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Pope Francis Quotes about Children

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Migrants and refugees are not pawns on the chessboard of humanity. They are children, women and men who leave or who are forced to leave their homes for various reasons, who share a legitimate desire for knowing and

Migrants and refugees are not pawns on the chessboard of humanity. They are children, women and men who leave or who are forced to leave their homes for various reasons, who share a legitimate desire for knowing and having, but above all for being more

Children, Home, Men

Pope Francis (2015). “The Spirit of St Francis: Inspiring Words on Faith, Love and Creation”, p.129, SPCK

Let us pause before the Child of Bethlehem. Let us allow our hearts to be touched, let us allow ourselves to be warmed by the tenderness of God; we need his caress. God is full of love: to him be praise and glory forever! God is peace: let us ask him to help us to be peacemakers each day, in our life, in our families, in our cities and nations, in the whole world. Let us allow ourselves to be moved by God's goodness.

Children, Heart, Cities

"Urbi et Orbi (To the City and the World)". Pope Francis' Christmas Day message address from the Vatican, www.huffingtonpost.com. December 25, 2013.

I think the church has to apologize not only to the gay person it has offended, but also to the poor, to women who are exploited, to children forced into labor and for having blessed so many weapons in the past.

Children, Blessed, Gay

"Church Should Apologize To Gays, Pope Francis Says". The Pope’s Press Conference on Flight from Armenia, www.npr.org. June 27, 2016.

Being Christian is not just obeying orders but means being in Christ, thinking like him, acting like him, loving like him; it means letting him take possession of our life and change it, transform it, and free it from the darkness of evil and sin. ... Let us show the joy of being children of God, the freedom that living in Christ gives us which is true freedom, the freedom that saves us from the slavery of evil, of sin and of death!

Christian, Children, Mean

A good teacher does not get lost in the details, but points to what is essential so that the child or student can find meaning and joy in life.

Teacher, Children, Joy

To be a mother is a great treasure. Mothers, in their unconditional and sacrificial love for their children, are the antidote to individualism; they are the greatest enemies against war.

Mother, Children, War

There is another important point: encountering the poor. If we step outside ourselves we find poverty. Today-it sickens the heart to say so-the discovery of a tramp who has died of the cold is not news. Today what counts as news is, maybe, a scandal. A scandal: ah, that is news! Today, the thought that a great many children do not have food to eat is not news. This is serious, this is serious! We cannot put up with this! Yet that is how things are. We cannot become starched Christians, those over-educated Christians who speak of theological matters as they calmly sip their tea.

Christian, Children, Heart

Pope Francis (2016). “The Joy of Discipleship: Reflections from Pope Francis on Walking with Christ”, p.21, Loyola Press

May we always care for our children, not counting the cost, so that they may never believe themselves to be mistakes, but always know their infinite worth.

Children, Mistake, Believe

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

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

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

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.

In a world often marked by selfishness, a large family is a school of solidarity and sharing; and this attitude is to the benefit of society as a whole.... I always thank the Lord in seeing mothers and fathers of large families, together with their children, committed to the life of the Church and of society.

Mother, Children, Attitude

Children are to be welcomed, cherished, protected.

Children, Protected

When money, instead of man, is at the center of the system, when money becomes an idol, men and women are reduced to simple instruments of a social and economic system, which is characterized, better yet dominated, by profound inequalities. So we discard whatever is not useful to this logic; it is this attitude that discards children and older people, and is now affecting the young.

Attitude, Children, Simple

I have heard it said that families with many children and high birth rates are among the cause of poverty. It seems to me a simplistic opinion. I can say that the main cause of poverty is an economic system that has removed the person from the center.

Children, Birth Rate, Poverty

A population that does not take care of the elderly and of children and the young has no future, because it abuses both its memory and its promise.

Children, Memories, Elderly

The moral problem of abortion is of a pre religious nature because the genetic code is written in a person at the moment of conception. A human being is there. I separate the topic of abortion from any specifically religious notions. It is a scientific problem. Not to allow the further development of a being which already has all the genetic code of a human being is not ethical. The right to life is the first among human rights. To abort a child is to kill someone who cannot defend himself.

Religious, Children, Rights

Fathers are so necessary as examples and guides for our children in wisdom and virtue. Without father figures, young people often feel orphaned; left adrift at a critical moment in their growth and development.

Children, Father, People

"A society without fathers is a society of orphans, Pope Francis says". www.patheos.com. January 28, 2015.

Wars shatter so many lives. I think especially of children robbed of their childhood.

Children, War, Thinking

Pope Francis (2015). “The Spirit of St Francis: Inspiring Words on Faith, Love and Creation”, p.160, SPCK

If we act like children of God, knowing that he loves us, our lives will be made new, filled with serenity and joy.

Children, Knowing, Joy

Human life, the person is no longer perceived as a primary value to be respected and protected, especially if poor or disabled, if not yet useful - such as the unborn child - or no longer needed - such as the elderly.

Children, Elderly, Unborn Child

"Pope Francis, one year later -- calling us to a deeper faith" By Maureen M. Ferguson, www.foxnews.com. March 13, 2014.

Let us pray to the Lord and ask him to protect the family in the crisis with which the devil wants to destroy it. Families are the domestic church where Jesus grows in the love of a married couple, in the lives of their children.

Jesus, Children, Couple

It means caring for one another in our families: husbands and wives first protect one another, and then, as parents, they care for their children, and children themselves, in time, protect their parents.

Family, Children, Husband

Pope Francis (2016). “Care for Creation: A Call for Ecological Conversion”, p.14, Orbis Books

Let's not be naive, we're not talking about a simple political battle; it is a destructive pretension against the plan of God. We are not talking about a mere bill, but rather a machination of the Father of Lies that seeks to confuse and deceive the children of God.

Children, Father, Lying

"Is There Hope for Francis on Gay Rights?" by Richard Socarides, www.newyorker.com. March 13, 2013.

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