Top 500 Pope Francis Quotes (2026 Update)
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401. “Without mercy, we have little chance nowadays of becoming part of a world of ‘wounded’ persons in need of understanding, forgiveness, love.”

— Pope Francis

402. “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

403. “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

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

— Pope Francis

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

— Pope Francis

406. “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

407. “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

408. “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

409. “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

410. “Religious fundamentalism, even before it eliminates human beings by perpetrating horrendous killings, eliminates God himself, turning him into a mere ideological pretext.”

— Pope Francis

411. “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

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

— Pope Francis

413. “There is so much noise in the world! May we learn to be silent in our hearts and before God.”

— Pope Francis

414. “Jesus on the Cross feels the whole weight of the evil, and with the force of God’s love he conquers it, he defeats it with his resurrection.”

— Pope Francis

415. “It is normal for husband and wife to argue: it’s normal. It always happens. But my advice is this: never let the day end without having first made peace. Never!”

— Pope Francis

416. “Dear young people, let us not be satisfied with a mediocre life. Be amazed by what is true and beautiful, what is of God!”

— Pope Francis

417. “Let us draw from the crib the joy and deep peace that Jesus comes to bring to the world.”

— Pope Francis

418. “Do not be afraid to cast yourselves into the arms of God; whatever he asks of you, he will repay a hundredfold.”

— Pope Francis

419. “No one must use the name of God to commit violence. To kill in the name of God is a grave sacrilege. To discriminate in the name of God is inhuman.”

— Pope Francis

420. “We also must learn to listen more to our conscience. Be careful, however: this does not mean we ought to follow our ego, do whatever interests us, whatever suits us, whatever pleases us. That is not conscience.”

— Pope Francis

421. “Obsession with a consumerist lifestyle, above all when few people are capable of maintaining it, can only lead to violence and mutual destruction.”

— Pope Francis

422. “We must not believe the Evil One when he tells us that there is nothing we can do in the face of violence, injustice and sin.”

— Pope Francis

423. “Only by becoming poor ourselves, by stripping away our complacency, will we be able to identify with the least of our brothers and sisters.”

— Pope Francis

424. “Before all else, the Gospel invites us to respond to the God of love who saves us, to see God in others and to go forth from ourselves to seek the good of others.”

— Pope Francis

425. “The Church does not exist to condemn people but to bring about an encounter with the visceral love of God’s mercy.”

— Pope Francis

426. “Missionaries never give up on their dream of peace, even when they experience difficulties and persecution, which makes their presence strongly felt today.”

— Pope Francis

427. “How many kinds of moral and material poverty we face today as a result of denying God and putting so many idols in his place!”

— Pope Francis

428. “As Christians, we have an additional reason to love and serve the poor ; for in them we see the face and the flesh of Christ, who made himself poor so to enrich us with his poverty.”

— Pope Francis

429. “We who are Christians, members of God’s family, are called to go out to the needy and to serve them.”

— Pope Francis

430. “The presence of the devil is on the first page of the Bible, and the Bible ends as well with the presence of the devil, with the victory of God over the devil.”

— Pope Francis

431. “Christianity spreads through the joy of disciples who know that they are loved and saved.”

— Pope Francis

432. “There are no part-time Christians.”

— Pope Francis

433. “The search for God means having the courage to set out on a risky path, it means following our restless hearts,...”

— Pope Francis

434. “There is no such thing as low-cost Christianity. Following Jesus means swimming against the tide, renouncing evil and selfishness.”

— Pope Francis

435. “The Cross isn’t an ornament, mere symbol. It’s the mystery of God’s love, that He died for our sins.”

— Pope Francis

436. “Open your hearts to the Lord. The Lord is waiting for you and the Church will welcome you if your willingness to serve good is as clear and public as your choice to serve evil was.”

— Pope Francis

437. “There is an ideological colonization we have to be careful of that tries to destroy the family.”

— Pope Francis

438. “Work ends up dehumanizing people.”

— Pope Francis

439. “Poverty is the center of the gospel.”

— Pope Francis

440. “God always has patience.”

— Pope Francis

441. “We have so much information but maybe we don’t know what to do with that information. So we run the risk of becoming museums of young people who have everything but not knowing what to do with it. We don’t need young museums but we do need holy young people.”

— Pope Francis

442. “Worshipping is stripping ourselves of our idols, even the most hidden ones, and choosing the Lord as the centre, as the highway of our lives.”

— Pope Francis

443. “Dear parents, have great patience, and forgive from the depths of your heart.”

— Pope Francis

444. “Indifference towards those in need is not acceptable for a Christian.”

— Pope Francis

445. “We just cannot worry about ourselves.”

— Pope Francis

446. “The alliance of love between a man and a woman, an alliance for life, cannot be improvised, and is not made in a day.”

— Pope Francis

447. “In a family it is normal to take charge of those who need help. Do not be afraid of frailty!”

— Pope Francis

448. “God loves the lowly. When we live humbly, he takes our small efforts and creates great things.”

— Pope Francis

449. “Move forward and let others do the same. Simple. This is a guiding principle everyone should have.”

— Pope Francis

450. “May we always care for our children, not counting the cost, so that they may never believe themselves to be mistakes, but always know their infinite worth.”

— Pope Francis