Pope Francis
Pope Francis
Pope Francisis the 266th and current Pope of the Roman Catholic Church, a title he holds ex officio as Bishop of Rome, and Sovereign of the Vatican City. He chose Francis as his papal name in honor of Saint Francis of Assisi. Francis is the first Jesuit pope, the first from the Americas, the first from the Southern Hemisphere and the first non-European pope since the Syrian Gregory III, who died in 741...
NationalityArgentinian
ProfessionReligious Leader
Date of Birth17 December 1936
CityBuenos Aires, Argentina
The whole of salvation history is the story of God looking for us: he offers us love and welcomes us with tenderness.
God does not reveal himself in strength or power, but in the weakness and fragility of a newborn babe.
If we live the faith in our daily life, then our work too becomes a chance to spread the joy of being a Christian.
The world makes us look towards ourselves, our possessions, our desires.The Gospel invites us to be open to others, to share with the poor.
We cannot be tepid disciples. The Church needs our courage in order to give witness to truth.
Let us pray for peace in Africa, especially in the Central African Republic and in South Sudan.
Every Christian can witness to God in the workplace, not only with words, but above all with an honest life.
Auschwitz cries out with the pain of immense suffering and pleads for a future of respect, peace and encounter among peoples.
God’s goodness is stronger than any evil!
Wars shatter so many lives. I think especially of children robbed of their childhood.
Christmas is joy, religious joy, an inner joy of light and peace.
More than by fear of going astray, my hope is that we will be moved by the fear of remaining shut up within structures which give us a false sense of security, within rules which make us harsh judges, within habits which make us feel safe, while at our door people are starving and Jesus does not tire of saying to us: 'Give them something to eat.'
It hurts me when I see a priest or a nun with the latest model car, you can't do this. A car is necessary to do a lot of work, but please, choose a more humble one. If you like the fancy one, just think about how many children are dying of hunger in the world.
Even today, after the second failure of another world war, perhaps one can speak of a third war, one fought piecemeal, with crimes, massacres, destruction,