Suffering Quotes by Pope Francis

To build peace is difficult but to live without it is torment.

— Pope Francis

Suffering is a call to conversion: it reminds us of our frailty and vulnerability.

— Pope Francis

The Church is called to draw near to every person, beginning with the poorest and those who suffer.

— Pope Francis

True love does not pay attention to the evil it suffers. It rejoices in doing good.

— Pope Francis

Today people are suffering from poverty, but also from lack of love

— Pope Francis

Lord, help us to recognize you in the sick, poor and suffering.

— Pope Francis

I pray every day for all who are suffering in Iraq. Please join me.

— Pope Francis

In these times of suffering prayer is of even more help,

— Pope Francis

If investments in banks fall, it is a tragedy, and people say, 'What are we going to do?' but if people die…

— Pope Francis

Dearest brothers and sisters who are so persecuted, I know how much you suffer, I know that you are stripped of everything.…

— Pope Francis

Like the Good Samaritan, may we not be ashamed of touching the wounds of those who suffer, but try to heal them…

— Pope Francis

There is so much indifference in the face of suffering. May we overcome indifference with concrete acts of charity.

— Pope Francis

God never closes off horizons; He is never unconcerned about the lives and sufferings of His children. God never allows Himself to…

— Pope Francis

Auschwitz cries out with the pain of immense suffering and pleads for a future of respect, peace and encounter among peoples.

— Pope Francis

In the moment of hardship, we ask why some things happen. In those moments of suffering, questioning prayers that do not ask…

— Pope Francis

If we see someone who needs help, do we stop? There is so much suffering and poverty, and a great need for…

— Pope Francis

We need to 'go out,' then, in order to experience our own anointing, its power and its redemptive efficacy: to the 'outskirts'…

— Pope Francis

Why are deadly weapons being sold to those who plan to inflict untold suffering on individuals and society? Sadly, the answer, as…

— Pope Francis

What has the Cross left in each of us? You see, it gives us a treasure that no one else can give:…

— Pope Francis

Faith is not a light which scatters all our darkness, but a lamp which guides our steps in the night and suffices…

— Pope Francis

Many people who are forced into emigration suffer and often die tragically; many of their rights are violated, they are obliged to…

— Pope Francis

The Cross of Christ bears the suffering and the sin of mankind, including our own. Jesus accepts all this with open arms,…

— Pope Francis

This culture of waste has made us insensitive even to the waste and disposal of food, which is even more despicable when…

— Pope Francis

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

The Church is likewise conscious of the responsibility which all of us have for our world, for the whole of creation, which…

— Pope Francis

To be good Christians you have to contemplate the suffering humanity of Jesus. "How can we bear witness? Contemplate Jesus. How can…

— Pope Francis

Jesus tells us what the 'protocol' is, on which we will be judged. It is the one we read in chapter 25…

— Pope Francis

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

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

How many innocent people and children suffer in the world! Lord, grant us your peace!

— Pope Francis

The scourge of drug trafficking, that favors violence and sows the seeds of suffering and death, requires of society as a whole…

— Pope Francis

Let us pray for the many Christians in the world who still suffer persecution and violence. May God grant them the courage…

— Pope Francis

To suffer is to take our difficulty and to carry it with strength, so that it does not drag us down, It…

— Pope Francis

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

We are in front of a global scandal of around one billion - one billion people who still suffer from hunger today.…

— Pope Francis

If you don’t learn how to cry, you cannot be a good Christian. When they posed this question to us – why…

— Pope Francis

This visit is meant to express my closeness to our brothers and sisters who endured the suffering, loss and devastation caused by…

— Pope Francis

By saying "blessed are those who mourn", Jesus does not intend to declare an unfortunate and burdensome condition in life to be…

— Pope Francis

I made reference continuously to the killings, the death, the life taken by all of these narcotrafficking gangs and human smugglers. I…

— Pope Francis

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