Let us not go back to the "normality" sick with with injustice, inequality and environmental degradation.The normality to which we are called is that of the Kingdom of God, where there is bread for all and the social organisation is based on contributing, sharing and distributing
— Pope Francis (@Pontifex) September 30, 2020
Pope Francis
Wednesday, 30 September 2020
Let us not go back to the "normality" sick with with injustice, inequality and environmental degradation
A living and tender love
Devotion to sacred Scripture, a “living and tender love” for the written word of God: this is the legacy that Saint Jerome bequeathed to the Church by his life and labours. https://t.co/OSaNDBkcIs
— Pope Francis (@Pontifex) September 30, 2020
Saint Michael, help us in the battle for salvation we are fighting
Saint Michael, help us in the battle for salvation we are fighting. Saint Gabriel, bring us the good news that Jesus has saved us, and grant us hope. Saint Raphael, take our hands and help us along on the path of complete healing. #ArchangelSaints
— Pope Francis (@Pontifex) September 29, 2020
In the entire universe and in the smallest of Your creatures
Almighty God, present in the entire universe and in the smallest of Your creatures, fill us with the strength of Your love so that we might take care of life and beauty. #SeasonOfCreation
— Pope Francis (@Pontifex) September 28, 2020
A Christian life is not made up of dreams or beautiful aspirations but of concrete commitments,
The #GospelOfTheDay questions the way of living a Christian life, which is not made up of dreams or beautiful aspirations, but of concrete commitments, to open ourselves ever more to God's will and to love for our brothers and sisters.
— Pope Francis (@Pontifex) September 27, 2020
May St Vincent's example lead all of us to joyful and disinterested service to the most in need, and open us to hospitality and the gift of life
Today we celebrate the Memorial of #StVincentDePaul, Patron of charitable organizations. May St Vincent's example lead all of us to joyful and disinterested service to the most in need, and open us to hospitality and the gift of life.
— Pope Francis (@Pontifex) September 27, 2020
Let’s pray for the millions of internally displaced people Just like Jesus and his parents who fled to Egypt, they live with fear, uncertainty and uneas
Let’s pray for the millions of internally displaced people. Just like Jesus and his parents who fled to Egypt, they live with fear, uncertainty and unease. #WDMR2020 #DisplacedlikeJesus @M_RSection
— Pope Francis (@Pontifex) September 27, 2020
We see the face of Jesus in the faces of the hungry, the thirsty, the naked, the sick, strangers and prisoners
We see the face of Jesus in the faces of the hungry, the thirsty, the naked, the sick, strangers and prisoners; Christ calls us to help. #WDMR2020 #DisplacedlikeJesus @M_RSection https://t.co/ir1lVA2zZp
— Pope Francis (@Pontifex) September 27, 2020
Saturday, 26 September 2020
Let us dedicate ourselves to free humanity from nuclear arms, this serious threat to the human race
Let us ask the Lord for the gift of peace, for a world without arms of mass destruction! Let us dedicate ourselves to free humanity from nuclear arms, this serious threat to the human race.
