Home / Quotes / Quote by Pope Francis

Quote by Pope Francis

“To love God and neighbor is not something abstract, but profoundly concrete: it means seeing in every person and face of the Lord to be served, to serve him concretely. And you are, dear brothers and sisters, in the face of Jesus.”

Quote by Pope Francis

Author

Pope Francis, born Jorge Mario Bergoglio on December 17, 1936 in Buenos Aires, Argentina, is the 266th Pope of the Catholic Church. Elected on March 13, 2013, he is the first pope from the Americas, the Southern Hemisphere, and the Jesuit order. Known for his humility, focus on the poor, and social justice, he advocates for church reform, environmental protection, and interfaith dialogue. His papacy addresses global issues like the COVID-19 pandemic and migration crises. more

You May Also Like

“When we are generous in welcoming people and sharing something with them-some food, a place in our homes, our time-not only do we no longer remain poor: we are enriched. I am well aware that when someone needing food knocks at your door, you always find a way of sharing food; as the proverb says, one can always 'add more water to the beans'! Is it possible to add more water to the beans?...Always?...And you do so with love, demonstrating that true riches consist not in materials things, but in the heart!”

People Way Wells Heart Home Water Poor Poverty Doors Materials Add Riches Welcome Generous Our Time Beans Material Things Demonstrating True Riches Sharing Food

Book:The Works of Mercy

Source: The Works of Mercy

“A way has to be found to enable everyone to benefit from the fruits of the earth, and not simply to close the gap between the affluent and those who must be satisfied with the crumbs falling from the table, but above all to satisfy the demands of justice, fairness and respect for every human being.”

Way Humans Earth Fall Found Justice Human Beings Poverty Demand Benefits Tables Fruit Satisfied Gaps Fairness Affluence Crumbs Affluent

Author:Pope Francis

“Among our tasks as witnesses to the love of Christ is that of giving a voice to the cry of the poor.”

Giving Voice Christ Poor Poverty Cry Tasks Witness

Author:Pope Francis

“Poverty calls us to sow hope.... Poverty is the flesh of the poor Jesus, in that child who is hungry, in the one who is sick, in those unjust social structures.”

Children Jesus Social Poor Poverty Sick Structure Flesh Hungry Unjust Social Structure

Author:Pope Francis

“New ideas pass through three periods: 1) It can't be done. 2) It probably can be done, but it's not worth doing. 3) I knew it was a good idea all along!”

Ideas Done Three Periods Good Ideas New Ideas Original Ideas Power Of Ideas Dangerous Ideas

Author:Arthur C. Clarke

“I would like to ask all those who have positions of responsibility in economic, political and social life, and all men and women of goodwill: let us be 'protectors' of creation, protectors of God's plan inscribed in nature, protectors of one another and of the environment.”

Men Political Asks Social Responsibility Poverty Environment Plans Economic Creation Position Men And Women Goodwill Social Life Protector God's Plan

Book:On Care for Our Common Home, Laudato Si': The Encyclical of Pope Francis on the Environment

Source: On Care for Our Common Home, Laudato Si': The Encyclical of Pope Francis on the Environment

“We ask the risen Jesus, who turns death into life, to change hatred into love, vengeance into forgiveness, war into peace. Yes, Christ is our peace, and through him to implore peace for all the world.”

World War Turns Asks Jesus Christ Poverty Hatred Vengeance Risen

Author:Pope Francis

“...neither is it possible to discover the more remote and deeper parts of any science, if you stand but upon the level of the same science, and ascend not to a higher science.”

Ifs Science Levels Higher Discovery Deeper

Book:The Major Works

Source: The Major Works

“Eureka! Eureka! Supposed to have been his cry, jumping naked from his bath and running in the streets, excited by a discovery about water displacement to solve a problem about the purity of a gold crown.”

Has Beens Problem Running Water Streets Cry Discovery Gold Excited Solve Naked Purity Crowns Jumping Baths Displacement

Author:Archimedes

“A discovery is like falling in love and reaching the top of a mountain after a hard climb all in one, an ecstasy not induced by drugs but by the revelation of a face of nature that no one has seen before and that often turns out to be more subtle and wonderful than anyone had imagined.”

Hard Faces Science Turns Fall Nature Wonderful Drug Mountain Discovery Falling In Love Revelations Reaching Climbs Subtle Ecstasy Reaching The Top

Author:Max Perutz