Pope Francis Quotes
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401. “Work ends up dehumanizing people.”

— Pope Francis

402. “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

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

— Pope Francis

404. “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

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

— Pope Francis

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

— Pope Francis

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

— Pope Francis

408. “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

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

— Pope Francis

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

— Pope Francis

411. “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

412. “We just cannot worry about ourselves.”

— Pope Francis

413. “Dear young people, pray with me for peace in the world.”

— Pope Francis

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

— Pope Francis

415. “We have to work harder to develop a profound theology of women within the church. The feminine genius is needed wherever we make important decisions.”

— Pope Francis

416. “The Big Bang, which today we hold to be the origin of the world, does not contradict the intervention of the divine creator but, rather, requires it.”

— Pope Francis

417. “The Christian truth is attractive and persuasive because it responds to humanity’s deepest needs.”

— Pope Francis

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

— Pope Francis

419. “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

420. “We cannot be tepid disciples. The Church needs our courage in order to give witness to truth.”

— Pope Francis

421. “A great challenge: stop ruining the garden which God has entrusted to us so that all may enjoy it.”

— Pope Francis

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

— Pope Francis

423. “Who am I to judge a gay person?”

— Pope Francis

424. “So many of you have lost everything. I don’t know what to say to you. But the Lord does know what to say to you. Some of you have lost part of your families. All I can do is keep silence and walk with you all with my silent heart.”

— Pope Francis

425. “I make a forceful and urgent call to the entire Catholic Church, and also to every Christian of other confessions, as well as to followers of every religion and to those brothers and sisters who do not believe: peace is a good which overcomes every barrier, because it belongs to all of humanity!”

— Pope Francis

426. “One cannot offend, make war, kill in the name of one’s own religion, that is, in the name of God.”

— Pope Francis

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

— Pope Francis

428. “Among our tasks as witnesses to the love of Christ is that of giving a voice to the cry of the poor.”

— Pope Francis

429. “A society can be judged by the way it treats its children.”

— Pope Francis

430. “Lord Jesus, make us capable of loving as you love.”

— Pope Francis

431. “Created half to rise, and half to fall; Great lord of all things, yet a prey to all; Sole judge of truth, in endless error hurled; The glory, jest, and riddle of the world!”

— Pope Francis

432. “Together with the social responsibility of businesses, there is also the social responsibility of consumers. Every person ought to have the awareness that ’purchasing is always a moral-and not simply an economic-act.”

— Pope Francis

433. “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

434. “No act of virtue can be great if it is not followed by advantage for others. So, no matter how much time you spend fasting, no matter how much you sleep on a hard floor and eat ashes and sigh continually, if you do no good to others, you do nothing great.”

— Pope Francis

435. “How many innocent people and children suffer in the world! Lord, grant us your peace!”

— Pope Francis

436. “Let those desert places in our hearts bloom.”

— Pope Francis

437. “Certain realities in life are only seen through eyes that are cleansed through our tears. Let us learn how to weep.”

— Pope Francis

438. “God understands us, He waits for us. He doesn’t get tired of forgiving us. If we repent and go to him with a truly open heart.”

— Pope Francis

439. “Auschwitz cries out with the pain of immense suffering and pleads for a future of respect, peace and encounter among peoples.”

— Pope Francis

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

— Pope Francis

441. “Sometimes tears are the glasses that we need to see Jesus.”

— Pope Francis

442. “Human beings are themselves considered consumer goods to be used and then discarded. We have created a ‘disposable’ culture which is now spreading. It is no longer simply about exploitation and oppression, but something new.”

— Pope Francis

443. “I feel so low that instead of picking myself up I have to cut others down.”

— Pope Francis

444. “We must restore hope to young people, help the old, be open to the future, spread love. Be poor among the poor. We need to include the excluded and preach peace.”

— Pope Francis

445. “Each one of us is called to be an artisan of peace, by uniting and not dividing, by extinguishing hatred and not holding on to it, by opening paths to dialogue and not by constructing new walls!”

— Pope Francis

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

— Pope Francis

447. “Fathers are so necessary as examples and guides for our children in wisdom and virtue. Without father figures, young people often feel orphaned; left adrift at a critical moment in their growth and development.”

— Pope Francis

448. “Joy cannot be held at heel: it must be let go. Joy is a pilgrim virtue. It is a gift that walks, walks on the path of life, that walks with Jesus: preaching, proclaiming Jesus, proclaiming joy, lengthens and widens that path.”

— Pope Francis

449. “A Christian who is not a revolutionary today isn’t a Christian.”

— Pope Francis

450. “Jesus intercedes for us each day. Let us pray: Lord, have mercy on me; intercede for me!”

— Pope Francis