Top 500 Pope Francis Quotes (2024 Update)
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351. “At times we are slaves of sin. Lord, come to free us!”

— Pope Francis

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

— Pope Francis

353. “G. K. Chesterton: “When Man ceases to worship God he does not worship nothing but worships everything.”

— Pope Francis

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

— Pope Francis

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

— Pope Francis

356. “Politics is noble; it is one of the highest forms of charity, as Paul VI used to say. We sully it when we mix it with business. The relationship between the Church and political power can also be corrupted if common good is not the only converging point.”

— Pope Francis

357. “In the silence of the Cross, the uproar of weapons ceases and the language of reconciliation, forgiveness, dialogue and peace is spoken.”

— Pope Francis

358. “Babies cry, make noise, go here and there. But it annoys me when a baby cries in church and there are those who say he needs to go out. The cry of a baby is God’s voice: never drive them away from the church!”

— Pope Francis

359. “People in every nation enhance the social dimension of their lives by acting as committed and responsible citizens.”

— Pope Francis

360. “To be wise use three languages: think well, feel well and do well. And to be wise allow yourselves to be surprised by the love of God. That will guarantee a good life.”

— Pope Francis

361. “Do not feel discouraged by all the challenges and hardships you might face. I ask you not to forget that, like those who came here before you, you bring many gifts to this new nation of yours.”

— Pope Francis

362. “Education, work, and access to health care for all are key elements for development and the just distribution of goods, for the attainment of social justice, for membership in society, and for free and responsible participation in political life.”

— Pope Francis

363. “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

364. “This is ideological colonization. They colonize people with ideas that try to change mentalities or structures, but this is not new. This was done by the dictatorships of the last century.”

— Pope Francis

365. “Only trust in God can transform doubts into certainty, evil into good, night into radiant dawn.”

— Pope Francis

366. “Through prayer, charity and humility before God, people receive a heart which is firm and merciful, attentive and generous, a heart which is not closed, indifferent or prey to the globalization of indifference.”

— Pope Francis

367. “Dear young people, don’t be afraid to marry. A faithful and fruitful marriage will bring you happiness.”

— Pope Francis

368. “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

369. “In the moment of hardship, we ask why some things happen. In those moments of suffering, questioning prayers that do not ask for explanations but beg the Lord to accompany us are the most useful.”

— Pope Francis

370. “Let’s not be naive, we’re not talking about a simple political battle; it is a destructive pretension against the plan of God. We are not talking about a mere bill, but rather a machination of the Father of Lies that seeks to confuse and deceive the children of God.”

— Pope Francis

371. “If sadness comes to you one day with an invitation, tell it you are committed to joy and will be faithful to it your whole life long.”

— Pope Francis

372. “To protect creation, to protect every man and every woman, to look upon them with tenderness and love is to open up a horizon of hope.”

— Pope Francis

373. “God is not a divine being or a magician, but the Creator who brought everything to life.”

— Pope Francis

374. “The key that opens the door to the faith is prayer.”

— Pope Francis

375. “Children have a right to grow up in a family with a father and a mother.”

— Pope Francis

376. “The emptier a person’s heart is, the more he or she needs to buy, own, and consume.”

— Pope Francis

377. “The family is where we are formed as people. Every family is a brick in the building of society.”

— Pope Francis

378. “A Christian brings peace to others. Not only peace, but also love, kindness, faithfulness and joy.”

— Pope Francis

379. “Vanity, showing off, is an attitude that reduces spirituality to a worldly thing, which is the worst sin that could be committed in the church.”

— Pope Francis

380. “If we act like children of God, knowing that he loves us, our lives will be made new, filled with serenity and joy.”

— Pope Francis

381. “There is no worse material poverty, I am keen to stress, than the poverty which prevents people from earning their bread and deprives them of the dignity of work.”

— Pope Francis

382. “I dream of a church that is a mother and shepherdess.”

— Pope Francis

383. “When we do not adore God, we adore something else. Money and power are false idols which often take the place of God.”

— Pope Francis

384. “When everything falls apart, only one thing sustains our hope: God loves us, he loves everyone!”

— Pope Francis

385. “I like it when someone tells me ‘I don’t agree.’ This is a true collaborator. When they say ‘Oh, how great, how great, how great,’ that’s not useful.”

— Pope Francis

386. “We can walk when we want to, we can build many things, but if we do not witness to Jesus Christ then it doesn’t matter. We might become a philanthropic NGO but we wouldn’t be the Church, the Bride of the Lord.”

— Pope Francis

387. “Let us not have a computer psychology that makes us think we know it all. All answers on computers – but no surprises. The challenge of love. God reveals himself through surprises.”

— Pope Francis

388. “Without mercy, we have little chance nowadays of becoming part of a world of ‘wounded’ persons in need of understanding, forgiveness, love.”

— Pope Francis

389. “Mere administration can no longer be enough. Throughout the world, let us be permanently in a state of mission.”

— Pope Francis

390. “We need to be creative with young people. If they have no opportunities, they will get into drugs and be vulnerable to suicide.”

— Pope Francis

391. “Do not be afraid to go and to bring Christ into every area of life, to the fringes of society, even to those who seem farthest away, most indifferent.”

— Pope Francis

392. “Without a solution to the problems of the poor, we will not solve the problems of the world. We need projects, mechanisms and processes to implement better distribution of resources, from the creation of new jobs to the integral promotion of those who are excluded’.”

— Pope Francis

393. “I have a dogmatic certainty: God is in every person’s life. God is in everyone’s life. Even if the life of a person has been a disaster, even if it is destroyed by vices, drugs or anything else – God is in this person’s life. You can – you must – try to seek God in every human life.”

— Pope Francis

394. “In a world like this, media can help us to feel closer to one another, creating a sense of unity of the human family which can in turn inspire solidarity and serious efforts to ensure a more dignified life for all.”

— Pope Francis

395. “Those called to the service of governance in the church need to have a strong sense of justice, so that any form of injustice becomes unacceptable.”

— Pope Francis

396. “Like Mary, may we nurture the light born within us at Christmas. May we carry it everywhere in our daily lives.”

— Pope Francis

397. “Indifference is dangerous, whether innocent or not.”

— Pope Francis

398. “The love of God is not something vague or generic; the love of God has a name and a face: Jesus Christ.”

— Pope Francis

399. “When Jesus stepped into the waters of the Jordan and was baptized by John the Baptist, he did so not because he was in need of repentance, or conversion: he did it to be among people who need forgiveness, among us sinners, and to take upon himself the burden of our sins.”

— Pope Francis

400. “The one thing that the Catholic Church desires, and that I seek as Bishop of Rome, “the Church which presides in charity”, is communion with the Orthodox Churches.”

— Pope Francis