Top 500 Pope Francis Quotes (2026 Update)
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301. “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

302. “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

303. “If globalization seeks to bring all of us together, but to do so respecting each person, each individual person’s peculiarity, that globalization is good and makes us good and grow and leads to peace.”

— Pope Francis

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

— Pope Francis

305. “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

306. “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

307. “Religious life ought to promote growth in the Church by way of attraction. The Church must be attractive. Wake up the world! Be witnesses of a different way of doing things, of acting, of living! It is possible to live differently in this world.”

— Pope Francis

308. “Fasting makes sense if it really chips away at our security and, as a consequence, benefits someone else, if it helps us cultivate the style of the good Samaritan, who bent down to his brother in need and took care of him.”

— Pope Francis

309. “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

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

— Pope Francis

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

— Pope Francis

312. “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

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

— Pope Francis

314. “Our mission as Christians is to conform ourselves evermore to Jesus as the model of our lives.”

— Pope Francis

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

— Pope Francis

316. “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

317. “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

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

— Pope Francis

319. “Only those who serve with love are able to protect!”

— Pope Francis

320. “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

321. “We too can be saints in our family, in our neighborhood, wherever we live and work. Be a person who listens to what people need, communicating not only to grieve or tell others about your own problems. Listen in order to intercede and help out.”

— Pope Francis

322. “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

323. “The family is the most important wealth of a nation. May we endeavor to defend and strengthen the foundation of society.”

— Pope Francis

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

— Pope Francis

325. “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

326. “All of us benefit from remembering our past. A people which remembers does not repeat past errors; instead, it looks with confidence to the challenges of the present and the future.”

— Pope Francis

327. “Evolution in nature is not inconsistent with the notion of creation, because evolution requires the creation of beings that evolve.”

— Pope Francis

328. “This is important: to get to know people, listen, expand the circle of ideas. The world is crisscrossed by roads that come closer together and move apart, but the important thing is that they lead towards the Good.”

— Pope Francis

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

— Pope Francis

330. “A church without women would be like the apostolic college without Mary. The Madonna is more important than the apostles, and the church herself is feminine, the spouse of Christ and a mother.”

— Pope Francis

331. “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

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

— Pope Francis

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

— Pope Francis

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

— Pope Francis

335. “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

336. “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

337. “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

338. “We must not be afraid of solidarity; rather let us make all we have and are available to God.”

— Pope Francis

339. “If you withdraw into yourself, you run the risk of becoming Egocentric. And stagnant water becomes putrid.”

— Pope Francis

340. “Everyone must be a missionary, everyone can hear that call of Jesus and go forth and proclaim the Kingdom!”

— Pope Francis

341. “Every threat to the family is a threat to society itself. So protect your families! See in them your country’s greatest treasure and nourish them always by prayer and the grace of the sacraments.”

— Pope Francis

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342. “Let us protect with love all that God has given us!”

— Pope Francis

343. “In Confession, Jesus welcomes us with all our sinfulness, to give us a new heart, capable of loving as he loves.”

— Pope Francis

344. “God loves us. May we discover the beauty of loving and being loved.”

— Pope Francis

345. “A credible witness to truth and to the values of the Gospel is urgently needed.”

— Pope Francis

346. “How many of us, myself included, have lost our bearings; we are no longer attentive to the world in which we live; we don’t care; we don’t protect what God created for everyone, and we end up unable even to care for one another.”

— Pope Francis

347. “Let us protect Christ in our lives, so that we can protect others, so that we can protect creation!”

— Pope Francis

348. “It makes no difference whether they be Catholics, Orthodox, Copts or Protestants. They are Christians! Their blood is one and the same. Their blood confesses Christ.”

— Pope Francis

349. “Being a Christian means renouncing ourselves, taking up the cross and carrying it with Jesus. There is no other way.”

— Pope Francis

350. “It means protecting people, showing loving concern for each and every person, especially children, the elderly, those in need, who are often the last we think about.”

— Pope Francis