Pope Francis
Pope Francis
Pope Francisis the 266th and current Pope of the Roman Catholic Church, a title he holds ex officio as Bishop of Rome, and Sovereign of the Vatican City. He chose Francis as his papal name in honor of Saint Francis of Assisi. Francis is the first Jesuit pope, the first from the Americas, the first from the Southern Hemisphere and the first non-European pope since the Syrian Gregory III, who died in 741...
NationalityArgentinian
ProfessionReligious Leader
Date of Birth17 December 1936
CityBuenos Aires, Argentina
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In these times of suffering prayer is of even more help,
You pray for the hungry. Then you feed them. That's how prayer works.
It's best to not confuse optimism with hope. Optimism is a psychological attitude toward life. Hope goes further. It is an anchor that one hurls toward the future, it's what lets you pull on the line and reach what you're aiming for and head in the right direction. Hope is also theological: God is there, too.
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.
The search for God means having the courage to set out on a risky path, it means following our restless hearts,...
The economic part is the one that came out first because there were some problems about which the press spoke a lot.
Like the Good Samaritan, may we not be ashamed of touching the wounds of those who suffer, but try to heal them with concrete acts of love.
God never tires of forgiving us; we are the ones who tire of seeking his mercy.
It is by God’s mercy that we are saved. May we never tire of spreading this joyful message to the world.
Let us learn to live with kindness, to love everyone, even when they do not love us.
Only by becoming poor ourselves, by stripping away our complacency, will we be able to identify with the least of our brothers and sisters.
Lord, teach us to step outside ourselves. Teach us to go out into the streets and manifest your love.
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
In a very real way, the poor are our teachers. They show us that people’s value is not measured by their possessions or how much money they have in the bank. A poor person, a person lacking material possessions, always maintains his or her dignity. The poor can teach us much about humility and trust in God.