All Catholics must ask themselves what they personally have done lately to build up the holiness of the church and ensure people… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
The people that does not care for its children or grandparents is a people that has not future. Because it doesn't have… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Peace is handcrafted. It is made every day. Also friendship among people, mutual knowledge, esteem, is handcrafted. It's made every day. Respect… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
I would like to say something just about the Mexican people. It is a population that has a wealth, such great wealth,… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Religion has the right to express its opinion in the service of the people, but God in creation has set us free:… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
I recognize that globalization has helped many people rise out of poverty, but it has also damned many others to starve to… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
There are people who are afraid to go to confession, forgetting that they will not encounter a severe judge there, but the… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
This is ideological colonization. They colonize people with ideas that try to change mentalities or structures, but this is not new. This… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Don't be afraid to go against the current, when they want to steal our hope, when they propose rotten values to us,… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
The Mexican people, you cannot explain this wealth, this history, this joy, the capacity to celebrate amid these tragedies that you have… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
American Catholics are committed to building a society which is truly tolerant and inclusive, to safeguarding the rights of individuals and communities,… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Every man, every woman who has to take up the service of government, must ask themselves two questions: 'Do I love my… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
The great challenge facing us today is to learn once again how to talk to one another, not simply how to generate… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
In mission, also on a continental level, it is very important to reaffirm the family, which remains the essential cell of society… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
How many people worldwide are victims of this type of slavery, in which the person is at the service of his or… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
I think we too are the people who, on the one hand, want to listen to Jesus, but on the other hand,… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
To all people of good will who are working for social justice: never tire of working for a more just world, marked… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
This is important: to get to know people, listen, expand the circle of ideas. The world is crisscrossed by roads that come… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
I tell priests to flee from clericalism because clericalism distances people. May they flee from clericalism and I add: it's a plague… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Before God and his people I express my sorrow for the sins and grave crimes of clerical sexual abuse committed against you.… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Together with a culture of work, there must be a culture of leisure as gratification. To put it another way: people who… — 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
People have to struggle to live and, frequently, to live in an undignified way. One cause of this situation, in my opinion,… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
It would be nice if you as journalists - there are some books that explain the painting [ of Guadalupe] what it… — 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
Dear young people, Jesus gives us life, life in abundance. If we are close to him we will have joy in our… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
I want to see the church get closer to the people. I want to get rid of clericalism, the mundane, this closing… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Whenever people listen to one another humbly and openly, their shared values and aspirations become all the more apparent. Diversity is no… — 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
Today, in Mexico, they speak 65 languages, counting the indigenous languages, 65. It is a people of great faith. They have also… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
I want to say one word to you and this word is “Joy”. Wherever there are consecrated people, seminarians, men and women… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
We have so much information but maybe we don’t know what to do with that information. So we run the risk of… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
How beautiful it is to see that young people are 'street preachers,' joyfully bringing Jesus to every street, every town square and… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
If someone is gay and is searching for the Lord and has good will, then who am I to judge him?... No… — 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
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
We are in front of a global scandal of around one billion - one billion people who still suffer from hunger today.… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
The security of faith does not make us motionless or close us off, but sends us forth to bear witness and to… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
This visit is meant to express my closeness to our brothers and sisters who endured the suffering, loss and devastation caused by… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Youth Ministry, as traditionally organized, has also suffered the impact of social changes. Young people often fail to find responses to their… — 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
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