Pope Francis Quotes
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101. “The Lord put it clearly: you cannot serve two masters. You have to choose between God and money.”

— Pope Francis

102. “The Cross is the Word through which God has responded to evil in the world.”

— Pope Francis

103. “Reject every form of corruption.”

— Pope Francis

104. “Things have a price and can be for sale. But people have a dignity that is priceless and worth far more than things.”

— Pope Francis

105. “Too often we participate in the globalization of indifference. May we strive instead to live global solidarity.”

— Pope Francis

106. “In the poor and outcast we see Christ’s face; by loving and helping the poor, we love and serve Christ.”

— Pope Francis

107. “Our infinite sadness can only be cured by an infinite love.”

— Pope Francis

108. “Let yourselves be led by the Holy Spirit, with freedom and, please, do not cage the Holy Spirit.”

— Pope Francis

109. “There is no sin that God cannot pardon. All we need to do is ask for forgiveness.”

— Pope Francis

110. “Violence and war lead only to death...”

— Pope Francis

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

— Pope Francis

112. “We are impatient, anxious to see the whole picture, but God lets us see things slowly, quietly.”

— Pope Francis

113. “Around us there is the presence of evil. The devil is at work. But in a loud voice I say: GOD IS STRONGER.”

— Pope Francis

114. “The joy of the gospel fills the hearts and lives of all who encounter Jesus. Those who accept His offer of salvation are set free from sin, sorrow, inner emptiness, and loneliness. With Christ joy is constantly born anew.”

— Pope Francis

115. “Dear young people, the Church expects great things of you and your generosity. Don’t be afraid to aim high.”

— Pope Francis

116. “No one can grow if he does not accept his smallness.”

— Pope Francis

117. “Be men and women with others and for others, real champions in the service of others.”

— Pope Francis

118. “A simple lifestyle is good for us, helping us to better share with those in need.”

— Pope Francis

119. “Lord, teach us to step outside ourselves. Teach us to go out into the streets and manifest your love.”

— Pope Francis

120. “Oh, how I would like a poor Church, and for the poor.”

— Pope Francis

121. “Please do not lose the ability to dream.”

— Pope Francis

122. “Let us keep the flame of faith alive through prayer and the sacraments: let us make sure we do not forget God.”

— Pope Francis

123. “By saying “blessed are those who mourn”, Jesus does not intend to declare an unfortunate and burdensome condition in life to be happy. Suffering is not a value in itself, but a reality that Jesus teaches us to live with the correct attitude.”

— Pope Francis

124. “God calls you to make definitive choices, and He has a plan for each of you: to discover that plan and to respond to your vocation is to move toward personal fulfillment.”

— Pope Francis

125. “Don’t be afraid to ask God for forgiveness. He never tires of forgiving us. God is pure mercy.”

— Pope Francis

126. “Jesus is more than a friend. He is a teacher of truth and life who shows us the way that leads to happiness.”

— Pope Francis

127. “With God, nothing is lost; but without him, everything is lost.”

— Pope Francis

128. “Obeying God is listening to God, having an open heart to follow the path that God points out to us.”

— Pope Francis

129. “Every Christian can witness to God in the workplace, not only with words, but above all with an honest life.”

— Pope Francis

130. “Humility saves man: pride makes him lose his way.”

— Pope Francis

131. “Dear young people, you have many plans and dreams for the future. But, is Christ at the center of each of your plans and dreams?”

— Pope Francis

132. “Don’t be afraid to go to the Sacrament of Confession, where you will meet Jesus who forgives you.”

— Pope Francis

133. “Dear young people, put your talents at the service of the Gospel, with creativity and boundless charity.”

— Pope Francis

134. “We cannot trust in our own strength, but only in Jesus and in his mercy.”

— Pope Francis

135. “The border between good and evil passes not outside of us but within us.”

— Pope Francis

136. “The only way to heal is to look at the Cross, to look at God Who takes upon Himself our sins: my sin is there.”

— Pope Francis

137. “It is not enough to say we are Christians. We must live the faith, not only with our words, but with our actions.”

— Pope Francis

138. “Like the Good Samaritan, may we not be ashamed of touching the wounds of those who suffer, but try to heal them with concrete acts of love.”

— Pope Francis

139. “The book of Genesis tells us that God created man and woman entrusting them with the task of filling the earth and subduing it, which does not mean exploiting it, but nurturing and protecting it, caring for it through their work.”

— Pope Francis

140. “The right to life is the first among human rights.”

— Pope Francis

141. “When it comes to the care of our common home, we are living at a critical moment of history.”

— Pope Francis

142. “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.”

— Pope Francis

143. “We don’t need youth museums. But we do need holy young people.”

— Pope Francis

144. “I see the church as a field hospital after battle. It is useless to ask a seriously injured person if he has high cholesterol and about the level of his blood sugars. You have to heal his wounds. Then we can talk about everything else.”

— Pope Francis

145. “Agape, the love of each one of us for the other, from the closest to the furthest, is in fact the only way that Jesus has given us to find the way of salvation and of the Beatitudes.”

— Pope Francis

146. “Let us never lose hope! God loves us always, even with our mistakes and sins.”

— Pope Francis

147. “Prayer, humility, and charity toward all are essential in the Christian life: they are the way to holiness.”

— Pope Francis

148. “Jesus is God but he humbled himself to walk with us. He is our friend, our brother.”

— Pope Francis

149. “The Saints were not superhuman. They were people who loved God in their hearts, and who shared this joy with others.”

— Pope Francis

150. “When we read about Creation in Genesis, we run the risk of imagining God was a magician, with a magic wand able to do everything. But that is not so. He created human beings and let them develop according to the internal laws that he gave to each one so they would reach their fulfillment.”

— Pope Francis