Tomorrow, Pope Francis celebrates his 6th anniversary of the start of his pontificate. It’s hard to believe how much he has accomplished over these years. Consider these facts:
- He preached over 1000 homilies, 670 of them at the Casa Santa Marta.
- He gave 1,200 public speeches, 264 catechesis during the Wednesday audience.
- He gave 342 short catechesis on the Sunday gospel during the Sunday Angelus and Regina Coeli.
- He wrote 2 encyclicals (Lumen Fidei, and Laudato Si)
- He also published 3 Apostolic Exhortations (Evangelii Gaudium, Amoris Laetitia and Gaudete at exsultate,) 36 Apostolic Constitutions, 27 Motu Proprio, besides the Jubilee of Mercy.
- He presided over three Synods, 2 on the family and one on youth.
- He made 27 international trips, where he visited 41 countries, besides 24 trips inside Italy.
- He also canonized a few popular saints, among them Pope St John XXIII, Pope St John Paul II, St Teresa of Calcutta, Archbishop Oscar Romero, Jacinta and Francisco Marto, (the Fatima children,) the parents of St Therese of Lisieux, and the two mystics St Angela of Foligno and St Elizabeth of the Trinity.
- Pope Francis also has a Twitter account in 9 languages with 48 million followers and 6 million Instagram followers.
Amazing indeed. We must keep him in our prayers to remain strong in the face of so many trials. May God keep on enlighting him.
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