Pope Francis Quotes

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Tell me: when God looks at a gay person, does he endorse the existence of this person with love, or reject and condemn this person?... It is necessary to accompany them with mercy.

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I see the church as a field hospital after battle. It is useless to ask a seriously injured person if he has high cholesterol and about the level of his blood sugars. You have to heal his wounds. Then we can talk about everything else.

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In effect, a selfish and boundless thirst for power and material prosperity leads both to the misuse of available natural resources and to the exclusion of the weak and the disadvantaged.

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Religious freedom certainly means the right to worship God, individually and in community, as our consciences dictate. But religious liberty, by its nature, transcends places of worship and the private sphere of individuals and families.

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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.

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Money must serve, not rule! The Pope loves everyone, rich and poor alike, but he is obliged in the name of Christ to remind all that the rich must help, respect and promote the poor. I exhort you to generous solidarity and a return of economics and finance to an ethical approach which favours human beings.

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

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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.

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Going out to others in order to reach the fringes of humanity does not mean rushing out aimlessly into the world. Often it is better simply to slow down, to put aside our eagerness in order to see and listen to others, to stop rushing from one thing to another and to remain with someone who has faltered along the way.

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The Cross is the Word through which God has responded to evil in the world.

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Let us pray for peace, and let us bring it about, starting in our own homes.

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Why are deadly weapons being sold to those who plan to inflict untold suffering on individuals and society? Sadly, the answer, as we all know, is simply for money: money that is drenched in blood, often innocent blood. In the face of this shameful and culpable silence, it is our duty to confront the problem and to stop the arms trade.

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

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There are the saints of every day, the 'hidden' saints, a sort of 'middle class of holiness'... to which we can all belong.

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Just as we need the courage to be happy, we also need the courage to live simply.

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This task entrusted to us by God the Creator requires us to grasp the rhythm and logic of creation. But we are often driven by pride of domination, of possessions, manipulation, of exploitation; we do not "care" for it, we do not respect it, we do not consider it as a free gift that we must care for.

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Be present to those who, living in the midst of a society burdened by poverty and corruption, are broken in spirit, tempted to give up, to leave school and to live on the streets.

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Marriage now tends to be viewed as a form of mere emotional satisfaction that can be constructed in any way or modified at will. But the indispensible contribution of marriage to society transcends the feelings and momentary needs of the couple.

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It is the attitude of some leaders of God's people; they continually scold others, hurl reproaches at them, tell them to be quiet.... 'Madam, take your crying child out of the church as I am preaching.' As if the cries of a child were not a sublime homily.

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Profound peace, spiritual consolation, love of God and love of all things in God - this is the sign that you are on this right path.

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Whenever we take a step towards Jesus, we come to realize that he is already there, waiting for us with open arms.

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The Pope appeals for disinterested solidarity and for a return to person-centred ethics in the world of finance and economics.

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

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If we wish to follow Christ closely, we cannot choose an easy, quiet life. It will be a demanding life, but full of joy.

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One of the more serious temptations which stifles boldness and zeal is a defeatism, which turns us into querulous and disillusioned pessimists, sourpusses.

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