— Pope Francis (@Pontifex) September 26, 2020
I urge civil authorities to be especially attentive to children who are denied their fundamental rights and dignity
I urge civil authorities to be especially attentive to children who are denied their fundamental rights and dignity, particularly their right to life and to schooling. #UN75 @UN https://t.co/VUTkbiHxc8
— Pope Francis (@Pontifex) September 25, 2020
We need to dismantle the perverse logic that links personal and national security to the possession of weaponry
We need to dismantle the perverse logic that links personal and national security to the possession of weaponry. This logic serves only to increase the profits of the arms industry, while fostering a climate of distrust and fear between persons and peoples. #UN75 @UN
— Pope Francis (@Pontifex) September 25, 2020
I renew my appeal that all nations be enabled to meet the greatest needs of the moment, reducing or forgiving the debt of the poorest nations
I renew my appeal that in light of the present circumstances, that all nations be enabled to meet the greatest needs of the moment, reducing or forgiving the debt of the poorest nations. #UN75 @UN
— Pope Francis (@Pontifex) September 25, 2020
The United Nations was established to bring nations together, to be a bridge between peoples
The #pandemic has shown us that we cannot live without one another. The United Nations was established to bring nations together, to be a bridge between peoples. Let us make good use of it to build together the future we all desire. #UN75 @UN
— Pope Francis (@Pontifex) September 25, 2020
Everyone’s talents and involvement are needed
Everyone’s talents and involvement are needed to redress the damage caused by human abuse of God’s creation. #SeasonOfCreation
— Pope Francis (@Pontifex) September 25, 2020
Human life is itself a gift which must be defended
The destruction of the human environment is extremely serious, not only because God has entrusted the world to us, but because human life is itself a gift which must be defended. #SeasonOfCreation
— Pope Francis (@Pontifex) September 24, 2020
Wednesday, 23 September 2020
There is no true solidarity without social participation
#Solidarity needs subsidiarity. There is no true solidarity without social participation, without the contribution of families, associations, cooperatives, small businesses, and other expressions of society. #GeneralAudience
— Pope Francis (@Pontifex) September 23, 2020
Relationship with God, with our neighbour and with the earth
Life is grounded in three fundamental and closely connected relationships: the Relationship with God, with our neighbour and with the earth. #SeasonOfCreation
— Pope Francis (@Pontifex) September 22, 2020
The journey of reconciliation calls for patience and trust
The journey of reconciliation calls for patience and trust. #Peace will not be obtained unless it is hoped for.
— Pope Francis (@Pontifex) September 21, 2020
We need to pursue a genuine fraternity based on our common origin from God
We need to pursue a genuine fraternity based on our common origin from God. The desire for #peace lies deep within the human heart, and we should not resign ourselves to seeking anything less than this.
— Pope Francis (@Pontifex) September 21, 2020
Sunday, 20 September 2020
Those who reason using human logic, that is, the logic of the merits acquired through one’s own greatness, from being first, find themselves last
Those who reason using human logic, that is, the logic of the merits acquired through one’s own greatness, from being first, find themselves last. Instead, those who humbly entrust themselves to the Father’s mercy, from being last, find themselves first (see Mt 20:1-16)
— Pope Francis (@Pontifex) September 20, 2020
Saturday, 19 September 2020
We are called to be instruments of God our Father with his plan for peace, beauty and fullness
We are called to be instruments of God our Father, so that our planet might be what He dreamed of when he created it and correspond with his plan for peace, beauty and fullness. #SeasonOfCreation
— Pope Francis (@Pontifex) September 19, 2020
Everyone is important in God’s eyes
Everyone is important in God’s eyes, everyone can transform a part of the world polluted by human voracity into the good reality willed by the Creator. #SeasonOfCreation
— Pope Francis (@Pontifex) September 18, 2020
We must return to contemplation; so as not to be distracted by a thousand useless things
Today, the nature that surrounds us is no longer admired, but “devoured”. We must return to contemplation; so as not to be distracted by a thousand useless things, we must find silence; for the heart not to become sick, we must be still. #SeasonOfCreation
— Pope Francis (@Pontifex) September 17, 2020
To contemplate and to care
To contemplate and to care: these are two attitudes that show the way to correct and rebalance our relationship as human beings with creation. #SeasonOfCreation #GeneralAudiencehttps://t.co/T6xMjO5jnz
— Pope Francis (@Pontifex) September 16, 2020
We are inside nature, we are part of nature
Contemplation, which leads us to an attitude of care, is not a question of looking at nature from the outside, as if we were not immersed in it. But we are inside nature, we are part of nature. #SeasonOfCreation #GeneralAudience
— Pope Francis (@Pontifex) September 16, 2020
Heaven, earth, sea, and every creature have an iconic capacity or mystical capacity to bring us back to the Creator and to communion with creation
As many spiritual masters have taught us, heaven, earth, sea, and every creature have an iconic capacity or mystical capacity to bring us back to the Creator and to communion with creation. #SeasonOfCreation #GeneralAudience
— Pope Francis (@Pontifex) September 16, 2020
Climate restoration is of utmost importance
Climate restoration is of utmost importance for the Earth's future. Thus, I invite all nations to adopt more ambitious national targets to reduce emissions. #SeasonOfCreation
— Pope Francis (@Pontifex) September 16, 2020
For the sufferings of the crucified poor and for the creatures of this world laid waste by human power
The Sorrowful Virgin whose pierced heart mourned the death of Jesus now grieves for the sufferings of the crucified poor and for the creatures of this world laid waste by human power. #SeasonOfCreation
— Pope Francis (@Pontifex) September 15, 2020
The crucifix is truly the great book of God’s love
The revelation of God’s love for us seems madness. Every time that we look at the cross, we find this love. The crucifix is truly the great book of God’s love. #ExaltationOfTheCross
— Pope Francis (@Pontifex) September 14, 2020
Solidarity and closeness to all the victims
In recent days, a series of fires have devastated the refugee camp of Moria on the Island of Lesbos. I express my solidarity and closeness to all the victims of these dramatic events.
