Needs Quotes by Pope Francis

Just as we need the courage to be happy, we also need the courage to live simply.

— Pope Francis

We need courage if we are to be faithful to the Gospel.

— Pope Francis

We need to see each child as a gift to be welcomed, cherished, and protected.

— Pope Francis

Sometimes tears are the glasses that we need to see Jesus.

— Pope Francis

Take care of God’s creation. But above all, take care of people in need.

— Pope Francis

Our world needs good and strong families.

— Pope Francis

There is no sin that God cannot pardon. All we need to do is ask for forgiveness

— Pope Francis

We need to include the excluded and preach peace.

— Pope Francis

The emptier a person's heart is, the more he or she needs to buy, own, and consume.

— Pope Francis

We need to be creative with young people. If they have no opportunities, they will get into drugs and be vulnerable to…

— Pope Francis

Without mercy, we have little chance nowadays of becoming part of a world of 'wounded' persons in need of understanding, forgiveness, love.

— Pope Francis

The Church needs you, your enthusiasm, your creativity and the joy that is so characteristic of you.

— Pope Francis

The measure of the greatness of a society is found in the way it treats those most in need, those who have…

— Pope Francis

True charity requires courage: Let us overcome the fear of getting our hands dirty so as to help those in need.

— Pope Francis

We need to provide an education which teaches critical thinking and encourages the development of mature moral values.

— Pope Francis

Today, we need a Church capable of walking at people's side, of doing more than simply listening to them; a Church which…

— Pope Francis

We need to 'go out,' then, in order to experience our own anointing, its power and its redemptive efficacy: to the 'outskirts'…

— Pope Francis

Fasting makes sense if it really chips away at our security and, as a consequence, benefits someone else, if it helps us…

— Pope Francis

Almost without being aware of it, we end up being incapable of feeling compassion at the outcry of the poor, weeping for…

— Pope Francis

Sin is not a stain that I must wash out. What I need to do is ask forgiveness and reconcile myself, not…

— Pope Francis

The worldwide financial and economic crisis seems to highlight their distortions and above all the gravely deficient human perspective, which reduces man…

— Pope Francis

It means protecting people, showing loving concern for each and every person, especially children, the elderly, those in need, who are often…

— Pope Francis

Pay attention, my young friends: to go against the current; this is good for the heart, but we need courage to swim…

— Pope Francis

All Christians need an 'ecological conversion', whereby the effects of their encounter with Jesus Christ become evident in their relationship with the…

— Pope Francis

I see clearly that the thing the church needs most today is the ability to heal wounds and to warm the hearts…

— Pope Francis

Living Holy Week following Jesus means learning how to come out of ourselves to reach out to others, to go to the…

— Pope Francis

Today, we need a Church capable of walking at people's side, of doing more than simply listening to them… At times we…

— Pope Francis

We have created new idols. The worship of the ancient golden calf (cf. Ex 32:1-35) has returned in a new and ruthless…

— Pope Francis

Let us pause before the Child of Bethlehem. Let us allow our hearts to be touched, let us allow ourselves to be…

— Pope Francis

Men and women are sacrificed to the idols of profit and consumption: it is the 'culture of waste.' If a computer breaks…

— Pope Francis

This may sound like heresy, but it is the greatest truth! It is more difficult to let God love us, than to…

— Pope Francis

The Church is likewise conscious of the responsibility which all of us have for our world, for the whole of creation, which…

— Pope Francis

When we meet a person truly in need, do we see the face of God?

— Pope Francis

A simple lifestyle is good for us, helping us to better share with those in need.

— Pope Francis

Indifference towards those in need is not acceptable for a Christian.

— Pope Francis

We don't need youth museums. But we do need holy young people.

— Pope Francis

Humanity needs to weep, and this is the time to weep,

— Pope Francis

I cannot live without people. I need to live my life with others.

— Pope Francis

The Pope is a man. The Pope needs the input of women, too. And the Pope, too, has a heart that can…

— Pope Francis

Jesus fought Satan in 'hand to hand combat' . . . 'you need to protect this victory.'

— Pope Francis