Pope Francis
Filipinos are called to be outstanding missionaries of faith in AsiaCollection: Asia
Let us remember well, however, that whenever food is thrown out it is as if it were stolen from the table of the poor, from the hungry!Collection: Economic Inequality
I have come that they may have life and have it in abundance, says Jesus. This is where true wealth is found, not in material things!Collection: Jesus
Lord, with so much violence in Iraq, may we persevere in our prayer and generosity.Collection: Prayer
When I saw from Rome that catastrophe (brought by Yolanda) I had to be here. And on those very days I decided to come here. I am here to be with you – a little bit late, but I’m here.Collection: Rome
May the deepest spiritual values of the Filipino people continue to find expression in your efforts to provide your fellow citizens with an integral human development. In this way, each person will be able to fulfill his or her potential, and thus contribute wisely and well to the future of this country.Collection: Spiritual
Life is a precious gift, but we realize this only when we give it to others.Collection: Giving
To celebrate the sacrament of reconciliation means to be wrapped in a warm embrace.Collection: Mean
Dear parents, have great patience, and forgive from the depths of your heart.Collection: Heart
The fruits of this profound union with Jesus are marvelous: our whole being is transformed by the grace of the Holy Spirit: soul, intelligence, will, affections and even the body, because we are united in body and spirit.Collection: Jesus
I would like to ask you all to see a ray of hope as well in the eyes and hearts of refugees and of those who have been forcibly displaced. A hope that is expressed in expectations for the future, in the desire for friendship, in the wish to participate in the host society also through learning the language, access to employment and the education of children. I admire the courage of those who hope to be able gradually to resume a normal life, waiting for joy and love to return to brighten their existence. We can and must all nourish this hope!Collection: Children
Dear friends, let us not forget the flesh of Christ which is in the flesh of refugees: their flesh is the flesh of Christ. It is also your task to direct all the institutions working in the area of forced migration to new forms of co-responsibility. This phenomenon is unfortunately constantly spreading. Hence your task is increasingly demanding in order to promote tangible responses of closeness, journeying with people, taking into account the different local backgrounds.Collection: Responsibility
Do not lose hope; St. Joseph also experienced moments of difficulty, but he never lost faith and was able to overcome them, in the certainty that God never abandons us.Collection: Overcoming
There is no worse material poverty, I am keen to stress, than the poverty which prevents people from earning their bread and deprives them of the dignity of work.Collection: Stress
An authentic faith-which is never comfortable or completely personal-always involves a deep desire to change the world, to transmit values, to leave this earth somehow better than we found it.Collection: Desire
Forgiveness, dialogue, reconciliation - these are the words of peace, in beloved Syria, in the Middle East, in all the world.Collection: Middle East
We are living in a time of many wars. The call for peace must be shouted. Peace sometimes gives the impression of being quiet, but it is never quiet. Peace if always proactive and dynamic.Collection: War
Human beings are themselves considered consumer goods to be used and then discarded. We have created a 'disposable' culture which is now spreading. It is no longer simply about exploitation and oppression, but something new.Collection: Culture
I ask everyone with political responsibility to remember two things: human dignity and the common good.Collection: Responsibility
Education cannot be neutral. It is either positive or negative; either it enriches or it impoverishes; either it enables a person to grow or it lessens, even corrupts him. The mission of schools is to develop a sense of truth, of what is good and beautiful. And this occurs through a rich path made up of many ingredients. This is why there are so many subjects - because development is the results of different elements that act together and stimulate intelligence, knowledge, the emotions, the body, and so on.Collection: Beautiful
I prefer a church which is bruised, hurting and dirty because it has been out on the streets, rather than a church which is unhealthy from being confined and from clinging to its own security.Collection: Hurt
With Christ as the center of your life, you will never be disappointed.Collection: Christ
But always think this: do not be afraid of failure. Do not be afraid of falling. In the art of walking, what is important is not avoiding the fall but not remaining fallen.Collection: Art
A Christian brings peace to others. Not only peace, but also love, kindness, faithfulness and joy.Collection: Christian
That is why the center of our faith isn't just a book, but a history of Salvation, and above all, it's about a person: Jesus Christ, the Word of God made flesh.Collection: Jesus
To be saints is not a privilege for a few, but a vocation for everyone.Collection: Saint
Evangelization does not consist in proselytizing, for proselytizing is a caricature of evangelization, but rather evangelizing entails attracting by our witness those who are far off, it means humbly drawing near to those who feel distant from God in the Church, drawing near to those who feel judged and condemned outright by those who consider themselves to be perfect and pure.Collection: Mean
We must overcome...all forms of racism. The problem of intolerance should be dealt with as a whole: every time a minority is persecuted and marginalized...the good of the whole society is in danger.Collection: Racism
Being a disciple means being constantly ready to bring the love of Jesus to others, and this can happen unexpectedly and in any place: on the street, in a city square, during work, on a journey.Collection: Faith
Lord, teach us to step outside ourselves. Teach us to go out into the streets and manifest your love.Collection: Steps
The search for God means having the courage to set out on a risky path, it means following our restless hearts.Collection: Heart
There is so much noise in the world! May we learn to be silent in our hearts and before God.Collection: Heart
Every man, every woman who has to take up the service of government, must ask themselves two questions: ‘Do I love my people in order to serve them better? Am I humble and do I listen to everybody, to diverse opinions in order to choose the best path.’ If you don’t ask those questions, your governance will not be good.Collection: Humble
A person who thinks only about building walls, wherever they may be - and not building bridges - is not Christian.Collection: Christian
If money and material things become the center of our lives, they seize us and make us slaves.Collection: Slave
Take good care of creation. St. Francis wanted that. People occasionally forgive, but nature never does. If we don't take care of the environment, there's no way of getting around it.Collection: People
Don't let anyone rob you of hope.Collection: African American Women
In the face of so many wounds that hurt us and could lead to a hardness of heart, we are called to dive into the sea of prayer, which is the sea of the boundless love of God, in order to experience his tendernessCollection: Hurt
One cannot proclaim the Gospel of Jesus without the tangible witness of one’s life. Those who listen to us and observe us must be able to see in our actions what they hear from our lips, and so give glory to God!Collection: Jesus
Let us thank all those who teach in Catholic schools. Educating is an act of love; it is like giving life.Collection: School
No one can grow if he does not accept his smallness.Collection: Doe
In the poor and outcast we see Christ’s face; by loving and helping the poor, we love and serve Christ.Collection: Christian
God never tires of forgiving us; we are the ones who tire of seeking his mercy.Collection: Forgiving
There is another temptation which we must especially guard against: the simplistic reductionism which sees only good or evil; or, if you will, the righteous and sinners. The contemporary world, with its open wounds which affect so many of our brothers and sisters, demands that we confront every form of polarization which would divide it into these two camps.Collection: Brother
The people of America, are not fearful of foreigners, because most of us were once foreigners.Collection: America
The charismatics confused the holy liturgy with a school of samba, but than I was converted when I got to know them better and saw the good they do.Collection: Confused
We can coexist well [with Muslims]. But there are fundamentalist groups.Collection: Groups
My brothers, the United States Bishops, have reminded us, all are called to be vigilant, precisely as good citizens, to preserve and defend that freedom from everything that would threaten or compromise it.Collection: Brother
All of us benefit from remembering our past. A people which remembers does not repeat past errors; instead, it looks with confidence to the challenges of the present and the future.Collection: Past