Essential to the attainment of these national goals is the moral imperative of ensuring social justice and respect for human dignity. The… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
People have to struggle to live and, frequently, to live in an undignified way. One cause of this situation, in my opinion,… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
How can it be that it is not a news item when an elderly homeless person dies of exposure, but it is… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
The worldwide financial and economic crisis seems to highlight their distortions and above all the gravely deficient human perspective, which reduces man… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Let us remember well, however, that whenever food is thrown out it is as if it were stolen from the table of… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
I think of the difficulties which, in various countries, today afflicts the world of work and business; I think of how many,… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
This happens today: if the investments in the banks fall slightly... a tragedy... what can be done? But if people die of… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
The Pope appeals for disinterested solidarity and for a return to person-centred ethics in the world of finance and economics. — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
When money, instead of man, is at the center of the system, when money becomes an idol, men and women are reduced… — 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
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
Today in many places we hear a call for greater security. But until exclusion and inequality in society and between peoples is… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
As long as the problems of the poor are not radically resolved by rejecting the absolute autonomy of markets and financial speculation… — 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
The Church encourages those in power to be truly at the service of the common good of their peoples. She urges financial… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
The Church in the Philippines is called to acknowledge and combat the causes of the deeply rooted inequality and injustice which mar… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
As long as the problems of the poor are not radically resolved by rejecting the absolute autonomy of markets and financial speculation… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Just as the commandment 'Thou shalt not kill' sets a clear limit in order to safeguard the value of human life, today… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
No one can remain insensitive to the inequalities that persist in the world ... the Brazilian people, particularly the humblest among you,… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
I recognize that globalization has helped many people rise out of poverty, but it has also damned many others to starve to… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
...these things become the norm: that some homeless people die of cold on the streets is not news. In contrast, a ten… — 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
