Pope Francis Quotes

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

Peacemaking calls for courage, much more so than warfare.

To use a telling phrase of the Reverend Martin Luther King, we can say that we have defaulted on a promissory note and now is the time to honor it.

How powerful prayer is! May we never lose the courage to say: Lord, give us your peace.

Take care of God’s creation. But above all, take care of people in need.

Have the courage to go against the tide of current values that do not conform to the path of Jesus.

We cannot be part-time Christians! We should seek to live our faith at every moment of every day.

May we try to listen and be silent in order to make space for the beauty of God.

Let us pray for all good and faithful priests who dedicate themselves to their people with generosity and unknown sacrifices.

A mother defends herself with a heart filled with love before doing so with words. I wonder whether there is any love for the church in the hearts of those who pay so much attention to the scandals.

You cannot insult the faith of others.

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

Do not be afraid to dream great things!

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

How can it be that it is not a news item when an elderly homeless person dies of exposure, but it is news when the stock market loses two points? This is a case of exclusion.

Let us ask the Lord for this grace: that our hearts become free and filled with light, so that we can rejoice as children of God.

Don't be afraid to go to the Sacrament of Confession, where you will meet Jesus who forgives you.

A Christian is one who is invited... to join in the feast, to the joy of being saved, to the joy of being redeemed, to the joy of sharing life with Christ. This is a joy! You are called to a party!

Let's return to our first love, in order to receive the fire which Jesus has kindled in the world and to bring that fire to all people, to the very ends of the earth.

The fact is that woman was taken from a rib.

Are you angry with someone? Pray for that person. That is what Christian love is.

Children are victims of a social problem that wounds the family.

It is necessary to broaden the opportunities for a stronger presence of women in the church.

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

God asks everything of us, yet at the same time he offers everything to us.

Oh, how I would like a poor Church, and for the poor.

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

Not to share one’s goods with the poor is to rob them and to deprive them of life. It is not our goods that we possess, but theirs.

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

When families bring children into the world, train them in faith and sound values, and teach them to contribute to society, they become a blessing in our world.

Human trafficking is an open wound on the body of contemporary society, a scourge upon the body of Christ. It is a crime against humanity.

Vocations are born in prayer and from prayer; and only in prayer can they persevere and bear fruit.

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.

Evolution in nature is not opposed to the notion of Creation, because evolution presupposes the creation of beings that evolve.

To follow Jesus means to share his merciful love for every human being.

Our deepest joy comes from Christ: remaining with him, walking with him, being his disciples.

Let us keep the flame of faith alive through prayer and the sacraments: let us make sure we do not forget God.

The process of healing also needs to include the pursuit of truth, not for the sake of opening old wounds, but rather as a necessary means of promoting justice, healing and unity.

Faith is not a light which scatters all our darkness, but a lamp which guides our steps in the night and suffices for the journey.

The Christian who does not feel that the Virgin Mary is his or her mother is an orphan.

If we are to know the Lord, we must go to Him. Listen to Him in silence before the Tabernacle and approach Him in the Sacraments.

How good it is for us when the Lord unsettles our lukewarm and superficial lives.

The whole of salvation history is the story of God looking for us: he offers us love and welcomes us with tenderness.

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.

Let us seek to live in a way that is always worthy of our Christian vocation

May no one use religion as a pretext for actions against human dignity and against the fundamental rights of every man and woman.

The first genocide of the 21st century was against you, the Armenian people.

One day we will see our animals again in eternity of Christ. Paradise is open to all God’s creatures.

Our life must be centred on what is essential, on Jesus Christ. Everything else is secondary.

To be friends with God means to pray with simplicity, like children talking to their parents.