Pope Francis Quotes

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.

At the end of life we will not be judged by how many diplomas we have received, how much money we have made, how many great things we have done. We will be judged by "I was hungry, and you gave me something to eat, I was naked and you clothed me. I was homeless, and you took me in.

But whoever has this world's goods, and sees his brother in need, and shuts up his heart from him, how does the love of God abide in him?

Give me ... a compassionate heart, quickly moved to grieve for the woes of others and to active pity for them, even as our Lord Jesus Christ beheld our poverty and hasted to help us. Give me grace ever to alleviate the crosses and difficulties of those around me, and never to add to them; teach me to be a consoler in sorrow, to take thought for the stranger, the widow, and the orphan; let my charity show itself not in words only but in deed and truth.

Whatever you do to the least of my brethren, you do it to me.

There's not a day I live that doesn't start with me getting up and first saying, "What can I do for somebody else?" Whether that means sending something to one of my children or picking up the phone and calling a stranger who is in the hospital, I start every day by wanting more for others than I do for myself.

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?'

He who spins before the poor, inviting them to do likewise, serves God as no one else does.

'Jesus' message was to love your neighbour as yourself, and there are people in need. I hope that people got that message.

Nothing brings me more happiness than trying to help the most vulnerable people in society. It is a goal and an essential part of my life - a kind of destiny. Whoever is in distress can call on me. I will come running wherever they are.

Being Christian towards poor people means trying to improve their lives and give them back some self-respect.

I think it's really important to give back and show other people that you care.

Together with the Works of Mercy, feeding, clothing and sheltering our brothers, we must indoctrinate.

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.

Missionary zeal does not grow out of intellectual beliefs, nor out of theological arguments, but out of love. If I do not love a person I am not moved to help him by proofs that he is in need; if I do love him, I wait for no proof of a special need to urge me to help him.

I've always wanted to do charity stuff. I'm such a nurturer and love taking care of people.

Our God who created all of us is the God who calls all of us to care for one another. I think that's going to be one of the big, big challenges of the future, helping refocus on the needs of others.

Every merciful act to the needy, the suffering, is as though done to Jesus.

Learn to succor the distressed

Nineteen centuries would have been worth very little if we had not made some advance in welcoming the stranger, in feeding the hungry, in clothing the naked, and in caring for the prisoner.

My parents came from little, so they made a choice to give a lot: buying turkeys for homeless shelters at Thanksgiving, delivering meals to people in hospices, giving spare change to those asking for it.

I think it's important, as a human being, to help others.

We should be with people who are in need.

Feel for others - in your pocket