--- title: "8 Married Quotes By Pope Francis" description: "8 Married quotes by Pope Francis. Plus more from Pope Francis and more Married sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/225/pope-francis-85_christian_christian-marriage-is-that-sacrament-whi_41000.png" --- > [Christian marriage is that sacrament which builds up the community of the Church and of society. Marriage has been inscribed in creation's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-francis/christian-marriage-is-that-sacrament-which-builds-up-the-community-of/) [Pope Francis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-francis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/225/pope-francis-85_christian_christian-marriage-is-that-sacrament-whi_41000.png) > [Let us pray to the Lord and ask him to protect the family in the crisis with which the devil wants to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-francis/let-us-pray-to-the-lord-and-ask-him-to-protect-the-family-in-the/) [Pope Francis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-francis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/705/pope-francis-85_asks_let-us-pray-to-the-lord-and-ask-him-to-p_1012174.png) > [When I confess a couple who have kids, a married couple, I ask, 'how many children do you have?' Some get worried…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-francis/when-i-confess-a-couple-who-have-kids-a-married-couple-i-ask-how-many/) [Pope Francis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-francis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ce8/pope-francis-85_asks_when-i-confess-a-couple-who-have-kids-a_1013023.png) > [We need to reflect with great seriousness about why many young people don't feel like getting married... For fear of failure, many…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-francis/we-need-to-reflect-with-great-seriousness-about-why-many-young-people/) [Pope Francis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-francis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ae/pope-francis-85_argument_we-need-to-reflect-with-great-seriousnes_1681058.jpg) > [God's image is the married couple, a man and women, together. Not just the man. Not just the woman. No, both of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-francis/god-s-image-is-the-married-couple-a-man-and-women-together-not-just/) [Pope Francis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-francis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/979/pope-francis-85_couple_god-s-image-is-the-married-couple-a-man_2400411.png) > [I know married Catholics in a second union who go to church, who go to church once or twice a year and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-francis/i-know-married-catholics-in-a-second-union-who-go-to-church-who-go-to/) [Pope Francis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-francis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/16d/pope-francis-85_awards_i-know-married-catholics-in-a-second-uni_2497789.png) > [The Church, in her wisdom, maintains the distinction between engaged and married couples -- they are not the same, today's culture and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-francis/the-church-in-her-wisdom-maintains-the-distinction-between-engaged/) [Pope Francis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-francis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/108/pope-francis-85_church_the-church-in-her-wisdom-maintains-the-d_2565220.png) > [In the Western Church to which I belong, priests cannot be married as in the Byzantine, Ukrainian, Russian or Greek Catholic Churches.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-francis/in-the-western-church-to-which-i-belong-priests-cannot-be-married-as/) [Pope Francis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-francis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/243/pope-francis-85_being-married_in-the-western-church-to-which-i-belong_3039097.png) ## Other authors on Married ## More by Pope Francis > [God reveals Himself through surprises.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-francis/god-reveals-himself-through-surprises/) [Pope Francis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-francis/) > [God’s faithfulness is stronger than our unfaithfulness and our infidelities.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-francis/god-s-faithfulness-is-stronger-than-our-unfaithfulness-and-our/) [Pope Francis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-francis/) > [Have the courage to go against the tide of current values that do not conform to the path of Jesus.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-francis/have-the-courage-to-go-against-the-tide-of-current-values-that-do-not/) [Pope Francis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-francis/) > [“Most people nowadays would not consider love as related in any way to truth. Love is seen as an experience associated with the world…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-francis/most-people-nowadays-would-not-consider-love-as-related-in-any-way-to/) [Pope Francis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-francis/) > [The family remains the basic unit of society and the first school in which children learn the human, spiritual and moral values which enable…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-francis/the-family-remains-the-basic-unit-of-society-and-the-first-school-in/) [Pope Francis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-francis/) > [Listen to Jesus and follow him. That's the message of the Transfiguration.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-francis/listen-to-jesus-and-follow-him-that-s-the-message-of-the/) [Pope Francis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-francis/) > [Proceed calmly in life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-francis/proceed-calmly-in-life/) [Pope Francis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-francis/) > [I like to say that women are those who form life in their wombs - and this is a comparison I make - they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-francis/i-like-to-say-that-women-are-those-who-form-life-in-their-wombs-and/) [Pope Francis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-francis/) > [You cannot insult the faith of others.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-francis/you-cannot-insult-the-faith-of-others/) [Pope Francis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-francis/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-francis/i-want-to-remind-priests-that-the-confessional-must-not-be-a-torture/) [Pope Francis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-francis/) > [To all people of good will who are working for social justice: never tire of working for a more just world, marked by greater…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-francis/to-all-people-of-good-will-who-are-working-for-social-justice-never/) [Pope Francis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-francis/) > [In Confession, Jesus welcomes us with all our sinfulness, to give us a new heart, capable of loving as he loves.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-francis/in-confession-jesus-welcomes-us-with-all-our-sinfulness-to-give-us-a/) [Pope Francis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-francis/) > [I pray every day for all who are suffering in Iraq. Please join me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-francis/i-pray-every-day-for-all-who-are-suffering-in-iraq-please-join-me/) [Pope Francis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-francis/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-francis/i-entrust-this-twenty-second-world-day-of-the-sick-to-the/) [Pope Francis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-francis/) > [Certain realities in life are only seen through eyes that are cleansed through our tears. Let us learn how to weep](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-francis/certain-realities-in-life-are-only-seen-through-eyes-that-are/) [Pope Francis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-francis/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/married/pope-francis/#itemlist", "name": "8 Married Quotes By Pope Francis", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Christian marriage is that sacrament which builds up the community of the Church and of society. 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