— Pope Francis (@Pontifex) September 13, 2020
If forgiveness and mercy were the style of our life
How much suffering, how many wounds, how many wars could be avoided if forgiveness and mercy were the style of our life! #GospelOfTheDay
— Pope Francis (@Pontifex) September 13, 2020
Not everything in life can be resolved with justice
In the #GospelOfTheDay (MT 18:21-35), Jesus exhorts us to open ourselves courageously to the strength of forgiveness, because not everything in life can be resolved with justice: there's a need for merciful love.
— Pope Francis (@Pontifex) September 13, 2020
Nature is filled with words of love, but how can we listen to them amid constant noise?
Nature is filled with words of love, but how can we listen to them amid constant noise, and interminable and nerve-wracking distractions? #SeasonOfCreation
— Pope Francis (@Pontifex) September 12, 2020
As believers, we do not look at the world from without but from within
As believers, we do not look at the world from without but from within, conscious of the bonds with which the Father has linked us to all beings. #SeasonOfCreation
— Pope Francis (@Pontifex) September 11, 2020
In the face of the many false securities that have now crumbled
Today, in the tragedy of a #pandemic, in the face of the many false securities that have now crumbled, in the face of so many hopes betrayed, in the sense of abandonment that weighs upon our hearts, Jesus says to each one of us: “Courage, open your heart to my love”.
— Pope Francis (@Pontifex) September 10, 2020
We can regenerate good relationships on the communitarian, national and international level and even in harmony with the environment
The common good requires everyone’s participation. If everyone contributes his or her part, and if no one is left out, we can regenerate good relationships on the communitarian, national and international level and even in harmony with the environment. #LaudatoSì
— Pope Francis (@Pontifex) September 9, 2020
To love everyone, including enemies, is difficult – I would say it is even an art!
To love everyone, including enemies, is difficult – I would say it is even an art! But an art that can be learned and improved. True love, that makes us fruitful and free, is always expansive and inclusive. This love cares, heals and does good. #GeneralAudience
— Pope Francis (@Pontifex) September 9, 2020
A virus that does not recognise barriers, borders, or cultural or political distinctions must be faced with a love without barriers, borders or distinctions
A virus that does not recognise barriers, borders, or cultural or political distinctions must be faced with a love without barriers, borders or distinctions. #GeneralAudience https://t.co/NM4r1XnNyw
— Pope Francis (@Pontifex) September 9, 2020
The Christian response to the pandemic and to the consequent socio-economic crisis is based on love
The Christian response to the pandemic and to the consequent socio-economic crisis is based on love, above all, love of God who always precedes us (see 1 Jn 4:19). When we welcome this divine love, then we can respond similarly. #GeneralAudience
— Pope Francis (@Pontifex) September 9, 2020
Mary cares with maternal affection and pain for this wounded world
Mary, the Mother who cared for Jesus, cares with maternal affection and pain also for this wounded world.
