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Jesus spoke in such a way that the people loved the things of God. That’s why they followed him.

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Pope Francis
Age: 87
Born: 1936
Born: December 17
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Jorge Mario Bergoglio
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Do good: we will meet one another there.
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Since many of you do not belong to the Catholic Church and others are non-believers, from the bottom of my heart I give this silent blessing to each and every one of you, respecting the conscience of each one of you but knowing that each one of you is a child of God.
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I distrust a charity that costs nothing and does not hurt.
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We ask for peace and freedom for the many men and women subject to old and new forms of enslavement on the part of criminal individuals and groups.
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Our world is facing a refugee crisis of a magnitude not seen since the Second World War. This presents us with great challenges and many hard decisions.
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Instead of being just a church that welcomes and receives by keeping the doors open, let us try also to be a church that finds new roads, that is able to step outside itself and go to those who do not attend Mass, to those who have quit or are indifferent.
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Today everything comes under the laws of competition and the survival of the fittest, where the powerful feed upon the powerless. As a consequence, masses of people find themselves excluded and marginalized: without work, without possibilities, without any means of escape.
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It is a mortal sin to discard the elderly.
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Each encounter with Jesus changes our life.
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Abortion is not the lesser of two evils. It is a crime. It is to throw someone out in order to save another.
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I don't like to speak of Islamic violence, because every day, when I browse the newspapers, I see violence, here in Italy... this one who has murdered his girlfriend, another who has murdered the mother-in-law... and these are baptized Catholics! There are violent Catholics!
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To celebrate the sacrament of reconciliation means to be wrapped in a warm embrace.
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Every threat to the family is a threat to society itself.
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Jesus kept his wounds so that we would experience his mercy. This is our strength and our hope.
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I like it when someone tells me: 'I don't agree.' This is a true collaborator. When they say 'Oh, how great, how great, how great,' that's not useful.
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Let us pray for all good and faithful priests who dedicate themselves to their people with generosity and unknown sacrifices.
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Don't confuse the evil of avoiding pregnancy by itself, with abortion.
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I ask all people of goodwill to help build a culture of encounter, solidarity and peace
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Prayer, humility, and charity toward all are essential in the Christian life: they are the way to holiness.
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We don't have to expect everything from those who govern us that would be juvenile.
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