Pope Francis Quotes

Children are to be welcomed, cherished, protected.

We can say with some assurance that, although children may be the victims of fate, they will not be the victims of our neglect.

In a situation where it's the child or the adult, I'm going with the child.

You've got to keep the child alive; you can't create without it.

I never like experimenting with children.

Kids are important.

When I'm not governing my country any more, I'll go back to taking care of children.

Nothing is more important in our national life than the welfare of our children.

The legacy I want to leave is a child-care system that says that no kid is going to be left alone or left unsafe.

No child asks to get born, so when they are here, they should be shielded from any possible horror.

There are problems and there are children. It is our aim to separate the two.

Every child’s life is sacred and it is long past time that we protect it.

The welfare of our children is our main concern, and their best interests are our first priority.

When I made my final reckoning with the decision not to have kids, I also decided that I would use at least some of my extra time to better the lives of kids who are already here.

I've always had a strong love and a sense of care for kids. And the one thing is evident and is so true - the kids are our future.

To nourish children and raise them against odds is in any time, any place, is more valuable than to fix bolts in cars or design nuclear weapons.

There is no job more important than parenting. This I believe.

After I had my son, Max, I knew I wanted to get involved in causes that help children.

He loved them and cared for them, and you don't kill kids that you love and care for.

I'm a great lover of children. I never thought that one day I'd actually be a father, but I'm very pleased that I changed my mind. Children are extremely important. They are the future of the world.

I love children.

I don't have children, but we all want to protect whatever we love in life.

If you bring a child into the world, you have a responsibility to that child in every sense of the word.

We need to assure that we are nurturing our children and meeting their every need in this violent world.

I have no objection to doing anything that is within the law to help children.