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When I was a seminarian, I was dazzled by a girl I met at an uncle’s wedding. I was surprised by her beauty, her intellectual brilliance… and, well, I was bowled over for quite a while.

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Pope Francis
Age: 87
Born: 1936
Born: December 17
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The times talk to us of so much poverty in the world and this is a scandal. Poverty in the world is a scandal. In a world where there is so much wealth, so many resources to feed everyone, it is unfathomable that there are so many hungry children, that there are so many children without an education, so many poor persons. Poverty today is a cry.
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We need courage if we are to be faithful to the Gospel.
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Leaders of the Church have often been Narcissus, flattered and sickeningly excited by their courtiers. The court is the leprosy of the papacy.
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The Lord has redeemed all of us, all of us, with the Blood of Christ: all of us, not just Catholics. Everyone! 'Father, the atheists?' Even the atheists. Everyone!
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There are martyrs [between Mexican people], now I will canonize two. It is a population that you can't explain, you can't explain it because the word 'people' is not a logical category, it's a mythical category.
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To live charitably means not looking out for our own interests, but carrying the burdens of the weakest and poorest among us.
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Let us go back to the Lord. The Lord never tires of forgiving: never! It is we who tire of asking his forgiveness. Let us ask for the grace not to tire of asking forgiveness, because he never tires of forgiving.
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None of us can think we are exempt from concerns for the poor and for social justice.
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The one who listens attentively to the Word of God and truly prays, always asks the Lord: what is your will for me?
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May all people here find inspiration and strength to build a future of reconciliation, justice and peace for all the children of this beloved land.
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You can't govern without loving the people and without humility!
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The charismatics confused the holy liturgy with a school of samba, but than I was converted when I got to know them better and saw the good they do.
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We have to work harder to develop a profound theology of women within the church. The feminine genius is needed wherever we make important decisions.
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There is never a reason to lose hope. Jesus says: “I am with you until the end of the world.
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Ask yourselves this question: How often is Jesus inside and knocking at the door to be let out, to come out? And we do not let him out because of our own need for security, because so often we are locked into ephemeral structures that serve solely to make us slaves and not free children of God.
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When a child has a bad dream and wakes up crying, Dad goes and says, 'Don't be afraid, don't be scared. I'm here.' The Lord speaks this way, too... Usually, Christmas seems like a very noisy feast, but we can use a bit of silence to hear these words of love, closeness and tenderness.
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A little bit of mercy makes the world less cold and more just.
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It's not a problem that we're sinners it's a problem that we aren't ashamed of our sin and don't seek forgiveness.
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The joy of the gospel fills the hearts and lives of all who encounter Jesus. Those who accept His offer of salvation are set free from sin, sorrow, inner emptiness, and loneliness. With Christ joy is constantly born anew.
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Even today, after the second failure of another world war, perhaps one can speak of a third war, one fought piecemeal, with crimes, massacres, destruction.
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