Community Quotes by Pope Francis

Division within a Christian community is a very grave sin; it is the work of the devil.

— Pope Francis

A society which abandons children and the elderly severs its roots and darkens its future.

— Pope Francis

May every Church and Christian community be a place of mercy amid so much indifference.

— Pope Francis

The family is a community of love where each of us learns to relate to others and to the world around us.

— Pope Francis

A fundamental role in the renewal of society is played, of course, by the family and especially by young people.

— Pope Francis

We cannot keep ourselves shut up in parishes, in our communities, when so many people are waiting for the Gospel!

— Pope Francis

The Family is the salt of the earth and the light of the world, it is the leaven of society.

— Pope Francis

Every threat to the family is a threat to society itself.

— Pope Francis

The Church is or should go back to being a community of God's people, and priests, pastors and bishops, who have the…

— Pope Francis

The measure of the greatness of a society is found in the way it treats those most in need, those who have…

— Pope Francis

We Christians identify Christ with the sun, and the moon with the Church, the community of the faithful. No one, save Jesus…

— Pope Francis

...when food is shared in a fair way, with solidarity, when no one is deprived, every community can meet the needs of…

— Pope Francis

Do we open ourselves to the Holy Spirit, so as to be an active part of our communities, or do we close…

— Pope Francis

The family remains the basic unit of society and the first school in which children learn the human, spiritual and moral values…

— Pope Francis

Be present to those who, living in the midst of a society burdened by poverty and corruption, are broken in spirit, tempted…

— Pope Francis

You may be poor yourselves in material ways, but you have an abundance of gifts to offer when you offer Christ and…

— Pope Francis

[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

Today, we need a Church capable of walking at people's side, of doing more than simply listening to them… At times we…

— Pope Francis

The annual World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation will offer individual believers and communities a fitting opportunity to reaffirm…

— Pope Francis

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

We have begun a throw away culture. This tendency is seen on the level of individuals and whole societies; and it is…

— Pope Francis

Religious freedom certainly means the right to worship God, individually and in community, as our consciences dictate. But religious liberty, by its…

— Pope Francis

No one is saved alone, as an isolated individual, but God attracts us looking at the complex web of relationships that take…

— Pope Francis

May this colloquium be an inspiration to all who seek to support and strengthen the union of man and woman in marriage…

— Pope Francis

If the seminary is too large, it ought to be divided into smaller communities with formators who are equipped really to accompany…

— Pope Francis

The family is where we are formed as people. Every family is a brick in the building of society

— Pope Francis

It is important to integrate immigrants into society and to welcome them in the church community

— Pope Francis

Dear brothers and sisters, the Church loves you! Be an active presence in the community, as living cells, as living stones.

— Pope Francis

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

Each individual Christian and every community is called to be an instrument of God for the liberation and promotion of the poor.

— Pope Francis

The family is the most important wealth of a nation. May we endeavor to defend and strengthen the foundation of society.

— Pope Francis

Any Church community, if it thinks it can comfortably go its own way without creative concern and effective cooperation in helping the…

— Pope Francis

It means caring for one another in our families: husbands and wives first protect one another, and then, as parents, they care…

— Pope Francis

Above all I ask leaders and legislators and the entire international community above all to confront the reality of those who have…

— Pope Francis

Politics is noble; it is one of the highest forms of charity, as Paul VI used to say. We sully it when…

— Pope Francis

The Bishops of the Philippines have asked that this year be set aside as the ‘Year of the Poor.’ I hope that…

— Pope Francis

The first reform must be the attitude. The ministers of the Gospel must be people who can warm the hearts of the…

— Pope Francis

I entered the diocesan seminary. I liked the Dominicans, and I had Dominican friends. But then I chose the Society of Jesus,…

— Pope Francis

We are called to reach out to those who find themselves in the existential peripheries of our societies and to show particular…

— Pope Francis

Now, at the end of my visit to the Philippines, I commend you to Him, to Jesus who came among us as…

— Pope Francis