There's only a very small representation of girls among you. Too little. Women have much to tell us in today’s society. Sometimes… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Sometimes it is possible to live without knowing our neighbours: this is not Christian — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
The proclamation of the saving love of God comes before moral and religious imperatives. Today sometimes it seems that the opposite order… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
I'd say I dream in Esperanto. Sometimes I remember some dreams in another language, but dreaming in languages no, but figures yes,… — 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
Sometimes negative news does come out, but it is often exaggerated and manipulated to spread scandal. Journalists sometimes risk becoming ill from… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Sometimes we are tempted to be that kind of Christian who keeps the Lord’s wounds at arm’s length. Yet Jesus wants us… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
This concern for the poor is in the Gospel, it is within the tradition of the Church, it is not an invention… — 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
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
Sometimes we are saddened by the weight of our sins. May we not be discouraged. Christ has come to lift this burden… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
We are living in a time of many wars. The call for peace must be shouted. Peace sometimes gives the impression of… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Sometimes we know what we have to do, but we lack the courage to do it. Let us learn from Mary how… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
To be prophets, in particular, by demonstrating how Jesus lived on this earth, and to proclaim how the kingdom of God will… — 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
Dear friends, sometimes we may be tempted to allow ourselves be overtaken by laziness or despondency, especially when faced with the hardships… — 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
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