Christ’s love and friendship are no illusion. On the Cross Jesus showed how real they are. — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
The Pope loves everyone, rich and poor alike, but the Pope has the duty, in Christ's name, to remind the rich to… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
We must learn from Mary, and we must imitate her unconditional readiness to receive Christ in her life. — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
You may be poor yourselves in material ways, but you have an abundance of gifts to offer when you offer Christ and… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Sometimes we are saddened by the weight of our sins. May we not be discouraged. Christ has come to lift this burden… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Let us protect Christ in our lives, so that we can protect others, so that we can protect creation! — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Dear young people, you have many plans and dreams for the future. But, is Christ at the center of each of your… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
We proclaim the resurrection of Christ when his light illuminates the dark moments of our existence, and we are able share it… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Forgiveness is not a result of our efforts, but is a gift. It is a gift of the Holy Spirit who showers… — 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
I would like that all of us, after these days of grace, might have the courage - the courage - to walk… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
When we walk without the cross, when we build without the cross and when we proclaim Christ without the cross, we are… — 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
Certainly, possessions, money, and power can give a momentary thrill, the illusion of being happy, but they end up possessing us and… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
The Church in the Philippines is called to acknowledge and combat the causes of the deeply rooted inequality and injustice which mar… — 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
Dear friends, let us not forget the flesh of Christ which is in the flesh of refugees: their flesh is the flesh… — 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
Whoever does not pray to God, prays to the devil. When one does not profess Jesus Christ, one professes the worldliness of… — 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
If we take the poor away from the Gospel, we won't be able to understand the whole message of Jesus Christ. — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
May Christ the Savior give peace to Nigeria, where more blood is being shed and too many people are unjustly deprived of… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
We ask the risen Jesus, who turns death into life, to change hatred into love, vengeance into forgiveness, war into peace. Yes,… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
May both of them [Saint John XXIII and Saint John Paul II] teach us not to be scandalized by the wounds of… — 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
Poverty that is learned with the humble, the poor, the sick and all those who are on the existential peripheries of life.… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
A Church without women is like the college of the Apostles without Mary... Our Lady is more important than the Apostles! She… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Our faith in Christ, who became poor, and was always close to the poor and the outcast, is the basis of our… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
The Holy Spirit is a great worker, not a 'trade unionist.' He is a great worker, and He works in us, always.… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
A Christian is one who is invited... to join in the feast, to the joy of being saved, to the joy of… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
An evangelizing community gets involved in word and deed in people’s daily lives; it bridges distances, it is willing to abase itself… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Being Christian without the Church doesn't make sense. That's why the great Paul VI, said that the most absurd dichotomy is loving… — 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