Instead of seeming to impose new obligations, they should appear as people who wish to share their joy, who point to a… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
There is no worse material poverty, I am keen to stress, than the poverty which prevents people from earning their bread and… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
How many young people, how many young people of our Europe, whom we have left empty of ideals, who do not have… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
In Europe first and now in America, elected men have taken it upon themselves to indebt their people to create an atmosphere… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Thank God [Donald Trump] said I was a politician because Aristotle defined the human person as 'animal politicus.' At least I am… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
We too can be saints in our family, in our neighborhood, wherever we live and work. Be a person who listens to… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
We have so much information but maybe we don’t know what to do with that information. So we run the risk of… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
May Christ the Savior give peace to Nigeria, where more blood is being shed and too many people are unjustly deprived of… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
[Sviatoslav] Schevchuk, in the dogmatic part declares himself to be a son of the Church and in communion with the bishop of… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
The first reform must be the attitude. The ministers of the Gospel must be people who can warm the hearts of the… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Today, elderly people are discarded when, in reality, they are the seat of wisdom of the society...the right to life means allowing… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Proselytism is solemn nonsense, it makes no sense. We need to get to know each other, listen to each other and improve… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
We need to reflect with great seriousness about why many young people don't feel like getting married... For fear of failure, many… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
We too need to protect, guide, and encourage our young people, helping them to build a society worthy of their great spiritual… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Sometimes we are tempted to find excuses and complain, acting as if we could only be happy if a thousand conditions were… — 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
Whenever people listen to one another humbly and openly, their shared values and aspirations become all the more apparent. Diversity is no… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
I want to see the church get closer to the people. I want to get rid of clericalism, the mundane, this closing… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Today, in Mexico, they speak 65 languages, counting the indigenous languages, 65. It is a people of great faith. They have also… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
I want to say one word to you and this word is “Joy”. Wherever there are consecrated people, seminarians, men and women… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
An evangelizing community gets involved in word and deed in people’s daily lives; it bridges distances, it is willing to abase itself… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
We are in front of a global scandal of around one billion - one billion people who still suffer from hunger today.… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
The security of faith does not make us motionless or close us off, but sends us forth to bear witness and to… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
If someone is gay and is searching for the Lord and has good will, then who am I to judge him?... No… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
How beautiful it is to see that young people are 'street preachers,' joyfully bringing Jesus to every street, every town square and… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
May all people here find inspiration and strength to build a future of reconciliation, justice and peace for all the children of… — 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… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
This is important: to get to know people, listen, expand the circle of ideas. The world is crisscrossed by roads that come… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
There are people who are afraid to go to confession, forgetting that they will not encounter a severe judge there, but the… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
This is ideological colonization. They colonize people with ideas that try to change mentalities or structures, but this is not new. This… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
A Christian who withdraws into himself, hiding all that the Lord has given him, is not a Christian! I would ask the… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Dear young people, Jesus gives us life, life in abundance. If we are close to him we will have joy in our… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
It would be nice if you as journalists - there are some books that explain the painting [ of Guadalupe] what it… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Together with a culture of work, there must be a culture of leisure as gratification. To put it another way: people who… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Fathers are so necessary as examples and guides for our children in wisdom and virtue. Without father figures, young people often feel… — 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
I tell priests to flee from clericalism because clericalism distances people. May they flee from clericalism and I add: it's a plague… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Before God and his people I express my sorrow for the sins and grave crimes of clerical sexual abuse committed against you.… — 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
In the Gospel we have just heard, Jesus, the Master, teaches the crowds and the small group of his disciples by accommodating… — 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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