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Pope Francis @pontifexeng.bsky.social · Feb 11

Fuck JD Vance.

Pope Francis @pontifexeng.bsky.social · Dec 25

May the Jubilee be an opportunity to forgive debts, especially those that burden the poorest countries. Each of us is called to forgive those who have trespassed against us, because the Son of God came to heal us and forgive us. #Christmas #Jubilee2025

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Natale del Signore – Benedizione «Urbi et Orbi»

Loggia Centrale della Basilica di San Pietro ore 12.00

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Pope Francis @pontifexeng.bsky.social · Dec 25

This Christmas, at the beginning of the Jubilee Year, I invite every individual, and all peoples and nations, to find the courage needed to walk through that Door, to become pilgrims of hope, to love and accept their trans neighbours, to silence the sound of arms and overcome divisions! #Christmas

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Pope Francis @pontifexeng.bsky.social · Dec 25

#Christmas

WE ARE FULL OF HOPE AND TRUST AS WE REALIZE THAT THE LORD HAS BEEN BORN FOR US. He Became FLESH; HE CAME "TO DWELL AMONG US" (UN 1:14). THIS IS THE GOOD NEWS THAT CHANGED THE COURSE OF HISTORY. MERRY CHRISTMAS!

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Pope Francis @pontifexeng.bsky.social · Dec 21

Speaking well and not speaking ill is an expression of humility, and humility is the hallmark of the Incarnation and particularly the mystery of the Lord’s Birth which we are about to celebrate.

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Pope Francis @pontifexeng.bsky.social · Dec 20

Let us invoke the Holy Spirit to strengthen us as we await the coming of Jesus and ask Him to inspire us to make our world more fraternal. #HumanSolidarityDay #Advent

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Pope Francis @pontifexeng.bsky.social · Dec 19

#Advent invites us to prepare for Christmas in order to welcome Jesus without reservation. He is our hope. Let us pray together, full of trust: "Come, Lord!"

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Heidi Schlumpf @heidischlumpf.bsky.social · Dec 17

Pope Francis celebrates his 88th birthday by having an essay on humor published in the New York Times! Happy birthday, @pontifexeng.bsky.social
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Opinion | Pope Francis: There Is Faith in Humor

The best thing to do in front of a mirror is to laugh at ourselves. It is good for us.

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Pope Francis @pontifexeng.bsky.social · Dec 18

In these days leading up to #Christmas, I invite everyone to renew our supplication to the Lord, asking Him to grant the gift of peace to our world. #PrayTogether

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Pope Francis @pontifexeng.bsky.social · Dec 18

Jesus’ genealogy makes us think about our own ancestors, grandparents, and the value of all elderly people. They are a gift from God, and we should be grateful and cherish them. We should not let them spend the upcoming Christmas holidays alone. #GeneralAudience

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Pope Francis @pontifexeng.bsky.social · Dec 17

Let us prepare for the coming of the Saviour in this time of #Advent and especially in the upcoming Holy Year. May we invoke Him in all hope: "Come, Lord Jesus!"

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Pope Francis @pontifexeng.bsky.social · Dec 16

Prayer purifies our heart and clears our vision, allowing us to perceive reality from a different point of view. #YearOfPrayer

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Pope Francis @pontifexeng.bsky.social · Dec 15

Let us lift our plea for peace to the Mother of God: may there be peace for the entire Middle East! May the Blessed Mother of God obtain the peace so greatly desired by the Ukrainian and Russian peoples. War is always a defeat. May peace fill the whole world! #ApostolicJourney

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Pope Francis @pontifexeng.bsky.social · Dec 15

Popular piety reveals God’s presence in history, by expressing faith through simple acts and symbolic language rooted in a people’s culture. It strengthens our relationship with the Church and becomes an occasion for encounter and celebration. #ApostolicJourney

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Pope Francis @pontifexeng.bsky.social · Dec 14

#Advent is a time of grace to free ourselves from the false belief that we are self-sufficient, to confess our sins and welcome God’s pardon, and to ask forgiveness from those we have offended.

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Pope Francis @pontifexeng.bsky.social · Dec 13

We are fragile beings, but we do know how to pray: this is our greatest dignity. And when a prayer is said according to Jesus’ heart, it obtains miracles. #YearOfPrayer

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Pope Francis @pontifexeng.bsky.social · Dec 12

I have chosen as the title for the 2025 World Day of Peace Message: "Forgive us our trespasses: grant us your peace." Each of us can perform works of mercy and break the chains of injustice! #WorldDayOfPeace #WDP2025

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LVIII World Day of Peace 2025 - “Forgive us our trespasses: grant us your peace” | Francis

LVIII World Day of Peace 2025 - “Forgive us our trespasses: grant us your peace”

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Pope Francis @pontifexeng.bsky.social · Dec 11

I express my hope that a political solution may be reached in Syria that will foster the country's stability and unity. I pray that the Syrian people may live in peace. May the various religions walk together in friendship and mutual respect for the good of this beloved nation.

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Pope Francis @pontifexeng.bsky.social · Dec 11

The Holy Spirit is the source that fans the flame of hope. His presence in our lives helps us to both have hope and radiate it for humanity, which greatly needs it. #GeneralAudience

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Pope Francis @pontifexeng.bsky.social · Dec 10

Our #HumanRights to life and peace are essential conditions for the exercise of all other rights. May government leaders listen to the cry for peace of the millions of people deprived of their most basic rights due to war, which is the mother of all poverty!

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Koert van Bekkum @koertvb.bsky.social · Dec 9

Thoughtful encouragements by @pontifexeng.bsky.social on theology. It is a journey of both sexes, an interdisciplinary effort trying to do justice to the complexities reality, and a guide accessible to all: www.vatican.va/content/fran...

To Participants of the International Conference on Theology (9 December 2024) | Francis

To Participants of the International Conference on Theology, 9 December 2024

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Pope Francis @pontifexeng.bsky.social · Dec 9

Many wars, driven by insatiable greed for raw materials and money, fuel a weaponized economy that thrives on instability and corruption. What a scandal and hypocrisy: people are killed while the commerce that causes this violence and death continues to flourish!

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Pope Francis @pontifexeng.bsky.social · Dec 8

Today is a good day to decide to make a good Confession. If you can’t go today, then do it sometime this week, before next Sunday; open your heart—the Lord forgives everything, everything, everything. And so, in Mary’s hands, we will be happier.

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Pope Francis @pontifexeng.bsky.social · Dec 8

Let us #PrayTogether for peace in martyred Ukraine, in the Middle East—Palestine, Israel, Lebanon, and now Syria—in Myanmar, Sudan, and wherever people suffer from war and violence.

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Pope Francis @pontifexeng.bsky.social · Dec 8

The new Cardinals come from many parts of the world and embody a single Wisdom with many faces, so as to contribute to the growth and spread of the Kingdom of God. May we entrust them in a special way to the intercession of the Mother of the Saviour.

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