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When Christians forget about hope and tenderness they become a cold Church, that loses its sense of direction and is held back by ideologies and worldly attitudes, whereas God’s simplicity tells you: go forward, I am a Father who caresses you.

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Pope Francis
Age: 87
Born: 1936
Born: December 17
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Solidarity...is a structural value of the social doctrine, as Blessed John Paul II reminded us.
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If we want security, let us give security if we want life, let us give life if we want opportunities, let us provide opportunities. The yardstick we use for others will be the yardstick which time will use for us.
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We can walk when we want to, we can build many things, but if we do not witness to Jesus Christ then it doesn't matter. We might become a philanthropic NGO but we wouldn't be the Church, the Bride of the Lord.
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I will be praying with my best wishes that the Orthodox move ahead because they are brothers and their bishops are bishops like us.
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Terrorism is everywhere. You think of the tribal terrorism of some African countries.
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Now, at the end of my visit to the Philippines, I commend you to Him, to Jesus who came among us as a child. May He enable all the beloved people of this country to work together, protecting one another, beginning with your families and communities, in building a world of justice, integrity and peace.
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As always, the ones who aren't saints make the most noise...a single tree falling makes a sound, but a whole forest growing doesn't.
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Whenever we take a step towards Jesus, we come to realize that he is already there, waiting for us with open arms.
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If we see someone who needs help, do we stop? There is so much suffering and poverty, and a great need for good Samaritans.
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The imbalance results from ideologies which uphold the absolute autonomy of markets and financial speculation, and thus deny the right of control to States, which are themselves charged with providing for the common good.
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The family is threatened by growing efforts on the part of some to redefine the very institution of marriage, by relativism, by the culture of the ephemeral, by a lack of openness to life. These realities are increasingly under attack from powerful forces, which threaten to disfigure God’s plan for creation.
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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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Let no one consider themselves to be the 'armour' of God while planning and carrying out acts of violence and oppression!
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A Christian who does not protect Creation, who does not let it grow, is a Christian who does not care about the work of God, that work that was born from the love of God for us. And this is the first response to the first creation: protect creation, make it grow.
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