Pope Francis Quotes

It is important to integrate immigrants into society and to welcome them in the church community

Being a Christian is not just about following commandments: it is about letting Christ take possession of our lives and transform them.

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.

We cannot sleep peacefully while babies are dying of hunger and the elderly are without medical assistance

It is through an unbroken chain of witnesses that we come to see the face of Jesus.

Poverty is the center of the Gospel.

The goods of the earth are meant for everyone.

The key that opens the door to the faith is prayer.

We need to build up society in the light of the Beatitudes, walking towards the Kingdom with the least among us.

It is better to have a Church that is wounded but out in the streets than a Church that is sick because it is closed in on itself.

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

The teachings of the Gospel have direct consequences for our way of thinking, feeling and living.

It does not render justice to the victims, but rather fosters vengeance.

Money is needed to bring about many good things but when your heart is attached, it destroys you

Proclaim the beauty and truth of the Christian message to a society which is tangent by confusing presentations of sexuality, marriage and the family.

Certain realities of life we only see through eyes cleansed by our tears.

The church does not need apologists of its causes nor crusaders of its battles, but sowers humble and confident of the truth, who ... trust of its power

I would like a more missionary church,Not so much a tranquil church, but a beautiful church that goes forward.

The Corrupt should be tied to a rock & thrown into the sea

Each encounter with Jesus changes our life.

The Church of Rome, the Pope has always said, 'Seek peace.'

The Pope doesn't get mixed up in Italian politics.

It [abortion] is a crime, an absolute evil.

Don't confuse the evil of avoiding pregnancy by itself, with abortion.

[Abortion] is an evil in and of itself, but it is not a religious evil in the beginning, no, it's a human evil. Then obviously, as with every human evil, each killing is condemned.

I had the habit of not accepting prizes or honors, but always, not out of humility, but because I don't like them.

Maybe it's a little crazy, but it's good to have it, but I just don't like [prizes or honors].

A man who does not know how to have a relationship of friendship with a woman - I'm not talking about misogynists, who are sick - well, he's a man who is missing something.

I would like to say something just about the Mexican people. It is a population that has a wealth, such great wealth, a people that surprises.

Today, in Mexico, they speak 65 languages, counting the indigenous languages, 65. It is a people of great faith. They have also suffered religious persecution.

I invite [journalists] to seriously study the facts of Guadalupe. The Madonna is there. I cannot find another explanation.

I tell priests to flee from clericalism because clericalism distances people. May they flee from clericalism and I add: it's a plague in the Church.

As the son of an immigrant family, I am happy to be a guest in U.S, which was largely built by such families.

Remembrance saves a people's soul from whatever or whoever would attempt to dominate it or use it for their interests.

Families have a citizenship which is divine. The identity card they have is given to them by God. So that within the heart of the family, truth, goodness and beauty may truly grow.

It grieves me when I see a priest or a nun with the latest model car.

I say only that this man [Donald Trump] is not Christian if he has said things like that [about wall]. We must see if he said things in that way and in this I give the benefit of the doubt.

[Orthodox] are brothers, but I must respect them.

I will be praying with my best wishes that the Orthodox move ahead because they are brothers and their bishops are bishops like us.

For example, this, what I said about the bishops who move pedophile priests, the best thing they can do is resign. This isn't a dogmatic thing, but this is what I think.

I try to lead a life where I don't have to ask God for forgiveness.

Every conflict is emblematic of the throwaway culture.

I had the habit of not accepting prizes or honors, but always, not out of humility, but because I don't like them. Maybe it's a little crazy, but it's good to have it, but I just don't like them.

I read little, I just glance through one newspaper. Just 15 minutes.

Integrating in the Church doesn't mean receiving communion.

I like to say that women are those who form life in their wombs - and this is a comparison I make - they have this charism of giving you things you can build with.

I do not believe, that it is true or right that Islam is terrorist.

Terrorism is everywhere. You think of the tribal terrorism of some African countries.

It is difficult to judge the past by the criteria of the present.

[Mexican people] have a culture, a culture that goes back millennia.