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Children are to be welcomed, cherished, protected.

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Pope Francis
Age: 87
Born: 1936
Born: December 17
Chemist
Jesuit
Roman Catholic Priest
Theologian
Writer
Flores
Buenos Aires
Jorge Mario Bergoglio
Francisco
Pope Francis I
Pope Francis
Jorge Bergoglio
Franciscus I
Protected
Children
Welcomed
Cherished

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My authoritarian and quick manner of making decisions led me to have serious problems and to be accused of being ultraconservative. I have never been a right-winger. It was my authoritarian way of making decisions that created problems.
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To imitate the hatred and violence of tyrants and murderers is the best way to take their place.
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Let us pray that the Church be holier and more humble, loving God by serving the poor, the lonely and the sick.
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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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It seems that humanity is incapable of putting a halt to the shedding of innocent blood.
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To follow Jesus means putting him first, and stripping ourselves of all the things that oppress our hearts.
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To be an ambassador for Christ means to invite everyone to a personal encounter with Jesus
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Let us pray for the many Christians in the world who still suffer persecution and violence. May God grant them the courage of fidelity.
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We, the women and men of the Church, we are in the middle of a love story: each of us is a link in this chain of love. And if we do not understand this, we have understood nothing of what the Church is.
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These days there is a lot of poverty in the world, and that's a scandal when we have so many riches and resources to give to everyone. We all have to think about how we can become a little poorer.
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I want to express my closeness to the people of the Philippines who have been struck by a strong earthquake, and I invite you to pray for that dear nation, which in recent days has suffered different calamities.
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The Eucharist, although it is the fullness of sacramental life, is not a prize for the perfect but a powerful medicine and nourishment for the weak.
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I dream of a church that is a mother and shepherdess.
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When you lose the capacity to dream, you lose the capacity to love, and the energy to love is lost.
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The people of God want pastors, not clergy acting like bureaucrats or government officials.
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It is the attitude of some leaders of God's people they continually scold others, hurl reproaches at them, tell them to be quiet. ... 'Madam, take your crying child out of the church as I am preaching.' As if the cries of a child were not a sublime homily.
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...when food is shared in a fair way, with solidarity, when no one is deprived, every community can meet the needs of the poorest. Human ecology and environmental ecology walk together.
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Before God and his people I express my sorrow for the sins and grave crimes of clerical sexual abuse committed against you. And I humbly ask forgiveness.
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Things have a price and can be for sale. But people have a dignity that is priceless and worth far more than things.
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I ask everyone with political responsibility to remember two things: human dignity and the common good.
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