The person who gossips is a terrorist who drops a bomb, destroys, and they destroy others. — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
The Church is called to draw near to every person, beginning with the poorest and those who suffer. — 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
Are you angry with someone? Pray for that person. That is what Christian love is. — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
All political activity must serve and promote the good of the human person and be based on respect for his or her… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
You cannot be in a position of power and destroy the life of another person. — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Faith transforms the whole person precisely to the extent that he or she becomes open to love. — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Don't confuse the evil of avoiding pregnancy by itself, with abortion. Abortion is not a theological problem, it is a human problem,… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Together with the social responsibility of businesses, there is also the social responsibility of consumers. Every person ought to have the awareness… — 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
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
Although the life of a person is in a land full of thorns and weeds, there is always a space in which… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
A person who thinks only about building walls, wherever they may be, and not building bridges, is not Christian. This is not… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Human life, the person is no longer perceived as a primary value to be respected and protected, especially if poor or disabled,… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Religion has the right to express its opinion in the service of the people, but God in creation has set us free:… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Every child who, rather than being born, is condemned unjustly to being aborted, bears the face of Jesus Christ, bears the face… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
The life of a family is filled with beautiful moments: rest, meals together, walks in the park or the countryside, visits to… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
May the deepest spiritual values of the Filipino people continue to find expression in your efforts to provide your fellow citizens with… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
We can inspire others through witness so that one grows together in communicating. BUt the worst thing of all is religious proselytism,… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
[T]he "home" represents the most precious human treasures, that of encounter, that of relations among people, different in age, culture and history,… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
I have heard it said that families with many children and high birth rates are among the cause of poverty. It seems… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
I have decided to proclaim for the whole Church... a day of fasting and prayer for peace in Syria, the Middle East,… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
I have a dogmatic certainty: God is in every person's life. God is in everyone's life. Even if the life of a… — 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
Giving primacy to God means having the courage to say ‘no’ to evil, ‘no’ to violence, ‘no’ to oppression, to live a… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
I want to remind priests that the confessional must not be a torture chamber but rather an encounter with the Lord’s mercy… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
When we give help to the poor, we are not doing the work of aid agencies 'in a Christian way'. Those are… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Education cannot be neutral. It is either positive or negative; either it enriches or it impoverishes; either it enables a person to… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
A person who thinks only about building walls, wherever they may be - and not building bridges - is not Christian. — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
A person who is not convinced, enthusiastic, certain and in love, will convince nobody. — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Each person, and every people hungers and thirsts for peace; therefore, it is necessary and urgent to build peace! — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Whenever we encounter another person in love, we learn something new about God. — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Ours is not a joy born of having many possessions, but of having encountered a person: Jesus in our midst. — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
No elderly person should be like an “exile” in our families. The elderly are a treasure for our society. — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
There is the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, they are persons, they are not some vague idea in the clouds.… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
I wish to make add my voice to the cry which rises up with increasing anguish from every part of the world,… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Terrorism grows when there are no other options, and when the center of the global economy is the god of money and… — 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