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Pope Francis Quotes - Page 22

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We cannot keep ourselves shut up in parishes, in our communities, when so many people are waiting for the Gospel!

We cannot keep ourselves shut up in parishes, in our communities, when so many people are waiting for the Gospel!

People, Community, Waiting

Pope Francis (2014). “My Door Is Always Open: A Conversation on Faith, Hope and the Church in a Time of Change”, p.83, A&C Black

Together with the social responsibility of businesses, there is also the social responsibility of consumers. Every person ought to have the awareness that 'purchasing is always a moral-and not simply an economic-act.

Responsibility, Together, Moral

Christian marriage is that sacrament which builds up the community of the Church and of society. Marriage has been inscribed in creation's design by God, and, by his grace, countless Christian men and women have lived married life fully.

Christian, Men, Design

If we learn to say we're sorry and ask forgiveness, the marriage will last.

Sorry, Lasts, Asking For Forgiveness

Many powerful people don't want peace, because they live off war.

Powerful, War, People

"Pope says many powerful people don't want peace". www.ansa.it. May 11, 2015.

Let's return to our first love, in order to receive the fire which Jesus has kindled in the world and to bring that fire to all people, to the very ends of the earth.

Jesus, First Love, Fire

I am always wary of decisions made hastily. I am always wary of the first decision, that is, the first thing that comes to my mind if I have to make a decision. This is usually the wrong thing. I have to wait and assess, looking deep into myself, taking the necessary time.

Thought Provoking, Decision, Waiting

Pope Francis (2014). “My Door Is Always Open: A Conversation on Faith, Hope and the Church in a Time of Change”, p.22, A&C Black

Let us all remember this: one cannot proclaim the Gospel of Jesus without the tangible witness of one's life.

Jesus, Tangible, Remember

Pope Francis (2016). “The Joy of Discipleship: Reflections from Pope Francis on Walking with Christ”, p.85, Loyola Press

I believe that Catholics involved in politics carry the values of their religion within them, but have the mature awareness and expertise to implement them. The Church will never go beyond its task of expressing and disseminating its values, at least as long as I'm here.

Believe, Long, Catholic

"The Pope: how the Church will change". Interview with Eugenio Scalfari, www.repubblica.it. October 1, 2013.

This is important: to get to know people, listen, expand the circle of ideas. The world is crisscrossed by roads that come closer together and move apart, but the important thing is that they lead towards the Good.

Moving, Circles, Ideas

"The Pope: how the Church will change". Interview with Eugenio Scalfari, www.repubblica.it. October 1, 2013.

Once man has lost the fundamental orientation which unifies his existence, he breaks down into the multiplicity of his desires; in refusing to await the time of promise, his life-story disintegrates into a myriad of unconnected instants.

Men, Promise, Desire

"Lumen Fidei". Book by Pope Francis, 2013.

The media only writes about the sinners and the scandals, he said, but that's normal, because 'a tree that falls makes more noise than a forest that grows.

Fall, Writing, Media

I would like to ask all those who have positions of responsibility in economic, political and social life, and all men and women of goodwill: let us be 'protectors' of creation, protectors of God's plan inscribed in nature, protectors of one another and of the environment.

Responsibility, Men, Political

Pope Francis, McDonagh, Sean (2016). “On Care for Our Common Home, Laudato Si': The Encyclical of Pope Francis on the Environment”, p.11

Today everything comes under the laws of competition and the survival of the fittest, where the powerful feed upon the powerless. As a consequence, masses of people find themselves excluded and marginalized: without work, without possibilities, without any means of escape.

Powerful, Mean, Law

Pope Francis (2014). “The Joy of the Gospel”, p.21, BookBaby

Almost without being aware of it, we end up being incapable of feeling compassion at the outcry of the poor, weeping for other people's pain, and feeling a need to help them, as though all this were someone else's responsibility and not our own.

Pain, Responsibility, Compassion

Pope Francis (2014). “The Joy of the Gospel”, p.21, BookBaby

In this system, which tends to devour everything which stands in the way of increased profits, whatever is fragile, like the environment, is defenseless before the interests of a deified market, which become the only rule.

Way, Politics, Environment

Pope Francis (2014). “The Joy of the Gospel”, p.21, BookBaby

Let us say "Yes" to life and not death. Let us say "Yes" to freedom and not enslavement to the many idols of our time. In a word, let us say "Yes" to the God who is love, life and freedom, and who never disappoints.

Inspirational, Love Life, Idols

Pope Francis (2017). “Happiness in This Life: A Passionate Meditation on Material Existence and the Meaning of Life”, p.41, Pan Macmillan

Any Church community, if it thinks it can comfortably go its own way without creative concern and effective cooperation in helping the poor to live with dignity and reaching out to everyone, will also risk breaking down.

Thinking, Creative, Community

Pope Francis (2014). “The Joy of the Gospel”, p.61, BookBaby

We are in front of a global scandal of around one billion - one billion people who still suffer from hunger today. We cannot look the other way and pretend this does not exist. The food available in the world is enough to feed everyone.

People, Suffering, Doe

We don't want this globalised economic system which does us so much harm. Men and women have to be at the centre (of an economic system) as God wants, not money. The world has become an idolator of this god called money. To defend this economic culture, a throwaway culture has been installed. We throw away grandparents, and we throw away young people. We have to say no to his throwaway culture. We want a just system that helps everyone.

Men, People, Grandparent

"Pope attacks global economics for worshipping 'god of money'" by Philip Pullella, www.reuters.com. September 22, 2013.

We human beings are not only the beneficiaries but also the stewards of other creatures. Thanks to our bodies, God has joined us so closely to the world around us that we can feel the desertification of the soil almost as a physical ailment, and the extinction of a species as a painful disfigurement. Let us not leave in our wake a swatch of destruction and death which will affect our own lives and those of future generations.

Generations, World, Body

The growth of equality… calls for decisions, mechanisms and processes directed to a better distribution of wealth, the creation of sources of employment and an integral promotion of the poor, which goes beyond a simple welfare mentality.

Simple, Decision, Growth

Pope Francis' Message to The Executive Chairman of The World Economic Forum on The Occasion of The Annual Meeting at Davos-Klosters, Switzerland, w2.vatican.va. January 17, 2014.

Humanity needs to weep, and this is the time to weep.

Humanity, Needs

"Pope Francis Tells World To Shed Apathy Towards Middle East & Ukrainian Crises", www.foxnews.com. September 13, 2014.

It hurts me when I see a priest or a nun with the latest model car, you can't do this. A car is necessary to do a lot of work, but please, choose a more humble one. If you like the fancy one, just think about how many children are dying of hunger in the world.

Hurt, Children, Humble

"Is it too early to say Francis is the best pope ever?". www.msnbc.com. September 12, 2013.

More than by fear of going astray, my hope is that we will be moved by the fear of remaining shut up within structures which give us a false sense of security, within rules which make us harsh judges, within habits which make us feel safe, while at our door people are starving and Jesus does not tire of saying to us: 'Give them something to eat.'

Jesus, Doors, People

Pope Francis (2014). “The Joy of the Gospel”, p.18, BookBaby

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