Pope Francis Quotes And Sayings

Pope Francis is the 266th and current Pope of the Roman Catholic Church, a title he holds ex officio as Bishop of Rome, and sovereign of Vatican City. He chose Francis as his papal name in honor of Saint Francis of Assisi. Francis is the first Jesuit pope, the first from the Americas, the first from the Southern Hemisphere and the first non-European pope.Throughout his public life, Pope Francis has been noted for his humility, emphasis on God’s mercy, concern for the poor, and commitment to interfaith dialogue.

A Little Bit Of Mercy Makes The World Less Cold And More Just.

I Love Tango, And I Used To Dance When I Was Young.

The Jesuits Have A Vow To Obey The Pope, But If The Pope Is A Jesuit, Maybe He Should Have A Vow To Obey The Superior General... I Feel Like I'm Still A Jesuit In Terms Of My Spirituality, What I Have In My Heart.

An Example I Often Use To Illustrate The Reality Of Vanity, Is This: Look At The Peacock; It's Beautiful If You Look At It From The Front. But If You Look At It From Behind, You Discover The Truth... Whoever Gives In To Such Self-absorbed Vanity Has Huge Misery Hiding Inside Them.

Leaders Of The Church Have Often Been Narcissus, Flattered And Sickeningly Excited By Their Courtiers. The Court Is The Leprosy Of The Papacy.

The Root Of This Possibility Of Doing Good - That We All Have - Is In Creation.

Work Ends Up Dehumanizing People.

The Lord Has Redeemed All Of Us, All Of Us, With The Blood Of Christ: All Of Us, Not Just Catholics. Everyone! 'Father, The Atheists?' Even The Atheists. Everyone!

A Good Catholic Meddles In Politics, Offering The Best Of Himself, So That Those Who Govern Can Govern. But What Is The Best That We Can Offer To Those Who Govern? Prayer!

Among Us, Who Is Above Must Be In Service Of The Others. This Doesn't Mean We Have To Wash Each Other's Feet Every Day, But We Must Help One Another.

We Just Cannot Worry About Ourselves.

Human Self-understanding Changes With Time, And So Also Human Consciousness Deepens.

We Must Always Walk In The Presence Of The Lord, In The Light Of The Lord, Always Trying To Live In An Irreprehensible Way.

Since Many Of You Do Not Belong To The Catholic Church And Others Are Non-believers, From The Bottom Of My Heart I Give This Silent Blessing To Each And Every One Of You, Respecting The Conscience Of Each One Of You But Knowing That Each One Of You Is A Child Of God.

My Choices, Including Those Related To The Day-to-day Aspects Of Life, Like The Use Of A Modest Car, Are Related To A Spiritual Discernment That Responds To A Need That Arises From Looking At Things, At People And From Reading The Signs Of The Times. Discernment In The Lord Guides Me In My Way Of Governing.

A Beautiful Homily, A Genuine Sermon, Must Begin With The First Proclamation, With The Proclamation Of Salvation. There Is Nothing More Solid, Deep And Sure Than This Proclamation.

If The Christian Is A Restorationist, A Legalist, If He Wants Everything Clear And Safe, Then He Will Find Nothing. Tradition And Memory Of The Past Must Help Us To Have The Courage To Open Up New Areas To God.

I Believe That Catholics Involved In Politics Carry The Values Of Their Religion Within Them, But Have The Mature Awareness And Expertise To Implement Them. The Church Will Never Go Beyond Its Task Of Expressing And Disseminating Its Values, At Least As Long As I'm Here.

You Tell Me: Can You Live Crushed Under The Weight Of The Present? Without A Memory Of The Past And Without The Desire To Look Ahead To The Future By Building Something, A Future, A Family? Can You Go On Like This? This, To Me, Is The Most Urgent Problem That The Church Is Facing.

You Cannot Be A Conscious Christian Without St. Paul. He Translated The Teachings Of Christ Into A Doctrinal Structure That, Even With The Additions Of A Vast Number Of Thinkers, Theologians And Pastors, Has Resisted And Still Exists After Two Thousand Years.

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.

We Must Not Reduce The Bosom Of The Universal Church To A Nest Protecting Our Mediocrity.

First Of All, You Ask Me If The God Of Christians Forgives One Who Doesn't Believe And Doesn't Seek The Faith. Premise That - And It's The Fundamental Thing - The Mercy Of God Has No Limits If One Turns To Him With A Sincere And Contrite Heart; The Question For One Who Doesn't Believe In God Lies In Obeying One's Conscience.

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.

