To be an ambassador for Christ means to invite everyone to a personal encounter with Jesus — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
The love of God is not something vague or generic; the love of God has a name and a face: Jesus Christ. — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
I have neither silver nor gold, but I bring with me the most precious thing given to me: Jesus Christ. — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
We could also say that there is only one real kind of poverty: not living as children of God and brothers and… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
The Eucharist is essential for us: it is Christ who wishes to enter our lives and fill us with his grace. — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Our deepest joy comes from Christ: remaining with him, walking with him, being his disciples. — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Among our tasks as witnesses to the love of Christ is that of giving a voice to the cry of the poor. — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
The Gospel, radiant with the glory of Christ’s cross, constantly invites us to rejoice. — 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
Money must serve, not rule! The Pope loves everyone, rich and poor alike, but he is obliged in the name of Christ… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Many of you have asked the Lord, looking at Him: Why, Lord? And the Lord answers to each one of you, to… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Are we capable of bringing the word of God into the environment in which we live? Do we know how to speak… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
The cross of Christ, embraced with love, never brings sadness with it, but joy, the joy of being saved and of doing… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
You cannot be a conscious Christian without St. Paul. He translated the teachings of Christ into a doctrinal structure that, even with… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
You have a specific and important mission, that of keeping alive the relationship between the faith and the cultures of the peoples… — 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 Cross of Christ bears the suffering and the sin of mankind, including our own. Jesus accepts all this with open arms,… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Holy Week challenges us to step outside ourselves so as to attend to the needs of others: those who long for a… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Let Christ turn your natural optimism into Christian hope, your energy into moral virtue, your good will into genuine self-sacrificin g love!… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Jesus Christ conferred power upon Peter, but what sort of power was it? Jesus’ three questions to Peter about love are followed… — 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
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 revealed truths derive from the same divine source and are to be believed with the same faith, yet some of them… — 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
Christians are those who let God clothe them with goodness and mercy, with Christ, so as to become, like Christ, servants of… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
That is why the center of our faith isn't just a book, but a history of Salvation, and above all, it's about… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
We cannot give up in the face of evil. God is Love and he has defeated evil through Christ’s death and resurrection. — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Support your priests with your love and prayers, that they may always be shepherds after Christ’s heart — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
We cannot be Christians part-time. If Christ is at the center of our lives, he is present in all that we do. — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
The Lord has redeemed all of us, all of us, with the blood of Christ: all of us, not just Catholics. Everyone!… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Our life must be centred on what is essential, on Jesus Christ. Everything else is secondary. — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
If we wish to follow Christ closely, we cannot choose an easy, quiet life. It will be a demanding life, but full… — 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
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
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
We must learn from Mary, and we must imitate her unconditional readiness to receive Christ in her life. — 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
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
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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