Pope Francis

"Advent is a journey towards Bethlehem. May we let ourselves be drawn by the light of God made man."

- Pope Francis

"Grandparents are a treasure in the family. Please, take care of your grandparents: love them and let them talk to your children!"

- Pope Francis

"Sometimes negative news does come out, but it is often exaggerated and manipulated to spread scandal. Journalists sometimes risk becoming ill from coprophilia and thus fomenting coprophagia: which is a sin that taints all men and women, that is, the tendency to focus on the negative rather than the positive aspects."

- Pope Francis

"These things become the norm: that some homeless people die of cold on the streets is not news. In contrast, a ten-point drop in the stock markets of some cities is a tragedy."

- Pope Francis

"A caress, a smile, is full of meaning for one who is sick. It is a simple gesture, but encouraging, he or she feels accompanied, feels closer to being healed, feels like a person, not a number."

- Pope Francis

"A caress, a smile, is full of meaning for one who is sick. It is a simple gesture, but encouraging; he or she feels accompanied, feels closer to being healed, feels like a person, not a number."

- Pope Francis

"We must restore hope to young people, help the old, be open to the future, spread love. Be poor among the poor. We need to include the excluded and preach peace."

- Pope Francis

"A little bit of mercy makes the world less cold and more just."

- Pope Francis

"You pray for the hungry. Then you feed them. That’s how prayer works."

- Pope Francis

"“A caress, a smile, is full of meaning for one who is sick. It is a simple gesture, but encouraging, he or she feels accompanied, feels closer to being healed, feels like a person, not a number.”"

- Pope Francis

"Rivers do not drink their own water; trees do not eat their own fruit; the sun does not shine on itself and flowers do not spread their fragrance for themselves. Living for others is a rule of nature. We are all born to help each other. No matter how difficult it is….Life is good when you are happy; but much better when others are happy because of you."

- Pope Francis

"Do not be afraid to help one another. The devil is looking for rivalry, division, gangs. Keep working to make progress … I have seen how pain does not stifle the hope deep within the human heart and how life goes on, finding new strength even in the midst of difficulties."

- Pope Francis

"A single individual is enough for hope to exist. And that individual can be you."

- Pope Francis

"Life is a journey. When we stop, things don’t go right."

- Pope Francis

"God never gives someone a gift they are not capable of receiving. If He gives us the gift of Christmas, it is because we all have the ability to understand and receive it."

- Pope Francis

"God never gives someone a gift they are not capable of receiving. If he gives us the gift of Christmas, it is because we all have the ability to understand and receive it."

- Pope Francis

"God never gives someone a gift they are not capable of receiving. If he gives us the gift of Christmas it is because we all have the ability to understand and receive it."

- Pope Francis

"If He gives us the gift of Christmas it is because we all have the ability to understand and receive it."

- Pope Francis

"God never gives someone a gift they are not capable of receiving."

- Pope Francis

"The Earth will not continue to offer its harvest, except with faithful stewardship."

- Pope Francis

"Human rights are not only violated by terrorism, repression or assassination, but also by unfair economic structures that creates huge inequalities."

- Pope Francis

"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."

- Pope Francis

"The family is where we are formed as people. Every family is a brick in the building of society."

- Pope Francis

"Christmas is joy, religious joy, an inner joy of light and peace."

- Pope Francis

"Authentic dialogue also demands a capacity for empathy. For dialogue to take place, there has to be this empathy."

- Pope Francis

"Work is not only a means of earning a living: it is also a place where we express ourselves, feel useful, and learn the great lesson of concreteness, which helps keep the spiritual life from becoming spiritualism."

- Pope Francis

"The world tells us to seek success, power and money; God tells us to seek humility, service and love."

- Pope Francis

"Sunday is the Lord’s Day. Let us find time to be with him."

- Pope Francis

"Grace is not part of consciousness; it is the amount of light in our souls, not knowledge nor reason."

- Pope Francis

"We must always walk in the presence of the Lord, in the light of the Lord, always trying to live in an irreprehensible way."

- Pope Francis