A summary of Pope Francis visit to Kazakhstan in photos and texts of his speaches

1. POPE FRANCIS in
KAZAKHSTAN
(13 - 15 SEPTEMBER 2022)
PART 1

4. MEETING WITH THE AUTHORITIES, CIVIL SOCIETY AND THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS
"Qazaq Concert Hall" (Nur-Sultan) - Tuesday, 13 September 2022

5. “I have come here as
a pilgrim of peace,
seeking dialogue
and unity”.
“Our world urgently
needs peace: it needs
to recover harmony”

6. The dombra is a hallmark of your culture
and one of the most important symbols
of Kazakhstan - As a symbol of continuity
in diversity, its rhythm accompanies your
country’s memory; it thus serves as a
reminder of how important it is, amid
today’s rapid economic and social
changes, not to neglect the bonds that
connect us to the lives of those who have
gone before us

7. Pope John Paul II, as a
pilgrim to Kazakhstan,
defined as a “land of martyrs
and of believers, land of
deportees and of heroes,
land of intellectuals and
artists” (Address at Welcome
Ceremony, 22 September
2001)…… - Kazakhs did not
let themselves remain
prisoners of these injustices:
the memory of your seclusion
led to a deep concern
for inclusion

8. harmony grows and matures in togetherness, in the choral unity that leads to a “symphonic”
social life….. The 550 ethnic groups and the over 80 languages present in the country, with
their diverse histories and cultural and religious traditions, represent an extraordinary
“concert”; they make Kazakhstan a unique multiethnic, multicultural and multi-religious
laboratory and disclose its particular vocation, that of being a country of encounter

9. A healthy secularity, one that
acknowledges the important and
indispensable role of religion and
resists the forms of extremism
that disfigure it, represents an
essential condition for the equal
treatment of each citizen, while
fostering a sense of loyalty to the
country on the part of all its
ethnic, linguistic, cultural and
religious groups. Religions, while
carrying out their irreplaceable
role of seeking and witnessing to
the Absolute, require freedom of
self-expression. Religious freedom
represents the best channel
for civil coexistence

10. it is important to guarantee freedom of thought, conscience and speech, in order to enable
each individual to play his or her unique and equal role in service to society as a whole

11. trust in those who govern increases when promises are not
simply a means to an end, but are effectively implemented

12. Every country in the world likewise needs measures to combat
corruption. This truly democratic political “style” is the most
effective response to possible cases of extremism, personalism
and populism that threaten the stability and welfare of peoples.

13. This is a challenge that concerns Kazakhstan
but also the world as a whole, in which
integral development is held hostage by
widespread injustice, whereby resources are
unequally distributed. It is the task of the
State, but also of the private sector, to treat
all groups in society with justice, with equality
of rights and duties, and to promote economic
development not on the basis of the profits of
a few, but of the dignity of each worker.

14. Pope John Paul II came here to
sow seeds of hope immediately
after the tragic attacks of 2001.
I am visiting you in the course
of the senseless and tragic war
that broke out with the
invasion of Ukraine, even as
other conflicts and threats of
conflict continue to imperil our
times. I have come to echo the
plea of all those who cry out
for peace, which is the
essential path to development
for our globalized world.

15. those who hold
greater power in
the world have
greater
responsibility
with regard
to others,
especially those
countries most
prone to unrest
and conflict.

16. We need leaders who, on the international level, can enable peoples to grow
in mutual understanding and dialogue, and thus give birth to a new “spirit of
Helsinki”, the determination to strengthen multilateralism, to build a more
stable and peaceful world, with an eye to future generations. For this to
happen, what is needed is understanding, patience and dialogue with all.

18. OPENING AND PLENARY SESSION OF THE "VII CONGRESS OF
LEADERS OF WORLD AND TRADITIONAL RELIGIONS"
"Palace of Independence" (Nur-Sultan) - Wednesday, 14 September 2022

19. the country’s most renowned poet and
the father of its modern literature, an
educator and composer often portrayed
with the dombra. Abai (1845-1904),

20. Questions like these point to humanity’s need for religion; they remind us that we
human beings do not exist so much to satisfy earthly interests or to weave purely
economic relationships, as to walk together, as wayfarers, with our eyes raised to the
heavens. We need to make sense of the ultimate questions, to cultivate a spirituality;
we need, as Abai says, to keep “the soul alive and the mind clear” (Book of Words,6.)

21. Religion is not a problem, but part of the solution for a more harmonious life in society.
The pursuit of transcendence and the sacred value of fraternity can inspire and illumine
the decisions that need to be made amid the geopolitical, social, economic, ecological,
but fundamentally spiritual crises that many modern institutions, including
democracies, are presently experiencing, to the detriment of security and concord
among peoples. We need religion, in order to respond to the thirst for world peace
and the thirst for the infinite that dwells in the heart of each man and woman.

