Top 500 Pope Francis Quotes (2024 Update)
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301. “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

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

— Pope Francis

303. “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

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

— Pope Francis

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

— Pope Francis

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

— Pope Francis

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

— Pope Francis

308. “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

309. “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

310. “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

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

— Pope Francis

312. “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

313. “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

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

— Pope Francis

315. “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

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

— Pope Francis

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

— Pope Francis

318. “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

319. “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

320. “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

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

— Pope Francis

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

— Pope Francis

323. “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

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

— Pope Francis

325. “Where we find hate and darkness, may we bring love and hope, in order to give a more human face to society.”

— Pope Francis

326. “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

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

— Pope Francis

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

— Pope Francis

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

— Pope Francis

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

— Pope Francis

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

— Pope Francis

332. “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

333. “It is important to integrate immigrants into society and to welcome them in the church community.”

— Pope Francis

334. “What is most important subject you have to learn in life? To learn how to love. This is the challenge that life offers you: to learn bow to love. Not just to accumulate information without knowing what to do with it. But through that love, let that information bear fruit.”

— Pope Francis

335. “Be missionaries of God’s tenderness!”

— Pope Francis

336. “Dear Young People, do not be mediocre; the Christian life challenges us with great ideals!”

— Pope Francis

337. “Christ is always faithful. Let us pray to be always faithful to him.”

— Pope Francis

338. “At times we can be self-absorbed. Lord, help us to open our hearts to others and to serve those who are most vulnerable.”

— Pope Francis

339. “Dear young people, listen within: Christ is knocking at the door of your heart.”

— Pope Francis

340. “Resolve not to be overcome by evil, but to combat evil with good.”

— Pope Francis

341. “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

342. “Communications requires study, preparation, and a special attention to truth, goodness and beauty.”

— Pope Francis

343. “Do not forget, read a passage from the Gospel every day. It is the power that changes us, that transforms us, it changes life and it changes the heart.”

— Pope Francis

344. “We need courage if we are to be faithful to the Gospel.”

— Pope Francis

345. “A good example brings about so much good, but hypocrisy brings about so much evil.”

— Pope Francis

346. “At times we are slaves of sin. Lord, come to free us!”

— Pope Francis

347. “Laboratories are useful, but reflection for us must always start from experience.”

— Pope Francis

348. “Living together is an art. It’s a patient art, it’s a beautiful art, it’s fascinating.”

— Pope Francis

349. “To love God and neighbor is not something abstract, but profoundly concrete: it means seeing in every person and face of the Lord to be served, to serve him concretely. And you are, dear brothers and sisters, in the face of Jesus.”

— Pope Francis

350. “The tyranny of relativism is the spiritual poverty of our time.”

— Pope Francis