Just as we need the courage to be happy, we also need the courage to live simply. — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
We need to see each child as a gift to be welcomed, cherished, and protected. — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Take care of God’s creation. But above all, take care of people in need. — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
There is no sin that God cannot pardon. All we need to do is ask for forgiveness — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
We need to be creative with young people. If they have no opportunities, they will get into drugs and be vulnerable to… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
The emptier a person's heart is, the more he or she needs to buy, own, and consume. — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Without mercy, we have little chance nowadays of becoming part of a world of 'wounded' persons in need of understanding, forgiveness, love. — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
The Church needs you, your enthusiasm, your creativity and the joy that is so characteristic of you. — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
We need to provide an education which teaches critical thinking and encourages the development of mature moral values. — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
The measure of the greatness of a society is found in the way it treats those most in need, those who have… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
True charity requires courage: Let us overcome the fear of getting our hands dirty so as to help those in need. — 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
We need to 'go out,' then, in order to experience our own anointing, its power and its redemptive efficacy: to the 'outskirts'… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Fasting makes sense if it really chips away at our security and, as a consequence, benefits someone else, if it helps us… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Sin is not a stain that I must wash out. What I need to do is ask forgiveness and reconcile myself, not… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Almost without being aware of it, we end up being incapable of feeling compassion at the outcry of the poor, weeping for… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
It means protecting people, showing loving concern for each and every person, especially children, the elderly, those in need, who are often… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
All Christians need an 'ecological conversion', whereby the effects of their encounter with Jesus Christ become evident in their relationship with the… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Pay attention, my young friends: to go against the current; this is good for the heart, but we need courage to swim… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
I see clearly that the thing the church needs most today is the ability to heal wounds and to warm the hearts… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Living Holy Week following Jesus means learning how to come out of ourselves to reach out to others, to go to the… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Let us pause before the Child of Bethlehem. Let us allow our hearts to be touched, let us allow ourselves to be… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Men and women are sacrificed to the idols of profit and consumption: it is the 'culture of waste.' If a computer breaks… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
This may sound like heresy, but it is the greatest truth! It is more difficult to let God love us, than to… — 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
A simple lifestyle is good for us, helping us to better share with those in need. — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Indifference towards those in need is not acceptable for a Christian. — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
The Pope is a man. The Pope needs the input of women, too. And the Pope, too, has a heart that can… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Jesus fought Satan in 'hand to hand combat' . . . 'you need to protect this victory.' — 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
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