22. Each person
has the right to
render public
testimony
to his or her
own creed,
proposing it
without ever
imposing it.
This is the
correct method
of preaching.

23. To relegate to the private sphere our most important beliefs in life would
be to deprive society of an immense treasure. On the other hand, to work
for a society marked by the respectful coexistence of religious, ethnic and
cultural differences is the best way to enhance the distinctive features of
each, to bring people together while respecting their diversity, and to
promote their loftiest aspirations without compromising their vitality.

24. FOUR GLOBAL CHALLENGES – 1 Not to fall into illusions of omnipotence
fostered by a technological and economic progress that is of itself insufficient. Not to let
ourselves be entangled in the web of profits and earnings, as if they were the solution to
every evil. Not to back an unsustainable development that fails to respect the limits
imposed by creation. Not to let ourselves be taken in by the superficial allure of
consumerism, since material goods are for man and not man for material goods

25. to care for humanity in all its aspects by becoming artisans of
communion, witnesses of a cooperation that transcends the
confines of our community, ethnic, national and religious affiliations

26. 1 THE POOR - We begin by listening to the poor, by giving a
voice to the voiceless, by bearing witness to a global solidarity
concerned above all for them, the poor and the needy, who
suffered most from the pandemic, which so forcefully brought
out the injustice of global inequalities and imbalances

27. As long as inequality and injustice continue to proliferate,
there will be no end to viruses even worse than Covid:
the viruses of hatred, violence and terrorism.

28. 2 PEACE - how can we imagine that the men and women of our time, many
of whom live as if God did not exist, can be inspired to engage in respectful
and responsible dialogue if the great religions, which are the soul of so many
cultures and traditions, are not themselves actively committed to peace?

29. Mindful of the wrongs and errors of the past, let us unite our efforts
to ensure that the Almighty will never again be held hostage to the
human thirst for power. Abai observes that, “he who permits evil,
and does not oppose it, cannot be regarded as a true believer.

30. brothers and sisters, let us purify ourselves
of the presumption of feeling self-
righteous, with no need to learn anything
from anyone. Let us free ourselves of those
reductive and destructive notions that
offend the name of God by harshness,
extremism and forms of fundamentalism,
and profane it through hatred, fanaticism,
and terrorism, disfiguring the image of
man as well. As Abai says, “the source of
humanity is love and justice… They are the
crown of divine creation” (Word 45). May
we never justify violence. May we never
allow the sacred to be exploited by the
profane. The sacred must never be a prop
for power, nor power a prop for the sacred!

31. Let us invest, I beg you, in this: not in
more weapons, but in education!

32. 3 FRATERNAL ACCEPTANCE
The Creator, who watches
over each of his creatures,
exhorts us to regard others
as he does, and in them to
see the face of a brother or
a sister. Our migrant
brothers and sisters need
to be accepted,
accompanied, promoted
and integrated

33. It is up to us, not only to affirm the inviolable dignity of each human
being, but also to teach how to weep for others. For only if we can
sense the struggles of others as our own, will we be truly human.

34. 4 CARE FOR OUR
COMMON
HOME
Against extreme
climate changes, we
need to protect the
natural environment,
so that it will not fall
prey to profiteering,
but be preserved for
future generations,
to the praise of
the Creator

36. HOLY MASS “Expo grounds” (Nur-Sultan) Wednesday 14 Sep 2022

37. today we celebrate
the exaltation of the
cross of Christ, for
on its wood Jesus
took upon himself
all our sin and the
evil of our world,
and vanquished
them by his love

38. It is no
coincidence
that, once
the people no
longer trusted
in God, they
were bitten
by deadly
serpents

39. Peace is never achieved once and for all; like
integral development, social justice and the
harmonious coexistence of different ethnic
groups and religious traditions, it must be
achieved anew each day.

40. “Make a
fiery
serpent and
put it on
a pole.
If anyone
is bitten
and looks
at it, he
shall live”
(Num 21:8).

41. “As Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted
up, that whoever believes in him may have eternal life” (Jn 3:14-15).

42. if we keep our gaze fixed on Jesus,
the sting of evil can no longer prevail
over us, for on the cross he took upon
himself the venom of sin and death,
and crushed their destructive power.
That was the Father’s response to the
spread of evil in the world: he gave
us Jesus, who drew near to us …

43. For from the cross of Christ we learn love, not hatred; compassion, not indifference;
forgiveness, not vengeance. The outstretched arms of Jesus are the embrace of tender
love with which God wishes to embrace us. They show us the fraternal love that we are
called to have for one another and for everyone. They show us the way, the Christian
way. It is not the way of imposition and force, of power and status; it never brandishes
the cross of Christ against our brothers and sisters for whom he gave his life!

