Pope Francis Quotes & Sayings

#1. Despite the slowness, the infidelity, the errors and sins it committed and might still commit against its members, the Church, trust me, has no other meaning and goal but to live and witness Jesus.

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#2. The ultimate purpose of other creatures is not to be found in us. Rather, all creatures are moving forward with us and through us towards a common point of arrival, which is God, in that transcendent fullness where the risen Christ embraces and illumines all things.

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#3. Life is a journey. When we stop, things don't go right.

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#4. Work ends up dehumanizing people.

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#5. He looked beyond. He looked to the peoples of the Earth and saw the destruction of the family because of the lack of children. Paul VI was courageous. He was a good pastor. He warned his sheep about the wolves that were approaching, and from the heavens he blesses us today.

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#6. Charity that does not change the situation of the poor isn't enough.

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#7. God's faithfulness is stronger than our unfaithfulness and our infidelities.

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#8. Mercy will always be greater than any sin, no one can put a limit on the love of the all-forgiving God. Just

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#9. Let us build our lives of faith on the rock who is Christ.

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#10. There is a Marian "style" to the Church's work of evangelization.

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#11. Let us seek to live in a way that is always worthy of our Christian vocation

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#12. Spreading the Gospel means that we are the first to proclaim and live the reconciliation, forgiveness, peace, unity, and love that the Holy Spirit gives us.

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#13. In this system, which tends to devour everything which stands in the way of increased profits, whatever is fragile, like the environment, is defenseless before the interests of a deified market, which become the only rule.

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#14. This concern for the poor is in the Gospel, it is within the tradition of the Church, it is not an invention of communism and it must not be turned into an ideology, as has sometimes happened before in the course of history.

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#15. Be men and women with others and for others, real champions in the service of others.

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#16. Christians know how to face difficulties, trials and defeat with serenity and hope in the Lord.

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#17. There is a danger that threatens everyone in the church, all of us. The danger of worldliness. It leads us to vanity, arrogance and pride.

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#18. Christmas is joy, religious joy, an inner joy of light and peace.

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#19. Indifference towards those in need is not acceptable for a Christian.

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#20. God does not wait for us to go to him, but it is he who moves toward us, without calculation, without quantification.

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#21. Mary joins us, she fights at our side. She supports Christians in the fight against the forces of evil. Especially through prayer, through the rosary. Hear me out, the rosary ... Do you pray the Rosary each day?

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#22. We become fully human when we become more than human, when we let God bring us beyond ourselves.

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#23. Each encounter with Jesus fills us with joy, with that deep joy which only God can give.

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#24. If globalization is a sphere, where each point is equidistant from the centre, then it isn't good because it annuls each of us. But if globalization joins us as a polyhedron where we're all together but conserves the dignity of each ... that's good.

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#25. God does not reveal himself in strength or power, but in the weakness and fragility of a newborn babe.

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#26. Praise is the 'breath' which gives us life, because it is intimacy with God, an intimacy that grows through daily praise.

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#27. The Lord always grants more than what he has been asked: you ask him to remember you, and he brings you into his Kingdom!

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#28. But always think this: do not be afraid of failure. Do not be afraid of falling. In the art of walking, what is important is not avoiding the fall but not remaining fallen.

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#29. Vanity, showing off, is an attitude that reduces spirituality to a worldly thing, which is the worst sin that could be committed in the church.

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#30. The most important thing is the first proclamation: Jesus Christ has saved you.

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#31. Whoever says he is without sin is a liar or is blind.

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#32. Consumerism has brought us anxiety. Set aside time to play with your children, and turn off the TV when they sit down to eat.

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#33. There is another form of poverty! It is the spiritual poverty of our time, which afflicts the so-called richer countries particularly seriously.

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#34. If there is no humility, love remains blocked.

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#35. How powerful prayer is! May we never lose the courage to say: Lord, give us your peace.

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#36. Inconsistency on the part of pastors and the faithful between what they say and what they do, between word and manner of life, is undermining the Church's credibility.

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#37. That is why the center of our faith isn't just a book, but a history of Salvation, and above all, it's about a person: Jesus Christ, the Word of God made flesh.

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#38. We also must learn to listen more to our conscience. Be careful, however: this does not mean we ought to follow our ego, do whatever interests us, whatever suits us, whatever pleases us. That is not conscience.

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#39. In these cases, where there is an unjust aggression, I can only say that it is licit to stop the unjust aggressor, ... I underscore the verb 'stop.' I'm not saying 'bomb' or 'make war,' just 'stop.' And the means that can be used to stop them must be evaluated.

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#40. Where the # elderly are not honored, there is no future for the young.

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#41. The secret of Christian living is love. Only love fills the empty spaces caused by evil.

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#42. If someone is gay and seeks the Lord with good will, who am I to judge?

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#43. Only the exclusive and indissoluble union between a man and a woman has a plenary role to play in society as a stable commitment that bears fruit in new life.

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#44. We are impatient, anxious to see the whole picture, but God lets us see things slowly, quietly.

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#45. It is remarkable how weak international political responses have been. The failure of global summits on the environment make it plain that our politics are subject to technology and finance.

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#46. Division within a Christian community is a very grave sin; it is the work of the devil.

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#47. Money at the service of life can be managed in the right way by cooperatives, on condition that it is a real cooperative where capital does not have command over men but men over capital.

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#48. The love of Christ fills our hearts and makes us always able to forgive!

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#49. Don't confuse the evil of avoiding pregnancy by itself, with abortion. Abortion is not a theological problem, it is a human problem, it is a medical problem. You kill one person to save another, in the best case scenario.

