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 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.
During Lent, let us find concrete ways to overcome our indifference.
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.
A good teacher does not get lost in the details, but points to what is essential so that the child or student can find meaning and joy in life.
I pray every day for all who are suffering in Iraq. Please join me.
War destroys, kills, impoverishes. Lord, give us your peace!
When we do not adore God, we adore something else. Money and power are false idols which often take the place of God.
Prayer, humility, and charity toward all are essential in the Christian life: they are the way to holiness.
Fasting makes sense if it really chips away at our security and, as a consequence, benefits someone else, if it helps us cultivate the style of the good Samaritan, who bent down to his brother in need and took care of him.
We have to avoid the spiritual sickness of a self-referentia l church. It's true that when you get out into the street, as happens to every man and woman, there can be accidents. However, if the church remains closed in on itself, self-referentia l, it gets old. Between a church that suffers accidents in the street, and a church that's sick because it's self-referentia l, I have no doubts about preferring the former.
Humanity needs to see these gestures of peace and to hear words of hope and peace!
One cannot offend, make war, kill in the name of one's own religion, that is, in the name of God.