44. we have been reborn from the pierced side of the crucified Jesus. May we be
free of the poison of death (cf. Wis 1:14), and pray that by God’s grace we can
become ever more fully Christian: joyful witnesses of new life, love and peace

45. Today, on this Feast
of the Exaltation of
the Holy Cross, we
feel spiritually
united to the
National Sanctuary
of the Queen of
Peace in Oziornoje.

46. Bishop Tomash
reminded us of its
great cross, inscribed
with the words:
“Gratitude to the People
of Kazakhstan” and
“Peace to Mankind”.

47. May we never grow accustomed to war, or resigned to its inevitability. Let us come to
the aid of those who suffer and insist that genuine efforts be made to achieve peace.

48. May our world learn how to build peace, not least by
limiting the arms race and converting the enormous sums
spent on war into concrete assistance to peoples.

49. LIST OF PRESENTATIONS IN ENGLISH
Revised 27-6-2022
Advent and Christmas – time of hope and peace
All Souls Day
Amoris Laetitia – ch 1 – In the Light of the Word
Amoris Laetitia – ch 2 – The Experiences and Challenges of Families
Amoris Laetitia – ch 3 - Looking to Jesus, the Vocation of the Family
Amoris Laetitia – ch 4 - Love in Marriage
Amoris Laetitia – ch 5 – Love made Fruitfuol
Amoris Laetitia – ch 6 – Some Pastoral Perspectives
Amoris Laetitia – ch 7 – Towards a better education of children
Amoris Laetitia – ch 8 – Accompanying, discerning and integrating weaknwss
Amoris Laetitia – ch 9 – The Spirituality of Marriage and the Family
Beloved Amazon 1ª – A Social Dream
Beloved Amazon 2 - A Cultural Dream
Beloved Amazon 3 – An Ecological Dream
Beloved Amazon 4 - An Ecclesiastical Dream
Carnival
Conscience
Christ is Alive
Fatima, History of the Apparitiions
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 1 – Church and Family today
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 2 - God’s plan for the family
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 1 – family as a Community
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 2 – serving life and education
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 3 – mission of the family in society
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 4 - Family in the Church
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 4 Pastoral familiar
Football in Spain
Freedom
Grace and Justification
Haurietis aquas – devotion to the Sacred Heart by Pius XII
Holidays and Holy Days
Holy Spirit
Holy Week – drawings for children
Holy Week – glmjpses of the last hours of JC
Human Community
Inauguration of President Donald Trump
Juno explores Jupiter
Kingdom of Christ
Laudato si 1 – care for the common home
Laudato si 2 – Gospel of creation
Laudato si 3 – Human roots of the ecological crisis
Laudato si 4 – integral ecology
Laudato si 5 – lines of approach and action
Laudato si 6 – Education y Ecological Spirituality
Life in Christ
Love and Marriage 12,3,4,5,6,7,8,9
Lumen Fidei – ch 1,2,3,4
Mary – Doctrine and dogmas
Mary in the bible
Martyrs of North America and Canada
Medjugore Santuario Mariano
Merit and Holiness
Misericordiae Vultus in English
Moral Law
Morality of Human Acts
Passions
Pope Franciss in Thailand
Pope Francis in Japan
Pope Francis in Sweden
Pope Francis in Hungary, Slovaquia
Pope Francis in America
Pope Francis in the WYD in Poland 2016
Passions
Querida Amazonia
Resurrection of Jesus Christ –according to the Gospels
Russian Revolution and Communismo 3 civil war 1918.1921
Russian Revolution and Communism 1
Russian Revolution and Communismo 2
Saint Agatha, virgin and martyr
Saint Albert the Great
Saint Anthony of Padua
Saint Francis de Sales
Saint Francis of Assisi
Saint Ignatius of Loyola
Saint James, apostle
Saint John N. Neumann, bishop of Philadelphia
Saint Joseph
Saint Maria Goretti
Saint Mary Magdalen
Saint Mark, evangelist
Saint Martha, Mary and Lazarus
Saint Martin of Tours
Saint Maximilian Kolbe
Saint Mother Theresa of Calcutta
Saints Nazario and Celso
Saint John Chrysostom
Saint Jean Baptiste MarieaVianney, Curé of Ars
Saint John N. Neumann, bishop of Philadelphia
Saint John of the Cross
Saint Mother Teresa of Calcuta
Saint Patrick and Ireland
Saing Peter Claver
Saint Robert Bellarmine
