You might say, 'Can't we have a more human Christianity, without the cross, without Jesus, without stripping ourselves?' In this way we'd… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Be present to those who, living in the midst of a society burdened by poverty and corruption, are broken in spirit, tempted… — 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
“worldliness, which is a homicidal attitude. Spiritual worldliness kills! It kills the soul! It kills the person! It kills the Church! PART NINE” — 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
In some countries, if you carry the Gospel, you can go to jail. You can't carry a cross, because you'll have to… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
The Holy Spirit is a great worker, not a 'trade unionist.' He is a great worker, and He works in us, always.… — 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
I believe that Catholics involved in politics carry the values of their religion within them, but have the mature awareness and expertise… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
The moral problem of abortion is of a pre religious nature because the genetic code is written in a person at the… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Finding God in all things is not an 'empirical eureka.' When we desire to encounter God, we would like to verify him… — 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
I believe that it is truly important for everyone to confront in dialogue the historical reality of the Reformation, its consequences and… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
We have to avoid the spiritual sickness of a self-referentia l church. It's true that when you get out into the street,… — 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
A Christian who does not protect creation, who does not let it grow, is a Christian who does not care about the… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
We need to avoid the spiritual sickness of a church that is wrapped up in its own world: when a church becomes… — 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
[Abortion] is an evil in and of itself, but it is not a religious evil in the beginning, no, it's a human… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Instead of being just a church that welcomes and receives by keeping the doors open, let us try also to be a… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
“The Gospel tells us to correct others and to help them to grow on the basis of a recognition of the objective… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
I see the church as a field hospital after battle. It is useless to ask a seriously injured person if he has… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
I prefer a church which is bruised, hurting and dirty because it has been out on the streets, rather than a church… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
We cannot become starched Christians, too polite, who speak of theology calmly over tea. We have to become courageous Christians and seek… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
The Church is the home that accepts everyone and refuses no one ... the greater the sin, the greater the love that… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
We have to find a new balance; otherwise even the moral edifice of the church is likely to fall like a house… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Inconsistency on the part of pastors and the faithful between what they say and what they do, between word and manner of… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Any Church community, if it thinks it can comfortably go its own way without creative concern and effective cooperation in helping the… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
You just can’t say that, just as you can’t say that all Christians are fundamentalists. We have our share of them (fundamentalists).… — 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
Not all Muslims are violent, not all Catholics are violent. It is like a fruit salad; there's everything. There are violent persons… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
The Church in the Philippines is called to acknowledge and combat the causes of the deeply rooted inequality and injustice which mar… — 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
At this time of crisis we cannot be concerned solely with ourselves, withdrawing into loneliness, discouragement and a sense of powerlessness in… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
We are a church of sinners but we must not be afraid of holiness. Do not be afraid to aim for holiness… — 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
Jesus Christ conferred power upon Peter, but what sort of power was it? Jesus’ three questions to Peter about love are followed… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Let us never give in to pessimism, to that bitterness that the devil offers us every day. Do not give in to… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
We must avoid the spiritual disease of the Church that can become self-referential: when this happens, the Church itself becomes sick. It’s… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Being Christian without the Church doesn't make sense. That's why the great Paul VI, said that the most absurd dichotomy is loving… — 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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