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
Love is more powerful, love gives life, love makes hope blossom in the wilderness. — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Every time we give in to selfishness and say “No” to God, we spoil his loving plan for us. — 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
Let us not close our hearts, let us not lose confidence, let us never give up. — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
The great biblical tradition enjoins on all peoples the duty to hear the voice of the poor. It bids us break the… — 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
Let us not close our hearts, let us not lose confidence, let us never give up: there are no situations which God… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
We face so many challenges in life: poverty, distress, humiliation, the struggle for justice, persecutions, the difficulty of daily conversion, the effort… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Let us thank all those who teach in Catholic schools. Educating is an act of love; it is like giving life. — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
We are living in a time of many wars. The call for peace must be shouted. Peace sometimes gives the impression of… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Each encounter with Jesus fills us with joy, with that deep joy which only God can give. — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
This may sound like heresy, but it is the greatest truth! It is more difficult to let God love us, than to… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
I say only that this man [Donald Trump] is not Christian if he has said things like that [about wall]. We must… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
When we give help to the poor, we are not doing the work of aid agencies 'in a Christian way'. Those are… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Life is a precious gift, but we realize this only when we give it to others. — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
To be prophets, in particular, by demonstrating how Jesus lived on this earth, and to proclaim how the kingdom of God will… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
If the seminary is too large, it ought to be divided into smaller communities with formators who are equipped really to accompany… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Tell me, when you give alms do you look into the eyes of the man or woman to whom you give alms?… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Brothers and sisters, good evening. You all know that the duty of the conclave was to give a bishop to Rome. It… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Giving primacy to God means having the courage to say ‘no’ to evil, ‘no’ to violence, ‘no’ to oppression, to live a… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
And now I would like to give the blessing, but first - first I ask a favor of you: before the Bishop… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
The disciple of Jesus gives up all he has, all his goods, because he has found in him the greatest Good from… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
We must recover the whole sense of gift, of gratuitousness, of solidarity. Rampant capitalism has taught the logic of profit at all… — 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