (CNA/EWTN News)
Sunday, 18 June, 2017 – Corpus Christi Mass at the Roman Basilica of St John Lateran (CNA/EWTN News)
28 June, 2017 – General Audience, St Peter’s Square (The Holy See)
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