Top 500 Pope Francis Quotes (2026 Update)
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201. “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

202. “Gay adoption is discrimination against children.”

— Pope Francis

203. “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

204. “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

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

— Pope Francis

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

— Pope Francis

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207. “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

208. “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

209. “Today is my anniversary of ordination to the priesthood. Please pray for me and all priests.”

— Pope Francis

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

— Pope Francis

211. “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

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

— Pope Francis

213. “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

214. “When one lives attached to money, pride or power, it is impossible to be truly happy.”

— Pope Francis

215. “God’s goodness is stronger than any evil!”

— Pope Francis

216. “When we are generous in welcoming people and sharing something with them-some food, a place in our homes, our time-not only do we no longer remain poor: we are enriched.”

— Pope Francis

217. “Confirmation strengthens us to defend the faith and to spread the Gospel courageously.”

— Pope Francis

218. “Truth, according to the Christian faith, is God’s love for us in Jesus Christ. Therefore, truth is a relationship.”

— Pope Francis

219. “Today is the World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation. Let us work and pray.”

— Pope Francis

220. “I am a sinner. This is the most accurate definition. It is not a figure of speech, a literary genre. I am a sinner.”

— Pope Francis

221. “From my point of view, God is the light that illuminates the darkness, even if it does not dissolve it, and a spark of divine light is within each of us.”

— Pope Francis

222. “Our Christian identity is belonging to a people: the Church. Without the Church we are not Christians.”

— Pope Francis

223. “The culture of comfort, which makes us think only of ourselves, makes us insensitive to the cries of other people.”

— Pope Francis

224. “Whenever people listen to one another humbly and openly, their shared values and aspirations become all the more apparent. Diversity is no longer seen as a threat, but as a source of enrichment.”

— Pope Francis

225. “We are all jars of clay, fragile and poor, yet we carry within us an immense treasure.”

— Pope Francis

226. “The Internet offers immense possibilities for encounter and solidarity. This is something truly good, a gift from God.”

— Pope Francis

227. “Our life is made up of time, and time is a gift from God, so it is important that it be used in good and fruitful actions.”

— Pope Francis

228. “Consumerism has accustomed us to waste. But throwing food away is like stealing it from the poor and hungry.”

— Pope Francis

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

— Pope Francis

230. “The confessional is not a torture chamber, but the place in which the Lord’s mercy motivates us to do better.”

— Pope Francis

231. “I ask everyone with political responsibility to remember two things: human dignity and the common good.”

— Pope Francis

232. “The laity are called to become a leaven of Christian living within society.”

— Pope Francis

233. “You cannot be in a position of power and destroy the life of another person.”

— Pope Francis

234. “Help one another. This is what Jesus teaches us. This is what I do, and I do it with my heart.”

— Pope Francis

235. “Challenges exist to be overcome! Let us be realists, but without losing our joy, our boldness and our hope-filled commitment. Let us not allow ourselves to be robbed of missionary vigour!”

— Pope Francis

236. “We can study the whole history of salvation, we can study the whole of Theology, but without the Spirit we cannot understand. It is the Spirit that makes us realize the truth or – in the words of Our Lord – it is the Spirit that makes us know the voice of Jesus.”

— Pope Francis

237. “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.”

— Pope Francis

238. “Let us never forget that authentic power is service, which has its radiant culmination on the Cross.”

— Pope Francis

239. “I ask you to ensure that humanity is served by wealth, and not ruled by it.”

— Pope Francis

240. “Charity, patience and tenderness are very beautiful gifts. If you have them, you want to share them with others.”

— Pope Francis

241. “Our life must be centred on what is essential, on Jesus Christ. Everything else is secondary.”

— Pope Francis

242. “The person who gossips is a terrorist who drops a bomb, destroys, and they destroy others.”

— Pope Francis

243. “How marvellous it would be if, at the end of the day, each of us could say: today I have performed an act of charity towards others!”

— Pope Francis

244. “Because if we destroy Creation, Creation will destroy us! Never forget this!”

— Pope Francis

245. “Beware of getting too comfortable! When we are comfortable, it’s easy to forget other people.”

— Pope Francis

246. “On climate change, there is a clear, definitive and ineluctable ethical imperative to act.”

— Pope Francis

247. “Let us allow God to fill our hearts with his goodness and mercy.”

— Pope Francis

248. “Charity that does not change the situation of the poor isn’t enough.”

— Pope Francis

249. “Creation is not a property, which we can rule over at will; or, even less, is the property of only a few: Creation is a gift, it is a wonderful gift that God has given us, so that we care for it and we use it for the benefit of all, always with great respect and gratitude.”

— Pope Francis

250. “This is what marriage is all about – Man and woman walking together, wherein the husband helps his wife to become ever more a woman, and wherein the woman has the task of helping her husband to become ever more a man.”

— Pope Francis