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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.

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Pope Francis
Age: 87
Born: 1936
Born: December 17
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Jorge Mario Bergoglio
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To understand one another, and to grow in charity and truth, we need to pause, to accept and listen to one another. In this way we already begin to experience unity. Unity grows along the way, it never stands still. Unity happens when we walk together.
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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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That which gives us true freedom and true happiness is the compassionate love of Christ.
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We are all jars of clay, fragile and poor, yet we carry within us an immense treasure.
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Resolve not to be overcome by evil, but to combat evil with good.
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The Church is called to draw near to every person, beginning with the poorest and those who suffer.
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We have to find a new balance otherwise even the moral edifice of the church is likely to fall like a house of cards, losing the freshness and fragrance of the Gospel.
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Unrestrained liberalism only makes the strong stronger and the weak weaker and excludes the most excluded.
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We cannot insist only on issues related to abortion, gay marriage and the use of contraceptive methods. The teaching of the church, for that matter, is clear and I am a son of the church, but it is not necessary to talk about these issues all the time.
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It is not possible to go backwards. We must go forward. Always forward.
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An example I often use to illustrate the reality of vanity, is this: look at the peacock it's beautiful if you look at it from the front. But if you look at it from behind, you discover the truth... Whoever gives in to such self-absorbed vanity has huge misery hiding inside them.
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Only by becoming poor ourselves, by stripping away our complacency, will we be able to identify with the least of our brothers and sisters.
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Obsession with a consumerist lifestyle, above all when few people are capable of maintaining it, can only lead to violence and mutual destruction.
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Lent is a favorable time for letting Christ serve us so that we in turn may become more like Him.
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