Pope Francis Quotes

For, if we have not charity, we are not Christians: charity is the great duty of Christians.

I can think of no greater God-given responsibility we have than that of extending a helping hand to our fellow man.

Whenever I see a homeless guy, I always run back and give him money, because I think, 'Oh my God, what if that was Jesus?'

With wealth, one is in a position of responsibility. You must try to help others. It is as simple as that.

Do you not know that God entrusted you with that money (all above what buys necessities for your families) to feed the hungry, to clothe the naked, to help the stranger, the widow, the fatherless; and, indeed, as far as it will go, to relieve the wants of all mankind? How can you, how dare you, defraud the Lord, by applying it to any other purpose?

Help one another: this is what Jesus teaches us and this what I am doing, and doing with all my heart.

Anyone who has two shirts when someone has none is not a christian.

Sympathy is especially a Christian duty.

In the poor and outcast we see Christ’s face; by loving and helping the poor, we love and serve Christ.

To feel sorry for the needy is not the mark of a Christian - to help them is.

The Christmas spirit does not shine out in the Christian snob. For the Christmas spirit is the spirit of those who, like their Master, live their whole lives on the principle of making themselves poor -- spending and being spent -- to enrich their fellow humans, giving time, trouble, care and concern, to do good to others -- and not just their own friends -- in whatever way there seems need.

If sometimes our poor people have had to die of starvation, it is not that God didn't care for them, but because you and I didn't give, were not an instrument of love in the hands of God, to give them that bread, to give them that clothing; because we did not recognize him, when once more Christ came in distressing disguise, in the hungry man, in the lonely man, in the homeless child, and seeking for shelter.

If you're in trouble, or hurt or need - go to the poor people. They're the only ones that'll help - the only ones.

In the Old Testament, it says that if you have the power to do something good, then you have to do it. You're not to avoid helping somebody in their time of need.

We can't turn our back on people who need help.

Though we cannot relieve all the distressed, we should relieve as many as we can.

Your government is still on the same side of the street as the Good Samaritan and not those who pass by on the other side.

You don't have to wait for a tragedy to occur to rush to help those in need.

If I see a down-and-out I can't walk past, it really gets to me and I want to do everything I can.

As a young man, I was a navy officer in Vietnam. I made $320 a month and would always give away $50 a month to a family I felt that was in greater need than me, in addition to my tithing to my church. I've just always felt in my heart, coming from a very humble background, that there are plenty of people who need a break in life.

We should be with people who are in need.

[Giving] is the essence of the great religions of the world - whether you are discussing the Muslim, Hindu, Jewish or Christian religion. It is an essential fundamental principle of all religions, whatever stage of development a society has reached, to sympathize with others and to promote that spirit of equality.

It is hideous and coarse to assume that we can do something for others-and it is vile not to endeavor to do it.

If you see your brother in need, it doesn't matter if you already gave somewhere else. You should be open to the idea of God using you to meet your brother's unexpected need.

Almost without being aware of it, we end up being incapable of feeling compassion at the outcry of the poor, weeping for other people's pain, and feeling a need to help them, as though all this were someone else's responsibility and not our own.