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Pope Francis Quotes - Page 45

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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.

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.

Love Is, Men, And Love

"Pope: Homily for inaugural Mass of Petrine Ministry". www.news.va. March 19, 2013.

As Christians, we have an additional reason to love and serve the poor; for in them we see the face and the flesh of Christ, who made himself poor so to enrich us with his poverty.

Love, Christian, Flesh

Address of the Holy Father at the meeting with representatives of Paraguayan civil society, w2.vatican.va. July 11, 2015.

The alliance of love between a man and a woman, an alliance for life, cannot be improvised, and is not made in a day.

Love, Life, Men

"Pope: 'Love between a man and a woman ... is not made in a day'" by Richard Greene and Don Melvin, www.cnn.com. May 27, 2015.

The Church is the home that accepts everyone and refuses no one ... the greater the sin, the greater the love that the Church should show towards those who convert.

Love, Home, Church

"Pope Francis’ Holy Year For Mercy Will Likely Draw Millions Of Pilgrims To The Vatican" by Philip Pullella, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 16, 2015.

To the criminals and all their accomplices, I, today, humbly and as a brother, repeat: convert yourselves to love and justice. It is possible to return to honesty. The tears of the mothers of Naples are asking this of you.

Love, Mother, Brother

"Pope Francis Takes On Mafia, Corruption In Naples" by Philip Pullella, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 21, 2015.

Wine is a sign of happiness, love and plenty, how many of our adolescents and young people sense that these are no longer found in their homes? How many women, sad and lonely, wonder when love left, when it slipped away from their lives? How many elderly people feel left out of family celebrations, cast aside and longing each day for a little love?

Love, Happiness, Lonely

May all people here find inspiration and strength to build a future of reconciliation, justice and peace for all the children of this beloved land.

Strength, Peace, Children

Although it is a symbol of life, the female body is unfortunately not rarely attacked and disfigured, even by those who should be its protector and life companion.

Life, Female, Body

"Pope Condemns Female Genital Mutilation, Domestic Violence Against Women" by Philip Pullella, www.huffingtonpost.com. February 7, 2015.

Do not be afraid to help one another. The devil is looking for rivalry, division, gangs. Keep working to make progress ... I have seen how pain does not stifle the hope deep within the human heart and how life goes on, finding new strength even in the midst of difficulties.

Life, Strength, Pain

Life gradually becomes a surrender to situations conditioned by technology.

Life, Technology, Surrender

Pope Francis, McDonagh, Sean (2016). “On Care for Our Common Home, Laudato Si': The Encyclical of Pope Francis on the Environment”, p.153

You may be asking yourselves, 'Who is this man standing before us?' i would like to reply to that question with something absolutely certain about my own life: The man standing before you is a man who has been forgiven. A man who was, and is, saved from his many sins.

Life, Men, Asking

The pace of consumption, waste and environmental change has so stretched the planet's capacity that our contemporary lifestyle, unsustainable as it is, can only precipitate catastrophes, such as those which even now periodically occur in different areas of the world ... we need to reflect on our accountability before those who will have to endure the dire consequences.

Change, Accountability, Environmental

Pope Francis (2016). “Care for Creation: A Call for Ecological Conversion”, p.33, Orbis Books

This is ideological colonization. They colonize people with ideas that try to change mentalities or structures, but this is not new. This was done by the dictatorships of the last century.

Change, Ideas, People

"Why Pope Francis Isn’t a Liberal Reformer" by Dennis Earl, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 11, 2015.

Our families need to ask for the gift of the Spirit! Through prayer, even in the busiest times, we give time back to God, we find the peace that comes from appreciating the important things, and we encounter the joy of God’s unexpected gifts. Through daily prayer may our homes become, like the house of Martha and Mary, places where Jesus always finds a warm welcome.

Jesus, Prayer, Home

How beautiful it is to see that young people are 'street preachers,' joyfully bringing Jesus to every street, every town square and every corner of the earth!

Beautiful, Jesus, Squares

Pope Francis (2014). “The Joy of the Gospel”, p.33, BookBaby

The obsession with economic profit and technical efficiency puts the human rhythms of life at risk.

Rhythm Of Life, Risk, Obsession

For the sake of peace, religious beliefs must never be allowed to be abused in the cause of violence and war.

Religious, War, Sake

These are roots of all evil, hatred and greed, for money, for the construction and for the sale of weapons. This should make us all think, who is behind it all?

Thinking, Roots, Evil

Dear Brothers and Sisters, Never resort to war! Never war! Above all, I think of all the children who are robbed of their hope for a better life and a decent future. Killed children, wounded children, mutilated children, orphans, children who play with remnants of war, instead of toys. Children who don't know how to smile. Please stop! I ask you with all my heart. It's time to stop. Stop it please!

Brother, Children, War

No one must use the name of God to commit violence. To kill in the name of God is a grave sacrilege. To discriminate in the name of God is inhuman.

Names, Use, Violence

He saw the threat of the family being destroyed by not being open to life or children. Paul VI was brave. He was a good pastor. He alerted his sheep, telling them that the wolves were approaching.

Children, Sheep, Brave

Many of you have asked the Lord, looking at Him: Why, Lord? And the Lord answers to each one of you, to your heart, Christ responds with His heart. It's the only thing I can tell you. Let us look to Christ, He is the Lord and He understands us because He underwent all the trials that we go through.

Heart, Looks, Trials

Without prolonged moments of adoration, of prayerful encounter with the word, of sincere conversation with the Lord, our work easily becomes meaningless; we lose energy as a result of weariness and difficulties, and our fervor dies out. The Church urgently needs the deep breath of prayer, and to my great joy groups devoted to prayer and intercession, the prayerful reading of God's word and the perpetual adoration of the Eucharist are growing at every level of ecclesial life.

Prayer, Reading, Joy

Pope Francis (2015). “The Spirit of St Francis: Inspiring Words on Faith, Love and Creation”, p.75, SPCK

The Holy Spirit is a great worker, not a 'trade unionist.' He is a great worker, and He works in us, always. He does this work of explaining the mystery of Jesus, and of giving us this sense of Christ.

Jesus, Giving, Doe

In some countries, if you carry the Gospel, you can go to jail. You can't carry a cross, because you'll have to pay a fine. But still, the heart rejoices.

Country, Heart, Jail

"Pope: I weep for crucified Christians". www.romereports.com. May 2, 2014.

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