Quotes from Pope Francis

Let us learn to live with kindness, to love everyone, even when they do not love us.

Holiness doesn't mean doing extraordinary things, but doing ordinary things with love and faith.

Being a disciple means being constantly ready to bring the love of Jesus to others, and this can happen unexpectedly and in any place: on the street, in a city square, during work, on a journey.

Like the Good Samaritan, may we not be ashamed of touching the wounds of those who suffer, but try to heal them with concrete acts of love.

Lord, teach us to step outside ourselves. Teach us to go out into the streets and manifest your love.

Let us never lose hope! God loves us always, even with our mistakes and sins.

Let us thank all those who teach in Catholic schools. Educating is an act of love; it is like giving life.

From the Cross, Christ teaches us to love even those who do not love us.

Agape, the love of each one of us for the other, from the closest to the furthest, is in fact the only way that Jesus has given us to find the way of salvation and of the Beatitudes.

In the poor and outcast we see Christ's face; by loving and helping the poor, we love and serve Christ.

A person once asked me, in a provocative manner, if I approved of homosexuality. I replied with another question: '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?' We must always consider the person.

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.