Wednesday Audience

A collection of the Pope’s Wednesday Audiences.

Pope at Audience: Elderly Christians must uphold honour of faith for youth

(CNS photo/Paul Haring) May 4, 2022 Pope Francis continues his catechesis on the elderly at the Wednesday General Audience, and reminds those advanced in years that their witness of faith can fill the young with determination and courage. At the weekly General Audience, Pope Francis focused his attention on the Biblical figure of Eleazar, [...]

Pope at Audience: The beauty of bonds that unite generations

(CNS photo/Guglielmo Mangiapane, Reuters) April 27, 2022 Continuing his catechesis at the Wednesday General Audience on the meaning and value of old age, Pope Francis takes inspiration from the Book of Ruth, noting that bonds uniting the generations can prove enriching for families and for the growth of society. In his continuing catechesis on [...]

Pope at Audience: Elderly must be loved and honoured

(CNS photo/Paul Haring) April 20, 2022 During the first Wednesday General Audience in St. Peter's Square in over two years, Pope Francis highlights the importance of honouring the elderly, and calls for young people to be educated about life and its stages. Pope Francis continued his series of reflections on old age during his [...]

Pope at Audience: War is an outrage and a blasphemy

(CNS photo/Paul Haring) April 13, 2022 Pope Francis denounces the worldly logic of power and violence, explaining that Jesus brings true peace through meekness and the Cross. At his weekly General Audience, Pope Francis once again denounced “the armed aggression of these days” as “an outrage against God.” The way of meekness and the Cross [...]

Pope: UN powerless in Ukraine war, where logic of powerful prevails

(CNS photo/Vatican Media) April 6, 2022 Pope Francis reflects during the General Audience on his weekend visit to Malta, noting that “the dominant logic are the strategies of the most powerful countries to affirm their own interests.” At the Wednesday General Audience, Pope Francis decried the war in Ukraine, and the powerlessness of the [...]

Pope at Audience: Old age can be a time of spiritual vitality

(CNS photo/Paul Haring) March 30, 2022 At the weekly General Audience, Pope Francis continues his catechesis on the lives and witness of the elderly, looking at how they can ensure our spiritual grounding and teach us the importance of discerning God’s presence in our daily lives and the unfolding of His saving plan. Presenting [...]

Pope at Audience: Elderly are irreplaceable in passing on the faith

(CNS photo/Paul Haring) March 23, 2022 Continuing his catechesis at the Wednesday General Audience on the meaning and value of old age, Pope Francis turns his attention to the special vocation of the elderly to hand on to new generations their personal experience of the Church’s faith. In his continuing catechesis on the meaning [...]

Pope at Audience: Elderly can guide and save future generations

(CNS photo/Vatican Media) March 16, 2022 Continuing his catechesis at the Wednesday General Audience on the meaning and value of old age, Pope Francis explores the vital role the elderly can play in handing on life's true and sustaining values to younger generations. Pope Francis held his weekly General Audience in the Paul VI [...]

Pope at Audience: Alliance of generations is indispensable

CNS photo/Paul Haring March 2, 2022 Pope Francis has begun a new cycle of catechesis on old age, focusing his second reflection in the series on long life as a “symbol and opportunity.” The tremendous longevity of the Old Testament patriarchs – who in the ritual narrative of the Scripture are said to have [...]

Pope at Audience: Alliance between generations must be found again

(CNS photo/Paul Haring) February 23, 2022 Starting a new series of reflections on the meaning and value of old age, Pope Francis in his General audience this week stresses the need for an inter-generational alliance, drawing inspiration from scriptures. Pope Francis begins this week’s General Audience with the dynamics of today’s demographics, where a truly “new [...]

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