Pope Francis Quotes
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251. “I want to see the church get closer to the people. I want to get rid of clericalism, the mundane, this closing ourselves off within ourselves, in our parishes, schools or structures. Because these need to get out!”

— Pope Francis

252. “God asks everything of us, yet at the same time he offers everything to us.”

— Pope Francis

253. “Dear young people, Jesus gives us life, life in abundance. If we are close to him we will have joy in our hearts and a smile on our face.”

— Pope Francis

254. “The great biblical tradition enjoins on all peoples the duty to hear the voice of the poor. It bids us break the bonds of injustice and oppression which give rise to glaring, and indeed scandalous, social inequalities.”

— Pope Francis

255. “Praise is the ‘breath’ which gives us life, because it is intimacy with God, an intimacy that grows through daily praise.”

— Pope Francis

256. “When you lose the capacity to dream, you lose the capacity to love, and the energy to love is lost.”

— Pope Francis

257. “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

258. “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.”

— Pope Francis

259. “Let us pray to the Lord and ask him to protect the family in the crisis with which the devil wants to destroy it. Families are the domestic church where Jesus grows in the love of a married couple, in the lives of their children.”

— Pope Francis

260. “Jesus is the sun and Mary is the dawn announcing his rising.”

— Pope Francis

261. “Pastors must welcome the lost sheep. Actually, I made a mistake. I said welcome, rather, go out and find them.”

— Pope Francis

262. “If we, each doing our own part, if we do good to others, if we meet there, doing good, and we go slowly, gently, little by little, we will make that culture of encounter: we need that so much. We must meet one another doing good.”

— Pope Francis

263. “The Christian family is missionary: it announces the love of God to the world.”

— Pope Francis

264. “Today people are suffering from poverty, but also from lack of love.”

— Pope Francis

265. “We cannot give up in the face of evil. God is Love and he has defeated evil through Christ’s death and resurrection.”

— Pope Francis

266. “Human rights are not only violated by terrorism, repression or assassination, but also by unfair economic structures that creates huge inequalities.”

— Pope Francis

267. “Certainly, possessions, money, and power can give a momentary thrill, the illusion of being happy, but they end up possessing us and making us always want to have more, never satisfied. ‘Put on Christ’ in your life, place your trust in him, and you will never be disappointed!”

— Pope Francis

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

— Pope Francis

269. “Dear young people, do not be afraid of making decisive choices in life. Have faith; the Lord will not abandon you!”

— Pope Francis

270. “Breathing is made up of two stages: inhaling, the intake of air, and exhaling, the letting out of air. The spiritual life is fed, nourished, by prayer and is expressed outwardly through mission: inhaling and exhaling. When we inhale, by prayer, we receive the fresh air of the Holy Spirit.”

— Pope Francis

271. “Each encounter with Jesus fills us with joy, with that deep joy which only God can give.”

— Pope Francis

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

— Pope Francis

273. “Christians are those who let God clothe them with goodness and mercy, with Christ, so as to become, like Christ, servants of God and others.”

— Pope Francis

274. “It is now, more than ever, necessary that political leaders be outstanding for honesty, integrity and commitment to the common good.”

— Pope Francis

275. “States kill when they apply the death penalty, when they send their people to war, or when they carry out extra-judicial or summary executions. They can also kill by omission, when they fail to guarantee to their people access to the bare essentials for life.”

— Pope Francis

276. “If there is no humility, love remains blocked.”

— Pope Francis

277. “We ask the risen Jesus, who turns death into life, to change hatred into love, vengeance into forgiveness, war into peace. Yes, Christ is our peace, and through him to implore peace for all the world.”

— Pope Francis

278. “I have neither silver nor gold, but I bring with me the most precious thing given to me: Jesus Christ.”

— Pope Francis

279. “The climate is a common good, belonging to all and meant for all.”

— Pope Francis

280. “Every Christian is a missionary to the extent that he or she bears witness to God’s love. Be missionaries of God’s tenderness!”

— Pope Francis

281. “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

282. “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.”

— Pope Francis

283. “Jesus teaches us another way: Go out. Go out and share your testimony, go out and interact with your brothers, go out and share, go out and ask. Become the Word in body as well as spirit.”

— Pope Francis

284. “I believe in the kindness of others, and that I must love them without fear.”

— Pope Francis

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

— Pope Francis

286. “Working for a just distribution of the fruits of the earth and human labor is not mere philanthropy. It is a moral obligation.”

— Pope Francis

287. “Whoever says he is without sin is a liar or is blind.”

— Pope Francis

288. “It hurts me when I see a priest or a nun with the latest model car, you can’t do this. A car is necessary to do a lot of work, but please, choose a more humble one. If you like the fancy one, just think about how many children are dying of hunger in the world.”

— Pope Francis

289. “Practicing charity is the best way to evangelize.”

— Pope Francis

290. “We can observe the Fourth Commandment by loving visits to our aging grandparents.”

— Pope Francis

291. “God’s love is free. He asks for nothing in return; all he wants is for his love to be accepted.”

— Pope Francis

292. “The thing the Church needs most today is the ability to heal wounds and to warm the hearts of the faithful.”

— Pope Francis

293. “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

294. “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

295. “The scourge of drug trafficking, that favors violence and sows the seeds of suffering and death, requires of society as a whole an act of courage.”

— Pope Francis

296. “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.”

— Pope Francis

297. “That which gives us true freedom and true happiness is the compassionate love of Christ.”

— Pope Francis

298. “First, we can pray in communion with the Church on earth and in heaven. Let us not underestimate the power of so many voices united in prayer!”

— Pope Francis

299. “Let us go back to the Lord. The Lord never tires of forgiving: never! It is we who tire of asking his forgiveness. Let us ask for the grace not to tire of asking forgiveness, because he never tires of forgiving.”

— Pope Francis

300. “The Son of God became incarnate in the souls of men to instill the feeling of brotherhood. All are brothers and all children of God.”

— Pope Francis