[Pope Francis] is 78 years old and knows that his will be a short pontificate. — George Weigel Copy Share Image
[Pope Francis] has felt the mercy of God in his own life and wants to share that experience with others. — George Weigel Copy Share Image
When media "narratives" about [Pope] Francis get set in concrete, and act as filters bending or distorting (or ignoring) aspects of his… — George Weigel Copy Share Image
The pope [Francis] speaks with great passion about the shame we should all feel when, as he puts it, "a man does… — George Weigel Copy Share Image
[Jesus Christ to Pope Francis] is the Lord with whom he speaks for hours every day in prayer. The Risen One who… — George Weigel Copy Share Image
[Pope Francis]sees a world in need of the Gospel, and of friendship with Jesus Christ, as an antidote to the self-absorption and… — George Weigel Copy Share Image
[Pope Francis] comes to that conviction [of family crisis] as a pastor, not as Brad Wilcox or Charles Murray. So he wants… — George Weigel Copy Share Image
I'd also hope that my liberal friends, who find in this pope a critic of what they're pleased to call "culture-warrior" Catholics,… — George Weigel Copy Share Image
Perhaps the dumbest of these story lines is that [Pope] Francis has re-opened conversation and debate in a Church that had been… — George Weigel Copy Share Image
The most important appointment Pope Francis has made is the appointment of the Australian cardinal, George Pell, as the Vatican's financial overseer. — George Weigel Copy Share Image
[Pope] Francis ought to be taken at his word when he says, as he has often done, that he is a son… — George Weigel Copy Share Image
But ripped out of context, ["Who am I to judge?" phrase] has become an all-purpose filter through which everything else - including the pope's… — George Weigel Copy Share Image
“This life of ours . . . is a gift from God. It is not of our choosing. It comes to us by his choice. Since it… — George Weigel Copy Share Image
I hope ["reanimated the papacy"] means that the new interest in the pope evokes a new interest in the Church's teaching, of which the… — George Weigel Copy Share Image
In the Catholic view of things, abortion is a justice issue, not an issue of sexual morality... it is a civil rights issue, arguably… — George Weigel Copy Share Image
The pope [Francis] takes his vocabulary from his pastoral experience, not from the rhetorical tool kit of liberation theology, with its Marxist yammering about… — George Weigel Copy Share Image
What I hope my liberal friends (and I have more than a few) take from this pontificate is that mercy and truth are never… — George Weigel Copy Share Image
The people who are behind the curve of the Catholic future are the institutional-maintenance types. — George Weigel Copy Share Image
[Pope Francis]sees a world in need of the Gospel, and of friendship with Jesus Christ, as an antidote to the self-absorption and loneliness that… — George Weigel Copy Share Image
Be the Church - that is, be an evangelical movement that tells the world of God's passionate love for humanity. That, not institutional maintenance,… — George Weigel Copy Share Image
Democracy is always an unfinished experiment, testing the capacity of each generation to live freedom nobly. — George Weigel Copy Share Image
[Pope] Francis communicates the pastoral embrace of the Church, the breadth and inclusiveness of Catholicism symbolized by the Bernini colonnade around St. Peter's Square,… — George Weigel Copy Share Image
The dynamically orthodox orders of religious women will continue to grow, and the dying orders, which long ago opted for the lightest of Catholic… — George Weigel Copy Share Image
![“[Pope Francis] is 78 years old and knows that his will be a short pontificate.” quote by George Weigel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/6aa/george-weigel-9372_knows_pope-francis-is-78-years-old-and-knows-t_577438.jpg)
![“[Pope Francis] has felt the mercy of God in his own life and wants to share that experience with others.” quote by George Weigel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/df4/george-weigel-9372_compassion_pope-francis-has-felt-the-mercy-of-god-i_2210370.jpg)
![“When media "narratives" about [Pope] Francis get set in concrete, and act as filters bending or distorting (or ignoring) aspects of his vision and his teaching that don't fit the established story line, the Church has a problem.” quote by George Weigel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/67e/george-weigel-9372_aspect_when-media-narratives-about-pope-francis_2165545.jpg)
![“The pope [Francis] speaks with great passion about the shame we should all feel when, as he puts it, "a man does not have the dignity of earning bread for his family," but is turned into a peripheral person, a welfare client, a dependent.” quote by George Weigel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/35f/george-weigel-9372_bread_the-pope-francis-speaks-with-great-passi_2130414.jpg)
![“[Jesus Christ to Pope Francis] is the Lord with whom he speaks for hours every day in prayer. The Risen One who reached out, touched his life, and called him into mission.” quote by George Weigel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/f85/george-weigel-9372_christ_jesus-christ-to-pope-francis-is-the-lord_1998729.jpg)
![“[Pope Francis]sees a world in need of the Gospel, and of friendship with Jesus Christ, as an antidote to the self-absorption and loneliness that are eating away at the solidarity of the human community.” quote by George Weigel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/79d/george-weigel-9372_absorption_pope-francis-sees-a-world-in-need-of-the_343248.jpg)
![“[Pope Francis] comes to that conviction [of family crisis] as a pastor, not as Brad Wilcox or Charles Murray. So he wants to challenge the Church to find pastoral responses to that crisis that meet real human needs.” quote by George Weigel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/9ab/george-weigel-9372_brad_pope-francis-comes-to-that-conviction-of_1491977.jpg)
![“Perhaps the dumbest of these story lines is that [Pope] Francis has re-opened conversation and debate in a Church that had been closed and claustrophobic for 35 years under John Paul II and Benedict XVI. I defy anyone who, over the last 35 years, has spent time on the campuses of Notre Dame or…” quote by George Weigel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/4fe/george-weigel-9372_benedict-xvi_perhaps-the-dumbest-of-these-story-lines_1945253.jpg)
![“[Pope] Francis ought to be taken at his word when he says, as he has often done, that he is a son of the Church who believes and teaches what the Catholic Church believes and teaches.” quote by George Weigel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/237/george-weigel-9372_believe_pope-francis-ought-to-be-taken-at-his-wo_2551712.jpg)
![“But ripped out of context, ["Who am I to judge?" phrase] has become an all-purpose filter through which everything else - including the pope's multiple reaffirmations of Humanae Vitae, Paul VI's encyclical on the morally appropriate means of family planning - gets airbrushed out of the picture.” quote by George Weigel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/b1d/george-weigel-9372_appropriate_but-ripped-out-of-context-who-am-i-to-ju_146817.jpg)
![“I hope ["reanimated the papacy"] means that the new interest in the pope evokes a new interest in the Church's teaching, of which the pope is the custodian.” quote by George Weigel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/a8e/george-weigel-9372_church_i-hope-reanimated-the-papacy-means-that_225548.jpg)
![“The pope [Francis] takes his vocabulary from his pastoral experience, not from the rhetorical tool kit of liberation theology, with its Marxist yammering about "center" and "periphery." The "peripheries," for Francis, are all those who have fallen through the cracks of late-modernity and…” quote by George Weigel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/14f/george-weigel-9372_argentina_the-pope-francis-takes-his-vocabulary-fr_261899.jpg)
![“[Pope] Francis communicates the pastoral embrace of the Church, the breadth and inclusiveness of Catholicism symbolized by the Bernini colonnade around St. Peter's Square, in a powerful way.” quote by George Weigel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/06a/george-weigel-9372_bernini_pope-francis-communicates-the-pastoral-e_495970.jpg)
