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
Like Mary, may we nurture the light born within us at Christmas. May we carry it everywhere in our daily lives.
The Eucharist is essential for us: it is Christ who wishes to enter our lives and fill us with his grace.
To live charitably means not looking out for our own interests, but carrying the burdens of the weakest and poorest among us.
Let us pray to the Lord and ask him to protect the family in the crisis with which the devil wants to destroy it. Families are the domestic church where Jesus grows in the love of a married couple, in the lives of their children.
Do not be afraid of Confession! One who is in line to confess himself feels all these things - even shame - but then, when he finishes confessing, he leaves free, great, beautiful, forgiven, [...] happy. And this is the beauty of Confession... Jesus is there...and He receives you with so much love.
The family is a community of love where each of us learns to relate to others and to the world around us.
A Christian is one who is invited... to join in the feast, to the joy of being saved, to the joy of being redeemed, to the joy of sharing life with Christ. This is a joy! You are called to a party!
We need courage if we are to be faithful to the Gospel.
Each of us is a masterpiece of God's creation
Tell me, when you give alms do you look into the eyes of the man or woman to whom you give alms? . . . And when you give alms, do you touch the hand of the one to whom you give alms, or do you toss the coin?
Lent is a favorable time for letting Christ serve us so that we in turn may become more like Him.
The challenge of life is to learn how to love
We are called to live our baptism every day, as new creatures, clothed in Christ.
In a family it is normal to take charge of those who need help. Do not be afraid of frailty!