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Pope Francis Inspirational Quotes (777)

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A society which abandons children and the elderly severs its roots and darkens its future.
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How often we forget to dedicate ourselves to that which truly matters! We forget that we are children of God.
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Take good care of creation. St. Francis wanted that. People occasionally forgive, but nature never does. If we don't take care of the environment, there's no way of getting around it.
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Being Christian without the Church doesn't make sense. That's why the great Paul VI, said that the most absurd dichotomy is loving Christ without the Church. To listen to Christ, but not the Church. To be with Christ, but stay at the margins of the Church. It's not possible. It's an absurd dichotomy.
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Even the weakest and most vulnerable, the sick, the old, the unborn and the poor, are masterpieces of God's creation, made in his own image, destined to live for ever, and deserving of the utmost reverence and respect.
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Humanity needs justice, peace and love and we can have this only by returning with our hearts towards God who is the source of all this.
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Don't confuse the evil of avoiding pregnancy by itself, with abortion. Abortion is not a theological problem, it is a human problem, it is a medical problem. You kill one person to save another, in the best case scenario.
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Not to share one’s goods with the poor is to rob them and to deprive them of life. It is not our goods that we possess, but theirs.
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I recognize that globalization has helped many people rise out of poverty, but it has also damned many others to starve to death. It is true that global wealth is growing in absolute terms, but inequalities have also grown and new poverty arisen.
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Because if we destroy Creation, Creation will destroy us! Never forget this!
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Concealing or denying evil is like allowing a wound to keep bleeding without bandaging it.
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The growth of equality… calls for decisions, mechanisms and processes directed to a better distribution of wealth, the creation of sources of employment and an integral promotion of the poor, which goes beyond a simple welfare mentality.
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Dear young people, always be missionaries of the Gospel, every day and in every place.
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Proselytism is solemn nonsense, it makes no sense. We need to get to know each other, listen to each other and improve our knowledge of the world around us.
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I do not believe, that it is true or right that Islam is terrorist.
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Let us thank all those who teach in Catholic schools. Educating is an act of love it is like giving life.
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The earth, our home, is beginning to look more and more like an immense pile of filth. In many parts of the planet, the elderly lament that once beautiful landscapes are now covered with rubbish.
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Human life, the person is no longer perceived as a primary value to be respected and protected, especially if poor or disabled, if not yet useful - such as the unborn child - or no longer needed - such as the elderly.
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The Pope doesn't get mixed up in Italian politics.
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The Gospel, radiant with the glory of Christ’s cross, constantly invites us to rejoice.
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The love of God is not generic. God looks with love upon every man and woman, calling them by name.
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Jesuits make a vow of obedience to the Pope. But if the Pope is a Jesuit, perhaps he has to make a vow of obedience to the General of the Jesuits! I don’t know how to resolve this … I feel a Jesuit in my spirituality in the spirituality of the Exercises, the spirituality deep in my heart.
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The Holy Spirit helps us to view others with fresh eyes, seeing them always as brothers and sisters in Jesus, to be respected and loved.
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Jesus speaks in the silence of the mystery of the Eucharist and reminds us each time that following him means going out of ourselves and making our lives not something we 'possess,' but a gift to him and to others.
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