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
Pope Francis quotes about
- missionary
- enthusiasm
- literary-genre
- speech
- definitions
- dignity
- humans
- human-beings
- african-american-women
- black-women-inspirational
- inspire-women
- confession
- gods-creation
- creation
- masterpiece
- diversity
- people
- source
- catholic
- progress
- collaboration
- fragility
- weakness
- doe
- satan
- calumny
- expression
- limits
- violent
- pro-life
Education, work, and access to health care for all are key elements for development and the just distribution of goods, for the attainment of social justice, for membership in society, and for free and responsible participation in political life.
As stewards of God's creation, we are called to make the earth a beautiful garden for the human family.
I try to lead a life where I don't have to ask God for forgiveness.
If we live according to the law "an eye for an eye...," we will never escape from the spiral of evil.
Every conflict is emblematic of the throwaway culture.
It grieves me when I see a priest or a nun with the latest model car...
Do not feel discouraged by all the challenges and hardships you might face. I ask you not to forget that, like those who came here before you, you bring many gifts to this new nation of yours.
Accompanying the people in their growth through good times and also through their difficulties, accompanying people in their joy and in their bad moments, in their difficulties when there is no work, ill health and the challenge of the Church.
Avoiding pregnancy is not an absolute evil.
I read little, I just glance through one newspaper. Just 15 minutes.
I like to say that women are those who form life in their wombs - and this is a comparison I make - they have this charism of giving you things you can build with.
If priest is closed to forgiveness, he won't receive it, because he locked the door from the inside. And what remains is to pray for the Lord to open that door. To forgive you must be willing. But not everyone can receive or know how to receive it, or are just not willing to receive it.
I don't know if I had success or not. But I am afraid of myself. Why am I afraid of myself? I always feel - I don't know - weak in the sense of not having power and also power is a fleeting thing, here today, gone tomorrow.
The Pope is a man. The Pope needs the input of women, too. And the Pope, too, has a heart that can have a healthy, holy friendship with a woman.