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
Inequality is the root of social evil.
Whoever does not pray to God, prays to the devil. When one does not profess Jesus Christ, one professes the worldliness of the devil.
We live in an age rather skeptical of truth, of its existence." There is a "tendency to believe that nothing is definitive, and think that the truth is given by consent or by what we want. The question arises: does "the" truth really exist? What is "the" truth? Can we know it? Can we find it?
The Family is the salt of the earth and the light of the world, it is the leaven of society.
Let us pray for the many Christians in the world who still suffer persecution and violence. May God grant them the courage of fidelity.
War is the suicide of humanity because it kills the heart and kills love.
Wars are always madness: all is lost in war, all is to be gained in peace.
We ought never to lose hope. God overwhelms us with his grace, if we keep asking.
The only war that we must all fight is the one against evil.
Christ is always faithful. Let us pray to be always faithful to him.
We cannot give up in the face of evil. God is Love and he has defeated evil through Christ’s death and resurrection.
God loves us. May we discover the beauty of loving and being loved.
Jesus’ Cross shows the full force of evil, but also the full power of God’s mercy.
How many innocent people and children suffer in the world! Lord, grant us your peace!