Being a Christian is not just about following commandments: it is about letting Christ take possession of our lives and transform them. — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Do not be content to live a mediocre Christian life: walk with determination along the path of holiness. — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Holiness doesn't mean doing extraordinary things, but doing ordinary things with love and faith. — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Accept the risen Jesus into your life. Even if you have been far away, take a small step towards Him. He awaits… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
“If the Christian is a restorationist, a legalist, if he wants everything clear and safe, then he will find” — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
A Christian who does not pray for those who govern is not a good Christian. — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Christians must respond to evil with good, taking the cross upon themselves as Jesus did — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
There is no such thing as low-cost Christianity. Following Jesus means swimming against the tide, renouncing evil and selfishness — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Christian hope is not a ghost and it does not deceive. It is a theological virtue and therefore, ultimately, a gift from… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
We Christians identify Christ with the sun, and the moon with the Church, the community of the faithful. No one, save Jesus… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
How many Christians live for appearances? Their life seems like a soap bubble. The soap bubble is beautiful, with all its colours!… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
And with a little sense of humor we can say that there are Christian bats who prefer the shadows to the light… — 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
As Christians, our duty is to pray for them and ask the Lord to give them the grace of penance, so that… — 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
The parish is the presence of the Church in any given territory, an environment for hearing God's word, for growth in Christian… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
For every Christian, the proclamation and witnessing of the Gospel are never an isolated act. This is important. For every Christian the… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
When exhaling this air, we announced Jesus Christ risen by the same Spirit. No one can live without breathing. It is the… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
... the Christian is a person who remembers: ... He continually says to the Lord: 'Yes, I want the commandments, I want… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
To be good Christians you have to contemplate the suffering humanity of Jesus. "How can we bear witness? Contemplate Jesus. How can… — 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
Let us never give in to pessimism, to that bitterness that the devil offers us every day. Do not give in to… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
“It is so very sad to find a worldly Christian who is sure—according to him or her—of that security that the faith… — 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
If we don't learn how to cry, we can't be good Christians. This is a challenge. Don't be frightened of crying. — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Our Christian witness is authentic when it is faithful and unconditional. — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Being a Christian means renouncing ourselves, taking up the cross and carrying it with Jesus. There is no other way. — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
A Christian brings peace to others. Not only peace, but also love, kindness, faithfulness and joy. — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
We learn many virtues in our Christian families. Above all, we learn to love, asking nothing in return. — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Every time we judge our brother in our hearts or worse when we speak badly of them with others, we are murdering… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Sometimes it is possible to live without knowing our neighbours: this is not Christian — 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
From the Cross, Christ teaches us to love even those who do not love us. — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
We cannot take a step in our Christian life without the help of the Lord, because we are weak. — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Christian love is loving without counting the cost. This is the lesson of the Good Samaritan; this is the lesson of Jesus. — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
If we live the faith in our daily life, then our work too becomes a chance to spread the joy of being… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
The Christian family is missionary: it announces the love of God to the world. — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Our mission as Christians is to conform ourselves evermore to Jesus as the model of our lives. — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
A person who thinks only about building walls, wherever they may be - and not building bridges - is not Christian. — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
It is not enough to say we are Christians. We must live the faith, not only with our words, but with our… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
God’s faithfulness is stronger than our unfaithfulness and our infidelities. — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Have the courage to go against the tide of current values that do not conform to the path of Jesus. — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
“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 Image
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 Image
Listen to Jesus and follow him. That's the message of the Transfiguration. — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
