Christ comes among us at Christmas: it is the perfect time for a personal encounter with the Lord. — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
In the difficult moments of life, Christians can turn to the Mother of God and find protection and care. — 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
In the roughest moments, remember: God is our Father; God does not abandon his children. — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
God asks everything of us, yet at the same time he offers everything to us. — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Lent is a time of grace, a time to convert and live out our baptism fully. — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
May the Lord bless the family and strengthen it in this moment of crisis — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
“But I am telling you: I would prefer a thousand times over a bruised Church to an ill Church!” — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Accompanying the people in their growth through good times and also through their difficulties, accompanying people in their joy and in their… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
“God manifests himself in historical revelation, in history. Time initiates processes, and space crystallizes them. God is in history, in the processes.” — 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
Human trafficking is a scourge, a crime against the whole of humanity. It is time to join forces and work together to… — 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
I invite all Christians, everywhere, at this very moment, to a renewed personal encounter with Jesus Christ, or at least an openness… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
They are our future, and we must have a dialogue. This dialogue between the past and the future is important. Because of… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Once man has lost the fundamental orientation which unifies his existence, he breaks down into the multiplicity of his desires; in refusing… — 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
How I wish that all men and women of good will would look to the Cross if only for a moment! There,… — 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
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
Those who today always look for disciplinarian solutions, those who long for an exaggerated doctrinal 'security,' those who stubbornly try to recover… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Without prolonged moments of adoration, of prayerful encounter with the word, of sincere conversation with the Lord, our work easily becomes meaningless;… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
“things do not look that serious, and the planet could continue as it is for some time. Such evasiveness serves as a… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
...we must also acknowledge that the majority of the men and women of our time continue to live daily in situations of… — 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
Our life is made up of time, and time is a gift from God, so it is important that it be used… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
If Jesus is to become the center of our life, we need to spend time in His presence, before the Tabernacle. — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
How many solutions are found to family problems if we take time to reflect? If we think of a husband or wife… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
In the moment of hardship, we ask why some things happen. In those moments of suffering, questioning prayers that do not ask… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
If we want security, let us give security; if we want life, let us give life; if we want opportunities, let us… — 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
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
I think the church has to apologize not only to the gay person it has offended, but also to the poor, to… — 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
Do not lose hope; St. Joseph also experienced moments of difficulty, but he never lost faith and was able to overcome them,… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Because ALWAYS, even in the darkest moments, in moments of sin, in moments of weakness, in moments of failure, I have seen… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
To use a telling phrase of the Reverend Martin Luther King, we can say that we have defaulted on a promissory note… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
We cannot insist only on issues related to abortion, gay marriage and the use of contraceptive methods. The teaching of the church… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Another very interesting chapter is the education of children: the victims of problems of the family are the children. The children. Even… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
At this time of crisis we cannot be concerned solely with ourselves, withdrawing into loneliness, discouragement and a sense of powerlessness in… — 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
