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
Let us remember well, however, that whenever food is thrown out it is as if it were stolen from the table of the poor, from the hungry!
Lent is a good time for sacrificing. Let us deny ourselves something every day to help others,
Filipinos are called to be outstanding missionaries of faith in Asia
Sometimes it is possible to live without knowing our neighbours: this is not Christian
God always forgives, always. But he asks that I forgive. If I don't forgive, in a certain sense I am closing the door to God's forgiveness.
The Christian mission has only one focus: to change individual's lives so they can change the world.
It is a mortal sin to discard the elderly.
Advent is a journey towards Bethlehem. May we let ourselves be drawn by the light of God made man.
Wherever there are men and women who have consecrated their lives to God, there you find joy.
We must not be afraid of solidarity; rather let us make all we have and are available to God.
The Sacraments are the manifestation of the Father’s tenderness and love towards each of us.
Whoever says he is without sin is a liar or is blind.
Let us not give in to pessimism, to that bitterness that the devil offers us every day.
Consumerism has accustomed us to waste. But throwing food away is like stealing it from the poor and hungry.