These two criteria are like the pillars of true love: deeds, and the gift of self. — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
How marvellous it would be if, at the end of the day, each of us could say: today I have performed an… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Politics, according to the Social Doctrine of the Church, is one of the highest forms of charity, because it serves the common… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
There is so much indifference in the face of suffering. May we overcome indifference with concrete acts of charity. — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
True charity requires courage: Let us overcome the fear of getting our hands dirty so as to help those in need. — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
But you too, help one another: help one another always. One another. In this way, by helping one another, we will do… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Dear young people, put your talents at the service of the Gospel, with creativity and boundless charity. — 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
Charity, patience and tenderness are very beautiful gifts. If you have them, you want to share them with others. — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
To understand one another, and to grow in charity and truth, we need to pause, to accept and listen to one another.… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Politics is noble; it is one of the highest forms of charity, as Paul VI used to say. We sully it when… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Through prayer, charity and humility before God, people receive a heart which is firm and merciful, attentive and generous, a heart which… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
It is also painful to see that the struggle against hunger and malnutrition is hindered by market priorities, the primacy of profit,… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
In a word: charity cannot be neutral, antiseptic, indifferent, lukewarm or impartial! Charity is infectious, it excites, it risks and it engages!… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Lent is a fitting time for self-denial; we would do well to ask ourselves what we can give up in order to… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
The proclamation of the Gospel is destined primarily to the poor, to those who often lack the essentials for a decent life.… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
We must recover the whole sense of gift, of gratuitousness, of solidarity. Rampant capitalism has taught the logic of profit at all… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Giving primacy to God means having the courage to say ‘no’ to evil, ‘no’ to violence, ‘no’ to oppression, to live a… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Jesus wanted to show us his heart as the heart that loved so deeply. For this reason we have this commemoration today,… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
A God who draws near out of love, the Holy Father continued, walks with His people, and this walk comes to an… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
For us Christians, love of neighbour springs from love of God; and it is its most limpid expression. Here one tries to… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
"God is love". His is not a sentimental, emotional kind of love but the love of the Father who is the origin… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Prayer, humility, and charity toward all are essential in the Christian life: they are the way to holiness. — 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