Politics, According To The Social Doctrine Of The Church, Is One Of The Highest Forms Of Charity, Because It Serves The Common Good. I Cannot Wash My Hands, Eh? We All Have To Give Something!

A Person Who Thinks Only About Building Walls, Wherever They May Be, And Not Building Bridges Is Not Christian. This Is Not In The Gospel.

Wretched Are Those Who Are Vindictive And Spiteful.

Worshipping Is Stripping Ourselves Of Our Idols, Even The Most Hidden Ones, And Choosing The Lord As The Centre, As The Highway Of Our Lives.

Politics Is A Noble Activity. We Should Revalue It, Practise It With Vocation And A Dedication That Requires Testimony, Martyrdom, That Is To Die For The Common Good.

Find New Ways To Spread The Word Of God To Every Corner Of The World.

Right Now, We Don't Have A Very Good Relation With Creation.

Human Rights Are Not Only Violated By Terrorism, Repression Or Assassination, But Also By Unfair Economic Structures That Creates Huge Inequalities.

Sometimes Negative News Does Come Out, But It Is Often Exaggerated And Manipulated To Spread Scandal. Journalists Sometimes Risk Becoming Ill From Coprophilia And Thus Fomenting Coprophagia: Which Is A Sin That Taints All Men And Women, That Is, The Tendency To Focus On The Negative Rather Than The Positive Aspects.

In Europe First And Now In America, Elected Men Have Taken It Upon Themselves To Indebt Their People To Create An Atmosphere Of Dependency. And Why? For Their Own Selfish Need To Increase Their Own Personal Power.

Together With A Culture Of Work, There Must Be A Culture Of Leisure As Gratification. To Put It Another Way: People Who Work Must Take The Time To Relax, To Be With Their Families, To Enjoy Themselves, Read, Listen To Music, Play A Sport.

Young People Are Just As Attracted To The Truth As They Are Convenience And Expediency.

We All Have The Duty To Do Good.

You Cannot Be In A Position Of Power And Destroy The Life Of Another Person.

The Worship Of The Golden Calf Of Old Has Found A New And Heartless Image In The Cult Of Money And The Dictatorship Of An Economy Which Is Faceless And Lacking Any Truly Human Goal.

In The Church, And In The Journey Of Faith, Women Have Had And Still Have A Special Role In Opening Doors To The Lord.

If, Hypothetically, Western Catholicism Were To Review The Issue Of Celibacy, I Think It Would Do So For Cultural Reasons, Not So Much As A Universal Option.

Today, The News Is Scandals; That Is News, But The Many Children Who Don't Have Food - That's Not News. This Is Grave. We Can't Rest Easy While Things Are This Way.

I Am Always Wary Of Decisions Made Hastily. I Am Always Wary Of The First Decision, That Is, The First Thing That Comes To My Mind If I Have To Make A Decision. This Is Usually The Wrong Thing. I Have To Wait And Assess, Looking Deep Into Myself, Taking The Necessary Time.

A Person Once Asked Me, In A Provocative Manner, If I Approved Of Homosexuality. I Replied With Another Question: 'Tell Me: When God Looks At A Gay Person, Does He Endorse The Existence Of This Person With Love, Or Reject And Condemn This Person?' We Must Always Consider The Person.

Today, The News Is Scandals; That Is News, But The Many Children Who Don't Have Food - That's Not News. This Is Grave. We Can't Rest Easy While Things Are This Way.

Even Today We Raise Our Hand Against Our Brother... We Have Perfected Our Weapons, Our Conscience Has Fallen Asleep, And We Have Sharpened Our Ideas To Justify Ourselves As If It Were Normal We Continue To Sow Destruction, Pain, Death. Violence And War Lead Only To Death.

We Have To Work Harder To Develop A Profound Theology Of Women Within The Church. The Feminine Genius Is Needed Wherever We Make Important Decisions.

We Cannot Insist Only On Issues Related To Abortion, Gay Marriage And The Use Of Contraceptive Methods. The Teaching Of The Church Is Clear, And I Am A Son Of The Church, But It Is Not Necessary To Talk About These Issues All The Time.

Although The Life Of A Person Is In A Land Full Of Thorns And Weeds, There Is Always A Space In Which The Good Seed Can Grow. You Have To Trust God.

If One Has The Answers To All The Questions - That Is The Proof That God Is Not With Him. It Means That He Is A False Prophet Using Religion For Himself. The Great Leaders Of The People Of God, Like Moses, Have Always Left Room For Doubt. You Must Leave Room For The Lord, Not For Our Certainties; We Must Be Humble.