“The Cross is the Word through which God has responded to evil in the world.”
Source: I Believe: The Promise of the Creed
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Famous Pope Francis Quotes
Source: The Spirit of St Francis: Inspiring Words on Faith, Love and Creation
“The first setting in which faith enlightens the human city is the family.”
Source: Lumen Fidei: The Light of Faith
Source: The Joy of the Gospel
“It is not possible to go backwards. We must go forward. Always forward.”
“On climate change, there is a clear, definitive and ineluctable ethical imperative to act.”
“Lord, help us to live the virtue of generosity, to love without limits.”
“The joy of the Gospel is for all people: no one can be excluded.”
Source: The Joy of the Gospel
Source: With the Smell of the Sheep: Pope Francis Speaks to Priests, Bishops, and Other Shephards
“To build peace is difficult but to live without it is torment.”
“It seems that humanity is incapable of putting a halt to the shedding of innocent blood.”
“The laity are called to become a leaven of Christian living within society.”
Source: The Joy of Discipleship: Reflections from Pope Francis on Walking with Christ
“You cannot be in a position of power and destroy the life of another person.”
“Human self-understanding changes with time, and so also human consciousness deepens.”