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 great challenge facing us today is to learn once again how to talk to one another, not simply how to generate and consume information.
We are all missionary disciples
Holy Week is a good occasion to go to confession and to take up the right path again.
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.
Dear young people, you have many plans and dreams for the future. But, is Christ at the center of each of your plans and dreams?
Religious life ought to promote growth in the Church by way of attraction. The Church must be attractive. Wake up the world! Be witnesses of a different way of doing things, of acting, of living! It is possible to live differently in this world.
Confirmation strengthens us to defend the faith and to spread the Gospel courageously
Today, this selfish attitude of indifference has taken on global proportions, to the extent that we can speak of a globalization of indifference. It is a problem which we, as Christians, need to confront.
Let us pray that the Church be holier and more humble, loving God by serving the poor, the lonely and the sick.
Saint John Paul II, pray for us and especially for our youth.
Today is my anniversary of ordination to the priesthood. Please pray for me and all priests.
God's love is unbounded. It has no limits.
Take care of brothers and sisters who are weaker ... the elderly, the sick, the hungry, the homeless and strangers, because we will be judged on this.
Let us learn from the Virgin Mary how to be bolder in obeying the word of God.