I don't like it when I hear it said: 'but these youth say stupid things!' — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Pastors must welcome the lost sheep. Actually, I made a mistake. I said welcome, rather, go out and find them. — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
On the ordination of women, the church has spoken and said no. John Paul II, in a definitive formulation said that door… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
The media only writes about the sinners and the scandals, he said, but that's normal, because 'a tree that falls makes more… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
For example, this, what I said about the bishops who move pedophile priests, the best thing they can do is resign. This… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Joy adapts and changes, but it always endures, even as a flicker of light born of our personal certainty that, when everything… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
10 days before the death of St. John Paul II, in that Via Crucis of Holy Friday, Joseph Ratzinger said to the… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
I say only that this man [Donald Trump] is not Christian if he has said things like that [about wall]. We must… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Patriarch Kirill. I would prefer - because if I say one thing, I have to say another and another and another. I… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
When I had to say something that I didn't like to Turkey, but of which I was sure, I said it, with… — 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
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
If I'm not mistaken, Sigmund Freud said that in every idealisation there's an aggression. Depicting the Pope as a sort of Superman,… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
This is me, a sinner on whom the Lord has turned his gaze. And this is what I said when they asked… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
[Orthodox Patriarch] Kirill, my brother. We kissed each other, embraced, and then a conversation for two hours. Old age doesn't come on… — 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
At the first meeting I had with the (Italian) bishops in May 2013, one of the three things I said was: with… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
I do not know what might be the most fitting description.... I am a sinner. This is the most accurate definition. It… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
You can have large projects and implement them by means of a few of the smallest things. Or you can use weak… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
In this case [the Charlemagne Prize], I don't say (I was) forced, but convinced by the holy and theological headstrongness of Cardinal… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
In the Pro-Eligendo Pontefice Mass, despite knowing that [ Joseph Ratzinger] was a candidate [to become Pope], he wasn't stupid, he didn't… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
God’s faithfulness is stronger than our unfaithfulness and our infidelities. — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Have the courage to go against the tide of current values that do not conform to the path of Jesus. — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
“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 Image
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 Image
Listen to Jesus and follow him. That's the message of the Transfiguration. — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
![“I say only that this man [Donald Trump] is not Christian if he has said things like that [about wall]. We must see if he said things in that way and in this I give the benefit of the doubt.” quote by Pope Francis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/4ca/pope-francis-85_benefit-of-the-doubt_i-say-only-that-this-man-donald-trump-is_2061589.jpg)
![“When I had to say something that I didn't like to Turkey, but of which I was sure, I said it, with the consequences that you all know [Editor's note: a reference to his comments on the Armenian Genocide]. I said these words ... I was sure” quote by Pope Francis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/54b/pope-francis-85_armenian-genocide_when-i-had-to-say-something-that-i-didn_366720.jpg)
![“Thank God [Donald Trump] said I was a politician because Aristotle defined the human person as 'animal politicus.' At least I am a human person. As to whether I am a pawn, well, maybe, I don't know. I'll leave that up to your judgment and that of the people.” quote by Pope Francis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/c22/pope-francis-85_animal_thank-god-donald-trump-said-i-was-a-poli_1653443.jpg)
![“[Orthodox Patriarch] Kirill, my brother. We kissed each other, embraced, and then a conversation for two hours. Old age doesn't come on its own.Two hours where we spoke as brothers, sincerely and no one knows what was spoke about, only what we said at the end publicly about how we felt as we spoke.” quote by Pope Francis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/898/pope-francis-85_age_orthodox-patriarch-kirill-my-brother-we_1479396.jpg)
![“You can have large projects and implement them by means of a few of the smallest things. Or you can use weak means that are more effective than strong ones, as Paul also said in his First Letter to the Corinthians. [...] The wisdom of discernment redeems the necessary ambiguity of life and helps…” quote by Pope Francis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/79f/pope-francis-85_ambiguity_you-can-have-large-projects-and-implemen_2050405.jpg)
![“In this case [the Charlemagne Prize], I don't say (I was) forced, but convinced by the holy and theological headstrongness of Cardinal [Walter] Kasper, because he was chosen, elected by Aachen to convince me. And I said yes, but in the Vatican. And I said I offer it for Europe, as a co-decoration…” quote by Pope Francis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/ffe/pope-francis-85_cardinals_in-this-case-the-charlemagne-prize-i-don_2701120.jpg)
![“In the Pro-Eligendo Pontefice Mass, despite knowing that [ Joseph Ratzinger] was a candidate [to become Pope], he wasn't stupid, he didn't care to "make-up" his answer, he said exactly the same thing [that we needed to clean up the dirt of the Church]. He was the brave one who helped so many open…” quote by Pope Francis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/c5d/pope-francis-85_answers_in-the-pro-eligendo-pontefice-mass-despi_2274461.jpg)
