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
No elderly person should be like an “exile” in our families. The elderly are a treasure for our society.
Dear parents, teach your children to pray. Pray with them.
How marvellous it would be if, at the end of the day, each of us could say: today I have performed an act of charity towards others!
It is not enough to say we are Christians. We must live the faith, not only with our words, but with our actions.
Communications requires study, preparation, and a special attention to truth, goodness and beauty.
I want to see the church get closer to the people. I want to get rid of clericalism, the mundane, this closing ourselves off within ourselves, in our parishes, schools or structures. Because these need to get out!
We don't need youth museums. But we do need holy young people.
Reject every form of corruption.
Today, elderly people are discarded when, in reality, they are the seat of wisdom of the society...the right to life means allowing people to live and not killing, allowing them to grow, to eat, to be educated, to be healed, and to be permitted to die with dignity.
May we always say thank you to God, especially for his patience and mercy.
Trust in the power of Christ’s Cross! Receive his reconciling grace and share it!
Let us thank all those who teach in Catholic schools. Educating is an act of love; it is like giving life.
The one who listens attentively to the Word of God and truly prays, always asks the Lord: what is your will for me?
We are all jars of clay, fragile and poor, yet we carry within us an immense treasure.