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
This is me, a sinner on whom the Lord has turned his gaze. And this is what I said when they asked me if I would accept my election as pontiff. I am a sinner, but I trust in the infinite mercy and patience of our Lord Jesus Christ, and I accept in a spirit of penance.
Sometimes we know what we have to do, but we lack the courage to do it. Let us learn from Mary how to make decisions, trusting in the Lord.
Sunday is the Lord’s Day. Let us find time to be with him.
Lord Jesus, make us capable of loving as you love.
We are all called to be friends with Jesus. Don’t be afraid to love the Lord.
How good it is for us when the Lord unsettles our lukewarm and superficial lives.
If we are to know the Lord, we must go to Him. Listen to Him in silence before the Tabernacle and approach Him in the Sacraments.
There is no cross, big or small, in our life which the Lord does not share with us.
Negative feelings choke the Lord’s word in us.
Lord, teach us to step outside ourselves. Teach us to go out into the streets and manifest your love.
Worshipping is stripping ourselves of our idols, even the most hidden ones, and choosing the Lord as the centre, as the highway of our lives.
He who doesn't pray to the Lord prays to the devil.
We must always walk in the presence of the Lord, in the light of the Lord, always trying to live in an irreprehensible way.
At times we are slaves of sin. Lord, come to free us!