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
Oh, how I would like a poor Church, and for the poor.
Dear young people, don't be afraid to marry. A faithful and fruitful marriage will bring you happiness.
Dear young people, listen within: Christ is knocking at the door of your heart.
Our faith in Christ, who became poor, and was always close to the poor and the outcast, is the basis of our concern for the integral development of society’s most neglected members.
How powerful prayer is! May we never lose the courage to say: Lord, give us your peace.
Do we open ourselves to the Holy Spirit, so as to be an active part of our communities, or do we close in on ourselves, saying 'I have so many things to do, that's not my job'?
It is by God’s mercy that we are saved. May we never tire of spreading this joyful message to the world.
The Lord is always there waiting to give us his love: it is an amazing thing, one which never ceases to surprise us!
If we see someone who needs help, do we stop? There is so much suffering and poverty, and a great need for good Samaritans.
God never tires of forgiving us; we are the ones who tire of seeking his mercy.
God asks everything of us, yet at the same time he offers everything to us.
Only by becoming poor ourselves, by stripping away our complacency, will we be able to identify with the least of our brothers and sisters.
How I wish everyone had decent work! It is essential for human dignity.
Help one another. This is what Jesus teaches us. This is what I do, and I do it with my heart.