Top 500 Pope Francis Quotes (2024 Update)
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151. “The border between good and evil passes not outside of us but within us.”

— Pope Francis

152. “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

153. “The cross of Christ, embraced with love, never brings sadness with it, but joy, the joy of being saved and of doing a little of what he did on the day of his death.”

— Pope Francis

154. “Holy Week is a good occasion to go to confession and to take up the right path again.”

— Pope Francis

155. “The process of healing also needs to include the pursuit of truth, not for the sake of opening old wounds, but rather as a necessary means of promoting justice, healing and unity.”

— Pope Francis

156. “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

157. “Lord, help us to live the virtue of generosity, to love without limits.”

— Pope Francis

158. “Peace is the language we must speak.”

— Pope Francis

159. “Gossip can also kill, because it kills the reputation of the person! It is so terrible to gossip! At first it may seem like a nice thing, even amusing, like enjoying a candy. But in the end, it fills the heart with bitterness, and even poisons us.”

— Pope Francis

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

— Pope Francis

161. “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

162. “Fraternal love is the nearest testimony that we can give that Jesus is alive among us.”

— Pope Francis

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

— Pope Francis

164. “Please waste time just playing with your kids!”

— Pope Francis

165. “Go, do not be afraid and serve.”

— Pope Francis

166. “All men and women of good will are bound by the task of pursuing peace.”

— Pope Francis

167. “If money and material things become the center of our lives, they seize us and make us slaves.”

— Pope Francis

168. “Say no to an ephemeral, superficial and throwaway culture, a culture that assumes that you are incapable of taking on responsibility and facing the great challenges of life!”

— Pope Francis

169. “The parish is the presence of the Church in any given territory, an environment for hearing God’s word, for growth in Christian life, for dialogue, proclamation, charitable outreach, worship and celebration.”

— Pope Francis

170. “An authentic faith-which is never comfortable or completely personal-always involves a deep desire to change the world, to transmit values, to leave this earth somehow better than we found it.”

— Pope Francis

171. “Where there is truth, there is also light, but don’t confuse light with the flash.”

— Pope Francis

172. “My people are poor and I am one of them.”

— Pope Francis

173. “Grace is not part of consciousness; it is the amount of light in our souls, not knowledge nor reason.”

— Pope Francis

174. “Whenever we take a step towards Jesus, we come to realize that he is already there, waiting for us with open arms.”

— Pope Francis

175. “To live charitably means not looking out for our own interests, but carrying the burdens of the weakest and poorest among us.”

— Pope Francis

176. “Let’s return to our first love, in order to receive the fire which Jesus has kindled in the world and to bring that fire to all people, to the very ends of the earth.”

— Pope Francis

177. “To understand one another, and to grow in charity and truth, we need to pause, to accept and listen to one another. In this way we already begin to experience unity. Unity grows along the way, it never stands still. Unity happens when we walk together.”

— Pope Francis

178. “I believe in the old warrior’s credo that “to the victor go the spoils.””

— Pope Francis

179. “The Christian who does not feel that the Virgin Mary is his or her mother is an orphan.”

— Pope Francis

180. “How does St. Joseph exercise his role as protector? Discreetly, humbly and silently, but with an unfailing presence and utter fidelity, even when he finds it hard to understand.”

— Pope Francis

181. “The joy of the Gospel is for all people: no one can be excluded.”

— Pope Francis

182. “Your sins are great? Just tell the Lord: Forgive me, help me to get up again, change my heart!”

— Pope Francis

183. “To follow Jesus means putting him first, and stripping ourselves of all the things that oppress our hearts.”

— Pope Francis

184. “If we want security, let us give security; if we want life, let us give life; if we want opportunities, let us provide opportunities. The yardstick we use for others will be the yardstick which time will use for us.”

— Pope Francis

185. “Gay adoption is discrimination against children.”

— Pope Francis

186. “The goods of the earth are meant for everyone.”

— Pope Francis

187. “The fruits of this profound union with Jesus are marvelous: our whole being is transformed by the grace of the Holy Spirit: soul, intelligence, will, affections and even the body, because we are united in body and spirit.”

— Pope Francis

188. “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.”

— Pope Francis

189. “The challenge of life is to learn how to love.”

— Pope Francis

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

— Pope Francis

191. “No one is saved alone, as an isolated individual, but God attracts us looking at the complex web of relationships that take place in the human community. God enters into this dynamic, this participation in the web of human relationships.”

— Pope Francis

192. “God never gives someone a gift they are not capable of receiving. If he gives us the gift of Christmas, it is because we all have the ability to understand and receive it.”

— Pope Francis

193. “The Sacraments are Jesus Christ’s presence in us. So it is important for us to go to Confession and receive Holy Communion.”

— Pope Francis

194. “Trade unions have been an essential force for social change, without which a semblance of a decent and humane society is impossible under capitalism.”

— Pope Francis

195. “These are roots of all evil, hatred and greed, for money, for the construction and for the sale of weapons. This should make us all think, who is behind it all?”

— Pope Francis

196. “Life is a precious gift, but we realize this only when we give it to others.”

— Pope Francis

197. “We Christians identify Christ with the sun, and the moon with the Church, the community of the faithful. No one, save Jesus Christ, possesses his or her own light.”

— Pope Francis

198. “Love makes us similar, it creates equality, it breaks down walls and eliminates distances. God did this with us.”

— Pope Francis

199. “I want to say one word to you and this word is “Joy”. Wherever there are consecrated people, seminarians, men and women religious, young people, there is joy, there is always joy!”

— Pope Francis

200. “Be sanctuaries of respect for life, proclaiming the sacredness of every human life from conception to natural death.”

— Pope Francis