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#50. Even today, after the second failure of another world war, perhaps one can speak of a third war, one fought piecemeal, with crimes, massacres, destruction,

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#51. No one listens willingly to someone who speaks to them from a position of self-righteousness and judgment. Again and again in the Gospels, Jesus reserves his harshest words for those who ignore their own weakness in order to lord it over others.

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

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#53. Jesus has no house, because his house is the people; it is we who are his dwelling place; his mission is to open God's doors to all, to be the presence of God's love.

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#54. Legislative activity is always best based on care for the people.

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#55. Evolution in nature is not inconsistent with the notion of creation, because evolution requires the creation of beings that evolve.

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#56. Holiness doesn't mean doing extraordinary things, but doing ordinary things with love and faith.

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#57. Lent is a good time for sacrificing. Let us deny ourselves something every day to help others,

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#58. Idolatry, then, is always polytheism, an aimless passing from one lord to another. Idolatry does not offer a journey but rather a plethora of paths leading nowhere and forming a vast labyrinth.

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#59. The Koran is a book of peace. It is a prophetic book of peace,

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#60. One who believes may not be presumptuous; on the contrary, truth leads to humility, because believers know that, rather than ourselves possessing truth, it is truth that embraces and possesses us.

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#61. Narcissism makes people incapable of looking beyond themselves, beyond their own desires and needs.

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#62. To change the world we must be good to those who cannot repay us.

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#63. I had a long conversation with the imam, the Grand Imam of the Al-Azhar University, and I know how they think ... They seek peace, encounter.

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#64. Sometimes tears are the glasses that we need to see Jesus.

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#65. We see that there are two worms that eat the fabric of the Church, weakening Her. Rivalry and vainglory go against this harmony, this agreement.

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#66. Let us never forget this, he is pure mercy, let us go to Jesus!

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#67. The whole of salvation history is the story of God looking for us: he offers us love and welcomes us with tenderness.

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#68. Prayer is all-powerful. Let us use it to bring peace to the Middle East and peace to the world.

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#69. People in every nation enhance the social dimension of their lives by acting as committed and responsible citizens.

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#70. For the sake of peace, religious beliefs must never be allowed to be abused in the cause of violence and war.

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#71. We need to build up society in the light of the Beatitudes, walking towards the Kingdom with the least among us.

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#72. The people that does not care for its children or grandparents is a people that has not future. Because it doesn't have the strength or the memory to go forward ...

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#73. Always know in your heart that God is by your side; he never abandons you! Let us never lose hope! Let us never allow it to die in our hearts!

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#74. We all have the duty to do good.

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#75. We are a church of sinners but we must not be afraid of holiness. Do not be afraid to aim for holiness and turn yourselves over to the love of God. Holiness does not mean performing extraordinary things but carrying out daily things in an extraordinary way that is with love, joy and faith.

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#76. I like to say that women are those who form life in their wombs - and this is a comparison I make - they have this charism of giving you things you can build with.

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#77. Sin is not a stain that I must wash out. What I need to do is ask forgiveness and reconcile myself, not go to the drycleaners. I have to go encounter Jesus who gave his life for me.

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#78. The mercy of Jesus is not just sentiment: indeed it is a force that gives life, that raises man up!

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#79. Religious freedom certainly means the right to worship God, individually and in community, as our consciences dictate. But religious liberty, by its nature, transcends places of worship and the private sphere of individuals and families.

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#80. If we don't learn how to cry, we can't be good Christians. This is a challenge. Don't be frightened of crying.

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#81. Wretched are those who are vindictive and spiteful.

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#82. The Holy Spirit truly transforms us. With our cooperation, he also wants to transform the world we live in.

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#83. I think this is truly the most wonderful experience we can have: to belong to a people walking, journeying through history together with our Lord, who walks among us! We are not alone; we do not walk alone. We are part of the one flock of Christ that walks together.

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#84. Because ALWAYS, even in the darkest moments, in moments of sin, in moments of weakness, in moments of failure, I have seen Jesus, and I trusted Him ... He has not left me alone.

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#85. A credible witness to truth and to the values of the Gospel is urgently needed.

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#86. Take good care of creation. St. Francis wanted that. People occasionally forgive, but nature never does. If we don't take care of the environment, there's no way of getting around it.

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#87. One cannot offend, make war, kill in the name of one's own religion, that is, in the name of God.

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#88. What a beautiful truth of faith this is for our lives: the mercy of God! God's love for us is so great, so deep; it is an unfailing love, one which always takes us by the hand and supports us, lifts us up and leads us on.

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#89. Cars are necessary, but take a more humble one. Think of how many children die of hunger and dedicate the savings to them.

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#90. Accompanying the people in their growth through good times and also through their difficulties, accompanying people in their joy and in their bad moments, in their difficulties when there is no work, ill health and the challenge of the Church.

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#91. There can be no renewal of our relationship with nature without a renewal of humanity itself.

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#92. Sin, also for those who don't have faith, exists when one goes against one's conscience. To listen to and obey it means, in fact, to decide in face of what is perceived as good or evil. And on this decision pivots the goodness or malice of our action.

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#93. The Church's challenge is staying close to the people, close to the people of the United States, not being a detached Church from the people but close to them, close, close, and this is something that the Church in the United States has understood and understood well.

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#94. In the Western Church to which I belong, priests cannot be married as in the Byzantine, Ukrainian, Russian or Greek Catholic Churches. In those churches, the priests can be married, but the bishops have to be celibate. They are very good priests.

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#95. Do not lose hope; St. Joseph also experienced moments of difficulty, but he never lost faith and was able to overcome them, in the certainty that God never abandons us.

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