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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?

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Pope Francis
Age: 87
Born: 1936
Born: December 17
Chemist
Jesuit
Roman Catholic Priest
Theologian
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Flores
Buenos Aires
Jorge Mario Bergoglio
Francisco
Pope Francis I
Pope Francis
Jorge Bergoglio
Franciscus I
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Knocking
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Inside
Question
Asks
Jesus
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Some people believe that - pardon my language - in order to be good Catholics, we should be like rabbits. No.
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Let us always pray for one another.
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Let us pray for peace: peace in the world and in each of our hearts.
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Joy adapts and changes, but it always endures, even as a flicker of light born of our personal certainty that, when everything is said and done, we are infinitely loved.
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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
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Dear parents, have great patience, and forgive from the depths of your heart.
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Christmas celebrations are often full of sound. It would be good for us to make room for silence, to hear the voice of Love.
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It is not enough to say we are Christians. We must live the faith, not only with our words, but with our actions.
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May Christ the Savior give peace to Nigeria, where more blood is being shed and too many people are unjustly deprived of their possessions, held as hostages or killed.
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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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He saw the threat of the family being destroyed by not being open to life or children. Paul VI was brave. He was a good pastor. He alerted his sheep, telling them that the wolves were approaching.
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It means protecting people, showing loving concern for each and every person, especially children, the elderly, those in need, who are often the last we think about.
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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. Or to live comfortably, no? It's against the Hippocratic oaths doctors must take.
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Fraternal love is the nearest testimony that we can give that Jesus is alive among us.
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