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
When I had to say something that I didn't like to Turkey, but of which I was sure, I said it, with the consequences that you all know [Editor's note: a reference to his comments on the Armenian Genocide]. I said these words ... I was sure
It's true, harm to Catholics must always be avoided, and all of us do this...but not at the price of the truth!
We can coexist well [with Muslims]. But there are fundamentalist groups.
Lord, teach us to step outside ourselves. Teach us to go out into the streets and manifest your love.
Human life must always be defended from its beginning in the womb and must be recognised as a gift of God that guarantees the future of humanity.
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.
The imbalance results from ideologies which uphold the absolute autonomy of markets and financial speculation, and thus deny the right of control to States, which are themselves charged with providing for the common good.
If there is no humility, love remains blocked.
Let us never lose hope! God loves us always, even with our mistakes and sins.
The world tells us to seek success, power and money; God tells us to seek humility, service and love.
I ask you to ensure that humanity is served by wealth, and not ruled by it.
Let us never forget that authentic power is service, which has its radiant culmination on the Cross.
We are all jars of clay, fragile and poor, yet we carry within us an immense treasure.
We don't need youth museums. But we do need holy young people.