Quotes from Pope Francis
Right now, we don't have a very good relation with creation.
— Pope Francis
When we walk without the cross, when we build without the cross and when we proclaim Christ without the cross, we are not disciples of the Lord. We are worldly. We may be bishops, priests, cardinals, popes, all of this, but we are not disciples of the Lord.
— Pope Francis
The worship of the golden calf of old has found a new and heartless image in the cult of money and the dictatorship of an economy which is faceless and lacking any truly human goal.
— Pope Francis
Vanity, showing off, is an attitude that reduces spirituality to a worldly thing, which is the worst sin that could be committed in the church.
— Pope Francis
The confessional is not a torture chamber, but the place in which the Lord's mercy motivates us to do better.
— Pope Francis
There is another form of poverty! It is the spiritual poverty of our time, which afflicts the so-called richer countries particularly seriously.
— Pope Francis
Jesus did not say: 'One of you go', but 'All of you go': we are sent together.
— Pope Francis
God's image is the married couple, a man and women, together. Not just the man. Not just the woman. No, both of them. That's God's image.
— Pope Francis
Today people are suffering from poverty, but also from lack of love
— Pope Francis
In our families we learn to love and to recognise the dignity of all, especially of the elderly
— Pope Francis
That which gives us true freedom and true happiness is the compassionate love of Christ.
— Pope Francis
If we are truly in love with Christ and if we sense how much he loves us, our heart will 'light up' with a joy that spreads to everyone around us.
— Pope Francis