To live as true children of God means to love our neighbour and to be close to those who are lonely and… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
To be friends with God means to pray with simplicity, like children talking to their parents. — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Wars shatter so many lives. I think especially of children robbed of their childhood. — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
The victims of problems of the family are the children. The children. Even of problems that neither husband nor wife have a… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Consumerism has brought us anxiety. Set aside time to play with your children, and turn off the TV when they sit down… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
If in so many parts of the world there are children who have nothing to eat, that's not news, it seems normal.… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
In the roughest moments, remember: God is our Father; God does not abandon his children. — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
If we act like children of God, knowing that he loves us, our lives will be made new, filled with serenity and… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
A poverty learned with the humble, the poor, the sick and all those who are on the existential outskirts of life. A… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
To be a mother is a great treasure. Mothers, in their unconditional and sacrificial love for their children, are the antidote to… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
The key phrase used by the synod, which I'll take up again, is 'integrate' in the life of the Church the wounded… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Every economic...acti on must set about providing each inhabitant of the planet with the minimum wherewithal to live in dignity and freedom,… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
There are some things we really need to take care of: the children, and grandparents. Children, whether they are young or older,… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
It is the attitude of some leaders of God's people; they continually scold others, hurl reproaches at them, tell them to be… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
I had an experience of knowing the Polish people when I was a child, and where my father worked many Poles came… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
It means protecting people, showing loving concern for each and every person, especially children, the elderly, those in need, who are often… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
I would like to ask you all to see a ray of hope as well in the eyes and hearts of refugees… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Every child who, rather than being born, is condemned unjustly to being aborted, bears the face of Jesus Christ, bears the face… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Unfortunately, what is thrown away is not only food and dispensable objects, but often human beings themselves, who are discarded as 'unnecessary.'… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
In your school you take part in various activities that habituate you not to shut yourselves in on yourselves or in your… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Being Christian is not just obeying orders but means being in Christ, thinking like him, acting like him, loving like him; it… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
All religions are true, because they are true in the hearts of all those who believe in them. What other kind of… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Dear Brothers and Sisters, Never resort to war! Never war! Above all, I think of all the children who are robbed of… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
The times talk to us of so much poverty in the world and this is a scandal. Poverty in the world is… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Today Saint Paul has told us that in Christ we have become God’s adopted children, brothers and sisters in Christ. This is… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
A population that does not take care of the elderly and of children and the young has no future, because it abuses… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Poverty calls us to sow hope… Poverty is the flesh of the poor Jesus, in that child who is hungry, in the… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
May all people here find inspiration and strength to build a future of reconciliation, justice and peace for all the children of… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
May we learn to say “thank you” to God and to one another. We teach children to do it, and then we… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
The Son of God became incarnate in the souls of men to instill the feeling of brotherhood. All are brothers and all… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
God never closes off horizons; He is never unconcerned about the lives and sufferings of His children. God never allows Himself to… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
I have heard it said that families with many children and high birth rates are among the cause of poverty. It seems… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
It means caring for one another in our families: husbands and wives first protect one another, and then, as parents, they care… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
It hurts me when I see a priest or a nun with the latest model car, you can't do this. A car… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
In our ecclesiastical region there are priests who don't baptize the children of single mothers because they weren't conceived in the sanctity… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Fathers are so necessary as examples and guides for our children in wisdom and virtue. Without father figures, young people often feel… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Let us pray to the Lord and ask him to protect the family in the crisis with which the devil wants to… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
He saw the threat of the family being destroyed by not being open to life or children. Paul VI was brave. He… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Today, the news is scandals; that is news, but the many children who don't have food - that's not news. This is… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
On a positive note, we must reaffirm the right of children to grow up in a family with a father and a… — 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
