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Pope Francis Quotes - Page 10

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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.

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.

Attitude, Vanity, Church

"'Careerism and vanity: Sins of the Church'". Vatican Insider Interview, www.lastampa.it. February 24, 2012.

It is now, more than ever, necessary that political leaders be outstanding for honesty, integrity and commitment to the common good.

Honesty, Integrity, Commitment

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.

Names, Return, Favour

What is most important subject you have to learn in life? To learn how to love. This is the challenge that life offers you: to learn bow to love. Not just to accumulate information without knowing what to do with it. But through that love, let that information bear fruit.

Knowing, Challenges, Important

A society which abandons children and the elderly severs its roots and darkens its future.

Children, Elderly, Roots

Pope Francis “The Blessing of Family: Inspiring Words from Pope Francis”, Franciscan Media

Filipinos everywhere are known for their love of God, their fervent piety and their warm devotion to Our Lady and her rosary

Rosary, God Love, Devotion

Pope Francis (2016). “Men of Mercy: Pope Francis Speaks to Priests”, p.74, BookBaby

Let us allow God to fill our hearts with his goodness and mercy.

Heart, Mercy, Goodness

Each individual Christian and every community is called to be an instrument of God for the liberation and promotion of the poor.

Christian, Community, Promotion

Pope Francis (2014). “The Joy of the Gospel”, p.57, BookBaby

Wars are always madness: all is lost in war, all is to be gained in peace.

War, Madness, Lost

If you don’t learn how to cry, you cannot be a good Christian. When they posed this question to us – why children suffer, why this or that tragedy occurs in life – our response must be either silence or a word that is born of our tears. Be courageous, don’t be afraid to cry.

Christian, Children, Silence

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.

Selfish, Exclusion, Prosperity

Pope Francis (2016). “Care for Creation: A Call for Ecological Conversion”, p.22, Orbis Books

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.

Children, Blessing, Our World

Pope Francis “The Blessing of Family: Inspiring Words from Pope Francis”, Franciscan Media

I am a sinner. This is the most accurate definition. It is not a figure of speech, a literary genre. I am a sinner.

Literary Genre, Speech, Definitions

Pope Francis (2014). “My Door Is Always Open: A Conversation on Faith, Hope and the Church in a Time of Change”, p.17, A&C Black

If someone is gay and is searching for the Lord and has good will, then who am I to judge him? ... The problem is not having this tendency, no, we must be brothers and sisters to one another. The problem is in making a lobby of this tendency: a lobby of misers, a lobby of politicians, a lobby of masons, so many lobbies.

Brother, Gay, Judging

Press conference of Pope Francis during the return flight from Rio de Janeiro, w2.vatican.va. July 28, 2013.

REJECT ALL FORMS OF CORRUPTION THAT DIVERT RESOURCES FROM THE POOR

Corruption, Poor, Form

True love does not pay attention to the evil it suffers. It rejoices in doing good.

True Love, Evil, Suffering

Dear young people, you have many plans and dreams for the future. But, is Christ at the center of each of your plans and dreams?

Dream, People, Christ

Pope Francis “The Blessing of Family: Inspiring Words from Pope Francis”, Franciscan Media

Since many of you do not belong to the Catholic Church and others are non-believers, from the bottom of my heart I give this silent blessing to each and every one of you, respecting the conscience of each one of you but knowing that each one of you is a child of God.

Children, Heart, Blessing

"Pope Francis Wants 'Poor Church And Church For The Poor'". www.huffingtonpost.com. March 16, 2013.

China is a great nation that offers the world a great culture, so many good things. I love the Chinese people and I hope there is the possibility of having good relations. We're in contact, we talk, we are moving forward but for me, to have as a friend a great country like China, which has so much culture and has so much opportunity to do good, would be a joy.

Country, Moving, Opportunity

"Pope Francis: 'I’m not a star, but the servant of servants of God'". Vatican Radio translation of Pope Francis' press conference, www.news.va. September 28, 2015.

The right to life is the first among human rights.

Rights, Pro Life, Abortion

"10 must-read quotations from Pope Francis: portrait of a forceful thinker". www.lifesitenews.com. March 15, 2013.

Whenever our interior life becomes caught up in its own interests and concerns, there is no longer room for others, no place for the poor.

Rooms, Poor, Caught

Pope Francis (2016). “Care for Creation: A Call for Ecological Conversion”, p.77, Orbis Books

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

Men, Rights, Use

Address of Pope Francis at the meeting with the civil authorities of Albania, w2.vatican.va. September 21, 2014.

Our infinite sadness can only be cured by an infinite love.

Sadness, Infinite, Infinite Love

Pope Francis (2015). “The Spirit of St Francis: Inspiring Words on Faith, Love and Creation”, p.139, SPCK

Religious life ought to promote growth in the Church by way of attraction. The Church must be attractive. Wake up the world! Be witnesses of a different way of doing things, of acting, of living! It is possible to live differently in this world.

Religious, Growth, Acting

We must restore hope to young people, help the old, be open to the future, spread love. Be poor among the poor. We need to include the excluded and preach peace.

Love, Family, Happiness

"The Pope: how the Church will change". Interview with Eugenio Scalfari, www.repubblica.it. October 01, 2013.

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