Concealing or denying evil is like allowing a wound to keep bleeding without bandaging it, — 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
We need to proclaim the Gospel on every street corner, preaching the good news of the kingdom and healing, even with our… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Human trafficking is an open wound on the body of contemporary society, a scourge upon the body of Christ...It is a crime… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
May both of them [Saint John XXIII and Saint John Paul II] teach us not to be scandalized by the wounds of… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
The key phrase used by the synod, which I'll take up again, is 'integrate' in the life of the Church the wounded… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
There is another temptation which we must especially guard against: the simplistic reductionism which sees only good or evil; or, if you… — 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 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
Jesus kept his wounds so that we would experience his mercy. This is our strength and our hope. — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
The thing the Church needs most today is the ability to heal wounds and to warm the hearts of the faithful. — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
The process of healing also needs to include the pursuit of truth, not for the sake of opening old wounds, but rather… — 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
In the face of so many wounds that hurt us and could lead to a hardness of heart, we are called to… — 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 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
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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