Famous Quotes & Sayings

Pope Francis

Abortion is without a doubt one of the greatest moral evils within modernity. As the "Advocate of Christian Memory," a pope must take up the mantle of defending the culture of life - a defense the Early Church held against the pagans of Rome.

Pope Francis

Our Christian identity is belonging to a people: the Church. Without the Church we are not Christians.

Pope Francis

Being Christian is not just obeying orders but means being in Christ, thinking like him, acting like him, loving like him; it means letting him take possession of our life and change it, transform it, and free it from the darkness of evil and sin. ... Let us show the joy of being children of God, the freedom that living in Christ gives us which is true freedom, the freedom that saves us from the slavery of evil, of sin and of death!

Pope Francis

The disciple of Jesus gives up all he has, all his goods, because he has found in him the greatest Good from which every other good receives its full value and meaning: family bonds, other relationships, work, cultural and economic goods and so on... The Christian detaches himself from everything and rediscovers all of it in the logic of the Gospel, the logic of love and service.

Pope Francis

Our mission as Christians is to conform ourselves evermore to Jesus as the model of our lives.

Pope Francis

We cannot become starched Christians, too polite, who speak of theology calmly over tea. We have to become courageous Christians and seek out those (who need help most).

Pope Francis

Do not be content to live a mediocre Christian life: walk with determination along the path of holiness.

Pope Francis

If you don’t learn how to cry, you cannot be a good Christian. When they posed this question to us – why children suffer, why this or that tragedy occurs in life – our response must be either silence or a word that is born of our tears. Be courageous, don’t be afraid to cry.

Pope Francis

Christian marriage is that sacrament which builds up the community of the Church and of society. Marriage has been inscribed in creation's design by God, and, by his grace, countless Christian men and women have lived married life fully.

Pope Francis

A Christian who withdraws into himself, hiding all that the Lord has given him, is not a Christian! I would ask the many young people present to be generous with their God-given talents for the good of others, the Church and our world.

Pope Francis

There are no part-time Christians.

Pope Francis

This is Christian hope, that the future is in God's hands.

Pope Francis

I have decided to proclaim for the whole Church... a day of fasting and prayer for peace in Syria, the Middle East, and throughout the world, and I also invite each person, including our fellow Christians, followers of other religions and all men of good will, to participate, in whatever way they can, in this initiative.

Pope Francis

A Christian who is not a revolutionary today isn't a Christian

Pope Francis

The secret of Christian living is love. Only love fills the empty spaces caused by evil.

Pope Francis

If we live the faith in our daily life, then our work too becomes a chance to spread the joy of being a Christian.

Pope Francis

Every Christian can witness to God in the workplace, not only with words, but above all with an honest life.

Pope Francis

There is the tendency to place ourselves and our ambitions at the center of our lives. This is very human, but it is not Christian.

Pope Francis

Division within a Christian community is a very grave sin; it is the work of the devil.

Pope Francis

You cannot be a conscious Christian without St. Paul. He translated the teachings of Christ into a doctrinal structure that, even with the additions of a vast number of thinkers, theologians and pastors, has resisted and still exists after two thousand years.

Pope Francis

Truth, according to the Christian faith, is God's love for us in Jesus Christ. Therefore, truth is a relationship.

Pope Francis

A Christian who does not pray for those who govern is not a good Christian.

Pope Francis

May every Church and Christian community be a place of mercy amid so much indifference.

Pope Francis

Mary joins us, she fights at our side. She supports Christians in the fight against the forces of evil. Especially through prayer, through the rosary. Hear me out, the rosary... Do you pray the Rosary each day?

Pope Francis

Let us seek to live in a way that is always worthy of our Christian vocation

Pope Francis

Dear Young People, do not be mediocre; the Christian life challenges us with great ideals!

Pope Francis

Indifference to our neighbor and to God also represents a real temptation for us Christians. Each year during Lent we need to hear once more the voice of the prophets who cry out and trouble our conscience.

Pope Francis

The laity are called to become a leaven of Christian living within society.

Pope Francis

This is the mission of every Christian: lumina pandit - to spread the light and to tell the world of God's love.

Pope Francis

Sometimes it is possible to live without knowing our neighbours: this is not Christian

Pope Francis

The Christian mission has only one focus: to change individual's lives so they can change the world.

Pope Francis

Prayer, humility, and charity toward all are essential in the Christian life: they are the way to holiness.

Pope Francis

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.