I think both freedom of religion and freedom of expression are both fundamental human rights, everyone has not only the freedom and… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
I don't know if human activity is the only cause, but mostly, in great part, it is man who has slapped nature… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
While new rights are attributed to or indeed almost presumed by the individual, life is not always protected as the primary value… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
All political activity must serve and promote the good of the human person and be based on respect for his or her… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Sometimes we are tempted to be that kind of Christian who keeps the Lord’s wounds at arm’s length. Yet Jesus wants us… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Once capital becomes an idol and guides people's decisions, once greed for money presides over the entire socioeconomic system, it ruins society,… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
We become fully human when we become more than human, when we let God bring us beyond ourselves. — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Not only would I say that the family is important for the evangelization of the new world. The family is important, and… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
It is God who gives life. Let us respect and love human life, especially vulnerable life in a mother's womb. — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Religious fundamentalism, even before it eliminates human beings by perpetrating horrendous killings, eliminates God himself, turning him into a mere ideological pretext. — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Human trafficking is an open wound on the body of contemporary society, a scourge upon the body of Christ...It is a crime… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
You might say, 'Can't we have a more human Christianity, without the cross, without Jesus, without stripping ourselves?' In this way we'd… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Thank God [Donald Trump] said I was a politician because Aristotle defined the human person as 'animal politicus.' At least I am… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Don't confuse the evil of avoiding pregnancy by itself, with abortion. Abortion is not a theological problem, it is a human problem,… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Human life must always be defended from its beginning in the womb and must be recognised as a gift of God that… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
The Church is likewise conscious of the responsibility which all of us have for our world, for the whole of creation, which… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
[Abortion] is an evil in and of itself, but it is not a religious evil in the beginning, no, it's a human… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Human life, the person is no longer perceived as a primary value to be respected and protected, especially if poor or disabled,… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
We human beings are not only the beneficiaries but also the stewards of other creatures. Thanks to our bodies, God has joined… — 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
Human rights are not only violated by terrorism, repression or assassination, but also by unfair economic structures that creates huge inequalities. — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
A small step, in the midst of great human limitations, can be more pleasing to God than a life which appears outwardly… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
I have a dogmatic certainty: God is in every person's life. God is in everyone's life. Even if the life of a… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
A way has to be found to enable everyone to benefit from the fruits of the earth, and not simply to close… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
In a world like this, media can help us to feel closer to one another, creating a sense of unity of the… — 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