Pope Francis Quotes

Jesus wanted us to be loving and forgiving.

Only the brave know how to forgive...

We will base our actions upon the sublime truths which the Holy Religion of our Savior teaches. Both in the administration of our respective States, and in our political relations with every other government, we take for our sole guide the precepts of Holy Religion, namely, the precepts of Justice, Christian Charity and Peace, which, far from being applicable only to private concerns, must have an immediate influence on the councils of Princes, and guide all their steps.

What is more harmful than any vice? Practical sympathy and pity for all the failures and all the weak : Christianity.

We do pray for mercy, and that same prayer doth teach us all to render the deeds of mercy.

Love sinners, but hate their deeds, and do not disdain sinners for their failings, so that you yourself do not fall into the temptation in which they abide... Do not be angry at anyone and do not hate anyone, neither for their faith, nor for their shameful deeds... Do not foster hatred for the sinner, for we are all guilty... Hate his sins, and pray for him, so that you may be made like unto Christ, who had no dislike for sinners, but prayed for them.

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

I wear black for those who never read or listen to the words that Jesus said, about the road to happiness, through love and charity.

Are you angry with someone? Pray for that person. That is what Christian love is.

Your job isn't to judge. - Your job isn't to figure out if someone deserves something or decide who is right or wrong. - Your job is to lift the fallen, restore the broken, and heal the hurting.

Want to learn to forgive? Then consider how you've been forgiven.

Indifference towards those in need is not acceptable for a Christian.

I try to embrace people with love, unconditional love, like Christ did.

People can forgive each other.

The brave love mercy, and delight to save.

I do not want to convince Christians to work for the abolition of war, but rather I want us to live recognizing that in the cross of Christ, war has been abolished.

Forgiving the men who killed my parents and brother was a process, a journey into deeper and deeper prayer.

I love Jesus Christ. I am a Christian... I cry when I see injustice, children dying of hunger.

Mel Gibson doesn't need your judgment, he needs your prayers.

But I will never stop helping and loving people the way Jesus said to.

The church must always show compassion, always.

Lord, make me an instrument of your peace. Where there is hatred, let me sow love. Where there is injury, pardon. Where there is doubt, faith. Where there is despair, hope. Where there is sadness, joy. O Divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek To be consoled as to console, To be understood as to understand, To be loved as to love. For it is in giving that we receive, It is in pardoning that we are pardoned, It is in dying that we are born to eternal life.

Alas for the rarity / Of Christian charity

Forgiveness is an absolute necessity for continued human existence

… true evangelical faith ... clothes the naked; feeds the hungry; consoles the afflicted; shelters the miserable; aids and consoles all the oppressed; returns good for evil; serves those that injure it; prays for those that persecute it.