I entrust this Twenty-second World Day of the Sick to the intercession of Mary. I ask her to help the sick to… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Like the Good Samaritan, may we not be ashamed of touching the wounds of those who suffer, but try to heal them… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Many people who are forced into emigration suffer and often die tragically; many of their rights are violated, they are obliged to… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
If you don’t learn how to cry, you cannot be a good Christian. When they posed this question to us – why… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
There is so much indifference in the face of suffering. May we overcome indifference with concrete acts of charity. — 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
An evangelizing community gets involved in word and deed in people’s daily lives; it bridges distances, it is willing to abase itself… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
The Cross of Christ bears the suffering and the sin of mankind, including our own. Jesus accepts all this with open arms,… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
We need to 'go out,' then, in order to experience our own anointing, its power and its redemptive efficacy: to the 'outskirts'… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
By saying "blessed are those who mourn", Jesus does not intend to declare an unfortunate and burdensome condition in life to be… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Why are deadly weapons being sold to those who plan to inflict untold suffering on individuals and society? Sadly, the answer, as… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
If investments in banks fall, it is a tragedy, and people say, 'What are we going to do?' but if people die… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Dearest brothers and sisters who are so persecuted, I know how much you suffer, I know that you are stripped of everything.… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
This culture of waste has made us insensitive even to the waste and disposal of food, which is even more despicable when… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Faith is not a light which scatters all our darkness, but a lamp which guides our steps in the night and suffices… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
God never closes off horizons; He is never unconcerned about the lives and sufferings of His children. God never allows Himself to… — 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
The Church is called to draw near to every person, beginning with the poorest and those who suffer. — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
True love does not pay attention to the evil it suffers. It rejoices in doing good. — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Suffering is a call to conversion: it reminds us of our frailty and vulnerability. — 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
This visit is meant to express my closeness to our brothers and sisters who endured the suffering, loss and devastation caused by… — 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
To be good Christians you have to contemplate the suffering humanity of Jesus. "How can we bear witness? Contemplate Jesus. How can… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
I made reference continuously to the killings, the death, the life taken by all of these narcotrafficking gangs and human smugglers. I… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
If we see someone who needs help, do we stop? There is so much suffering and poverty, and a great need for… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
How many innocent people and children suffer in the world! Lord, grant us your peace! — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
To suffer is to take our difficulty and to carry it with strength, so that it does not drag us down, It… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Let us pray for the many Christians in the world who still suffer persecution and violence. May God grant them the courage… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Auschwitz cries out with the pain of immense suffering and pleads for a future of respect, peace and encounter among peoples. — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Jesus tells us what the 'protocol' is, on which we will be judged. It is the one we read in chapter 25… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
What has the Cross left in each of us? You see, it gives us a treasure that no one else can give:… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
In the moment of hardship, we ask why some things happen. In those moments of suffering, questioning prayers that do not ask… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
The scourge of drug trafficking, that favors violence and sows the seeds of suffering and death, requires of society as a whole… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
We are in front of a global scandal of around one billion - one billion people who still suffer from hunger today.… — 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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