Pope Francis Quotes

I am a big sinner.

You cannot be responsible for salvation until first you've been responsible for sin.

I know I'm a sinner.

The impudence of the sinner displeases God as much as the modesty of the penitent gives him pleasure.

God's forgiveness is the only thing. And, well, I take full responsibility for the adultery. It was my fault and, you know, no matter what went on, the man has to take responsibility; and I do.

I am and always will be a sinner. But that's the beautiful thing about Jesus. I'll always try to be a better person in the eyes of God. But I'm not all of a sudden stepping up on a pedestal and saying I'm holier than thou, 'cause I'm not!

Sin is too stupid to see beyond itself.

Be a sinner and sin strongly, but more strongly have faith and rejoice in Christ.

Only the sinner has the right to preach.

What people fail to understand coughing up sin and confessing it and giving it to the only one that can remove it, for crying out loud, we're all sinners.

It is healthy to say, 'Yes, I am a sinner,' and to recognise that this should lead us to turn to God full of confidence in his love and mercy.

We are all sinners.

Jesus never called a human being a sinner.

Heaven finds an ear when sinners find a tongue.

Many are saved from sin by being so inept at it.

Great is the difference betwixt a man's being frightened at, and humbled for his sins.

I am Patrick, a sinner, most uncultivated and least of all the faithful and despised in the eyes of many.

I know what sin is.

God-fearing people, once they're saved from their sins, they don't mind talking about it.

To sin offers repentance and forgiveness; not to sin offers only punishment.

I have sinned against you, my Lord.

Sadly, we do a much better job of making people feel guilty than we do of delivering them from the guilt we create. We need to confess this and change our ways.

And the only thing to do with a sin is to confess, do penance and then, after some kind of decent interval, ask for forgiveness.

One of the great benefits of organised religion is that you can be forgiven your sins, which must be a wonderful thing. I mean, I carry my sins around with me, there's nobody there to forgive them.

Lord Jesus, we come just as we are; this is how we came at first, and this is how we come still, with all our failures, with all our transgressions, with all and everything that is what it ought not to be, we come to Thee.