Miracles happen. But prayer is needed! Prayer that is courageous, struggling and persevering, not prayer that is a mere formality. — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Wars shatter so many lives. I think especially of children robbed of their childhood. — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
How powerful prayer is! May we never lose the courage to say: Lord, give us your peace. — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Dear young people, don't be afraid to marry. A faithful and fruitful marriage will bring you happiness. — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
The 'Church' is ... catholic because her communion embraces the whole human race. — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Christmas celebrations are often full of sound. It would be good for us to make room for silence, to hear the voice… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Let us learn from Christ how to pray, to forgive, to sow peace, and to be near those in need. — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Indifference towards those in need is not acceptable for a Christian. — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
A Christian who withdraws into himself, hiding all that the Lord has given him, is not a Christian! I would ask the… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Not all Muslims are violent, not all Catholics are violent. It is like a fruit salad; there's everything. There are violent persons… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
I believe in God - not in a Catholic God; there is no Catholic God. There is God, and I believe in… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
It makes no difference whether they be Catholics, Orthodox, Copts or Protestants. They are Christians! Their blood is one and the same.… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
The one thing that the Catholic Church desires, and that I seek as Bishop of Rome, “the Church which presides in charity”,… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Since many of you do not belong to the Catholic Church and others are non-believers, from the bottom of my heart I… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
The blood of our Christian brothers is a witness that cries out..If they are Catholic, Orthodox, Copts, Lutherans, it is not important… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
I know married Catholics in a second union who go to church, who go to church once or twice a year and… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
[Sviatoslav] Schevchuk, in the dogmatic part declares himself to be a son of the Church and in communion with the bishop of… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
I entered the diocesan seminary. I liked the Dominicans, and I had Dominican friends. But then I chose the Society of Jesus,… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Let us pray for all good and faithful priests who dedicate themselves to their people with generosity and unknown sacrifices. — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
If we live the faith in our daily life, then our work too becomes a chance to spread the joy of being… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
I don't live in the papal residence. I live in a simple apartment behind the Vatican gas station. — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Auschwitz cries out with the pain of immense suffering and pleads for a future of respect, peace and encounter among peoples. — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
God’s faithfulness is stronger than our unfaithfulness and our infidelities. — Pope Francis Copy Share
Have the courage to go against the tide of current values that do not conform to the path of Jesus. — Pope Francis Copy Share
“Most people nowadays would not consider love as related in any way to truth. Love is seen as an experience associated with the world… — Pope Francis Copy Share
The family remains the basic unit of society and the first school in which children learn the human, spiritual and moral values which enable… — Pope Francis Copy Share
I like to say that women are those who form life in their wombs - and this is a comparison I make - they… — Pope Francis Copy Share
I want to remind priests that the confessional must not be a torture chamber but rather an encounter with the Lord’s mercy which spurs… — Pope Francis Copy Share
To all people of good will who are working for social justice: never tire of working for a more just world, marked by greater… — Pope Francis Copy Share
In Confession, Jesus welcomes us with all our sinfulness, to give us a new heart, capable of loving as he loves. — Pope Francis Copy Share
I entrust this Twenty-second World Day of the Sick to the intercession of Mary. I ask her to help the sick to bear their… — Pope Francis Copy Share
Certain realities in life are only seen through eyes that are cleansed through our tears. Let us learn how to weep — Pope Francis Copy Share