The family remains the basic unit of society and the first school in which children learn the human, spiritual and moral values… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Christian marriage is that sacrament which builds up the community of the Church and of society. Marriage has been inscribed in creation's… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
It is important to integrate immigrants into society and to welcome them in the church community — 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
I entered the diocesan seminary. I liked the Dominicans, and I had Dominican friends. But then I chose the Society of Jesus,… — 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
And there is this fact of the twelve baskets: why twelve? What does it mean? Twelve is the number of the tribes… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
We cannot keep ourselves shut up in parishes, in our communities, when so many people are waiting for the Gospel! — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
No one is saved alone, as an isolated individual, but God attracts us looking at the complex web of relationships that take… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
May this colloquium be an inspiration to all who seek to support and strengthen the union of man and woman in marriage… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Let us not grow tired of knocking at God's door. Let us go to the heart of God through Mary, our whole… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
A society which abandons children and the elderly severs its roots and darkens its future. — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
The Family is the salt of the earth and the light of the world, it is the leaven of society. — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
The measure of the greatness of a society is found in the way it treats those most in need, those who have… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Any Church community, if it thinks it can comfortably go its own way without creative concern and effective cooperation in helping the… — 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
Each individual Christian and every community is called to be an instrument of God for the liberation and promotion of the poor. — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
We have begun a throw away culture. This tendency is seen on the level of individuals and whole societies; and it is… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Now, at the end of my visit to the Philippines, I commend you to Him, to Jesus who came among us as… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
We are called to reach out to those who find themselves in the existential peripheries of our societies and to show particular… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
A fundamental role in the renewal of society is played, of course, by the family and especially by young people. — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
[T]he "home" represents the most precious human treasures, that of encounter, that of relations among people, different in age, culture and history,… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Dear brothers and sisters, the Church loves you! Be an active presence in the community, as living cells, as living stones. — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Religious freedom certainly means the right to worship God, individually and in community, as our consciences dictate. But religious liberty, by its… — 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