Saints Zachary and Elizabeth, parents of John Baptis
Signs of hope
Sunday – day of the Lord
Thanksgiving – History and Customs
The Body, the cult – (Eucharist)
The Chursh, Mother and Teacher
Valentine
Vocation to Beatitude
Virgin of Guadalupe – Apparitions
Virgin of the Pillar and Hispaniic feast day
Virgin of Sheshan, China
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WMoFamilies Rome 2022 – festval of families
Way of the Cross – drawings for children
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50. LISTA DE PRESENTACIONES EN ESPAÑOL
Revisado 27-6-2022
Abuelos
Adviento y Navidad, tiempo de esperanza
Amor y Matrimonio 1 - 9
Amoris Laetitia – ch 1 – A la luz de la Palabre
Amoris Laetitia – ch 2 – Realidad y Desafíos de las Familias
Amoris Laetitia – ch 3 La mirada puesta en Jesús: Vocación de la Familia
Amoris Laetitia – ch 4 - El Amor en el Matrimonio
Amoris Laetitia – ch 5 – Amor que se vuelve fecundo
Amoris Laetitia – ch 6 – Algunas Perspectivas Pastorales
Amoris Laetitia – ch 7 – Fortalecer la educacion de los hijos
Amoris Laetitia – ch 8 – Acompañar, discernir e integrar la fragilidad
Amoris Laetitia – ch 9 – Espiritualidad Matrimonial y Familiar
Carnaval
Conciencia
Cristo Vive
Dia de todos los difuntos
Domingo – día del Señor
El camino de la cruz de JC en dibujos para niños
El Cuerpo, el culto – (eucarisía)
Encuentro Mundial de Familias Roma 2022 – festival de las familias
Espíritu Santo
Fatima – Historia de las apariciones
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 1 – iglesia y familia hoy
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 2 - el plan de Dios para la familia
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 1 – familia como comunidad
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 2 – servicio a la vida y educación
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 3 – misión de la familia en la sociedad
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 4 - participación de la familia en la iglesia
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 4 Pastoral familiar
Fátima – Historia de las Apariciones de la Virgen
Feria de Sevilla
Haurietis aquas – el culto al Sagrado Corazón
Hermandades y cofradías
Hispanidad
La Iglesia, Madre y Maestra
La Comunidad Humana
La Vida en Cristo
Laudato si 1 – cuidado del hogar común
Laudato si 2 – evangelio de creación
Laudato si 3 – La raíz de la crisis ecológica
Laudato si 4 – ecología integral
Laudato si 5 – líneas de acción
Laudato si 6 – Educación y Espiritualidad Ecológica
Ley Moral
Libertad
Lumen Fidei – cap 1,2,3,4
María y la Biblia
Martires de Nor America y Canada
Medjugore peregrinación
Misericordiae Vultus en Español
Moralidad de actos humanos
Pasiones
Papa Francisco en Bulgaria
Papa Francisco en Rumania
Papa Francisco en Marruecos
Papa Francisco en México
Papa Francisco – mensaje para la Jornada Mundial Juventud 2016
Papa Francisco – visita a Chile
Papa Francisco – visita a Perú
Papa Francisco en Colombia 1 + 2
Papa Francisco en Cuba
Papa Francisco en Fátima
Papa Francisco en la JMJ 2016 – Polonia
Papa Francisco en Hugaría e Eslovaquia
Queridas Amazoznia 1,2,3,4
El Reino de Cristo
Resurrección de Jesucristo – según los Evangelios
Revolución Rusa y Comunismo 1, 2, 3
Santa Agata, virgen y martir
San Alberto Magno
San Antonio de Padua
San Francisco de Asis 1,2,3,4
San Francisco de Sales
Santa Maria Goretti
Santa María Magdalena
San Marco, evangelista
San Ignacio de Loyola
San José, obrero, marido, padre
San Juan Ma Vianney, Curé de’Ars
San Juan Crisostom
San Juan de la Cruz
San Juan N. Neumann, obispo de Philadelphia
San Martin de Tours
San Maximiliano Kolbe
Santa Teresa de Calcuta
Santos Marta, Maria, y Lazaro
San Nazario e Celso
San Padre Pio de Pietralcina
San Patricio e Irlanda
San Pedro Claver
San Roberto Belarmino
Santiago Apóstol
Santos Zacarias e Isabel, padres de Juan Bautista
Semana santa – Vistas de las últimas horas de JC
Vacaciones Cristianas
Valentín
Vida en Cristo
Virgen de Guadalupe, Mexico
Virgen de Pilar – fiesta de la hispanidad
Virgen de Sheshan, China
Virtud
Vocación a la bienaventuranza
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Vocación a evangelizar
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