— Pope Francis (@Pontifex) September 8, 2020
The world is a joyful mystery to be contemplated with gladness and praise
Rather than a problem to be solved, the world is a joyful mystery to be contemplated with gladness and praise. #SeasonOfCreation #LaudatoSì
— Pope Francis (@Pontifex) September 7, 2020
Only the Father can show a greater love than that of all brothers and sisters put together
At times it takes greater love to rehabilitate a brother or sister. In the #GospelOfTheDay (Mt 18:15-20) Jesus invites us to put them in God's hands: only the Father can show a greater love than that of all brothers and sisters put together.
— Pope Francis (@Pontifex) September 6, 2020
So that our criterion for action might be gratuitous love, offered freely to everyone without distinction of language, culture, race, or religion
Mother Teresa, tireless worker of charity, pray for us, so that our criterion for action might be gratuitous love, offered freely to everyone without distinction of language, culture, race, or religion.
— Pope Francis (@Pontifex) September 5, 2020
May we be attentive to the rhythms of creation
During this #SeasonOfCreation, may we be attentive to the rhythms of creation. The world was made to communicate the glory of God, to help us to discover the Lord of all in its beauty, and to return to Him.
— Pope Francis (@Pontifex) September 4, 2020
We hear the voice of creation admonishing us to return to our rightful place in the natural created order
Today we hear the voice of creation admonishing us to return to our rightful place in the natural created order – to remember that we are part of this interconnected web of life, not its masters. #SeasonOfCreation
— Pope Francis (@Pontifex) September 3, 2020
Prayer and fasting
I invite everyone to join in a universal day of prayer and fasting for Lebanon, on 4 September. I also invite our brothers and sisters of other religious confessions to join in this initiative in whatever way they deem best. https://t.co/2DmrpIJ0XI
— Pope Francis (@Pontifex) September 2, 2020
As a human family we have our common origin in God
As a human family we have our common origin in God. We dwell in a common home, the garden-planet where God placed us. But when we forget all this, our social fabric is weakened and the environment deteriorates. #GeneralAudience
— Pope Francis (@Pontifex) September 2, 2020
We are all linked to each other, for better or for worse
The current pandemic has highlighted our interdependence: we are all linked to each other, for better or for worse. Therefore, to come out of this crisis better than before, we have to do so together, all of us, in solidarity. #GeneralAudience
— Pope Francis (@Pontifex) September 2, 2020
Time to restore the original harmony of creation and to heal strained human relationships
A #JubileeForTheEarth is a time to restore the original harmony of creation and to heal strained human relationships. #SeasonOfCreation https://t.co/vEtfVqy8tP
— Pope Francis (@Pontifex) September 1, 2020
We cannot live in harmony with creation if we are not at peace with the Creator who is the source and origin of all things
A #JubileeForTheEarth is a time to return to God, our loving Creator. We cannot live in harmony with creation if we are not at peace with the Creator who is the source and origin of all things.
— Pope Francis (@Pontifex) September 1, 2020
Time to remember creation’s original vocation to exist as a community of love
A #JubileeForTheEarth is a good time to remember creation’s original vocation to exist as a community of love. We exist only in relationships: with God the Creator, with our brothers and sisters, and with all of God’s creatures within our common home.
— Pope Francis (@Pontifex) September 1, 2020
We are asked to re-appropriate God’s original and loving plan of creation as a common heritage
The #JubileeForTheEarth calls us to think once again of our fellow human beings, especially the poor and the most vulnerable. We are asked to re-appropriate God’s original and loving plan of creation as a common heritage. https://t.co/vEtfVqPJSp
— Pope Francis (@Pontifex) September 1, 2020
Friday, 18 September 2020
Prayer for the Care of Creation
Today marks the World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation. From now until October 4th we will celebrate the #JubileeForTheEarth with our Christian brothers and sisters of various Churches and traditions. #SeasonOfCreation
— Pope Francis (@Pontifex) September 1, 2020
Season Of Creation
#SeasonOfCreation pic.twitter.com/7zqYT5xUPY
— Pope Francis (@Pontifex) August 31, 2020
Dialogue and respect
I follow with concern the tensions in the Eastern Mediterranean area and I appeal for constructive dialogue and respect for international law to resolve the conflicts that threaten the peace of the peoples of that region.
— Pope Francis (@Pontifex) August 31, 2020
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