A Senate vote on gay marriage is a destructive pretension against the plan of God — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
A friendship with a woman is not a sin. (It's) a friendship. A romantic relationship with a woman who is not your… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
We now live in a culture of the temporary, in which more and more people are simply giving up on marriage as… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
If we learn to say we're sorry and ask forgiveness, the marriage will last. — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Dear young people, don't be afraid to marry. A faithful and fruitful marriage will bring you happiness. — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
The victims of problems of the family are the children. The children. Even of problems that neither husband nor wife have a… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Proclaim the beauty and truth of the Christian message to a society which is tangent by confusing presentations of sexuality, marriage and… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
When I was a seminarian, I was dazzled by a girl I met at an uncle's wedding. I was surprised by her… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
A church without women would be like the apostolic college without Mary. The Madonna is more important than the apostles, and the… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
It might be better - more comfortable - to have a dog and two cats. All the love is focused on the… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Marriage now tends to be viewed as a form of mere emotional satisfaction that can be constructed in any way or modified… — 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
This is what marriage is all about - Man and woman walking together, wherein the husband helps his wife to become ever… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Preparation for marriage is very important. It's very, very important because I believe it is something that in the Church, in common… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Allow me to draw your attention to the value and beauty of marriage. The complementarity of man and woman, the vertex of… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Not so much anymore but some years ago in my homeland there was a habit, something called 'casamiento de apuro,' a marriage… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Imagine, to become a priest there are eight years of study and preparation, and then if after a while you can't do… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Today, there are those who say that marriage is out of fashion... They say that it is not worth making a life-long… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
The perfect family doesn't exist, nor is there a perfect husband or a perfect wife, and let's not talk about the perfect… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
The family is threatened by growing efforts on the part of some to redefine the very institution of marriage, by relativism, by… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
We cannot insist only on issues related to abortion, gay marriage and the use of contraceptive methods. The teaching of the church… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
It is normal for husband and wife to argue: it's normal. It always happens. But my advice is this: never let the… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Fundamental relationships are being called into question, as is the very basis of marriage and the family. I can only reiterate the… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
How many solutions are found to family problems if we take time to reflect? If we think of a husband or wife… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
The Church, in her wisdom, maintains the distinction between engaged and married couples -- they are not the same, today's culture and… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
We cannot insist only on issues related to abortion, gay marriage and the use of contraceptive methods. The teaching of the church,… — 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 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
In our ecclesiastical region there are priests who don't baptize the children of single mothers because they weren't conceived in the sanctity… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
God’s faithfulness is stronger than our unfaithfulness and our infidelities. — Pope Francis Copy Share
Have the courage to go against the tide of current values that do not conform to the path of Jesus. — Pope Francis Copy Share
“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
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
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
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
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
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
I entrust this Twenty-second World Day of the Sick to the intercession of Mary. I ask her to help the sick to bear their… — Pope Francis Copy Share
Certain realities in life are only seen through eyes that are cleansed through our tears. Let us learn how to weep — Pope Francis Copy Share
