Quotes from Pope Francis
Money has to serve, not to rule.
— Pope Francis
If someone is gay and he searches for the Lord and has good will, who am I to judge?
— Pope Francis
The Jesuits have a vow to obey the pope, but if the pope is a Jesuit, maybe he should have a vow to obey the superior general... I feel like I'm still a Jesuit in terms of my spirituality, what I have in my heart.
— Pope Francis
We must always walk in the presence of the Lord, in the light of the Lord, always trying to live in an irreprehensible way.
— Pope Francis
Among us, who is above must be in service of the others. This doesn't mean we have to wash each other's feet every day, but we must help one another.
— Pope Francis
A beautiful homily, a genuine sermon, must begin with the first proclamation, with the proclamation of salvation. There is nothing more solid, deep and sure than this proclamation.
— Pope Francis
The Son of God became incarnate in the souls of men to instill the feeling of brotherhood. All are brothers and all children of God.
— Pope Francis
Women have much to tell us. Women are capable of seeing things in a different angle. Women can pose questions that we men cannot understand.
— Pope Francis
I don't know if human activity is the only cause, but mostly, in great part, it is man who has slapped nature in the face, we have in a sense taken over nature.
— Pope Francis
We have, in a sense, lorded it over nature, over Sister Earth, over Mother Earth, i think man has gone too far.
— Pope Francis
To protect creation, to protect every man and every woman, to look upon them with tenderness and love is to open up a horizon of hope.
— Pope Francis
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