Pope Francis

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.

I dream of a church that is a mother and shepherdess.

Spiritual worldliness kills! It kills the soul! It kills the Church!

To say that you can kill in the name of God is blasphemy.

You cannot be in a position of power and destroy the life of another person.

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

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.

Lord, with so much violence in Iraq, may we persevere in our prayer and generosity.

Lord Jesus, make us capable of loving as you love.

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!

Profound peace, spiritual consolation, love of God and love of all things in God - this is the sign that you are on this right path.

In the roughest moments, remember: God is our Father; God does not abandon his children.

We must walk united with our differences: there is no other way to become one. This is the way of Jesus.

As always, the ones who aren't saints make the most noise...a single tree falling makes a sound, but a whole forest growing doesn't.

May the God of peace arouse in all an authentic desire for dialogue and reconciliation. Violence cannot be overcome with violence. Violence is overcome with peace.

God always forgives, always. But he asks that I forgive. If I don't forgive, in a certain sense I am closing the door to God's forgiveness.

The Christian mission has only one focus: to change individual's lives so they can change the world.

Where the elderly are not honored, there is no future for the young.

It is a mortal sin to discard the elderly.

Whenever our interior life becomes caught up in its own interests and concerns, there is no longer room for _x000D_ others, no place for the poor.

Today, we need a Church capable of walking at people's side, of doing more than simply listening to them; a Church which accompanies them on their journey.