The Son of God became incarnate in the souls of men to instill the feeling of brotherhood. All are brothers and all children of God. Pope Francis brotherbrotherhoodchild Change image and share on social
We need to avoid the spiritual sickness of a church that is wrapped up in its own world: when a church becomes like this, it grows sick. Pope Francis avoidchurchgrow Change image and share on social
Worshipping is stripping ourselves of our idols, even the most hidden ones, and choosing the Lord as the centre, as the highway of our lives. Pope Francis centrechoosehide Change image and share on social
More and more people work on Sundays as a consequence of the competitiveness imposed by a consumer society. Pope Francis competitivenessconsequenceconsumer Change image and share on social
A person once asked me, in a provocative manner, if I approved of homosexuality. I replied with another question: 'Tell me: when God looks at a gay person, does he endorse the existence of this person with love, or reject and condemn this person?' We must always consider the person. Pope Francis approveaskcondemn share on social
The Lord has redeemed all of us, all of us, with the blood of Christ: all of us, not just Catholics. Everyone! 'Father, the atheists?' Even the atheists. Everyone! Pope Francis atheistbloodcatholic Change image and share on social
Inconsistency on the part of pastors and the faithful between what they say and what they do, between word and manner of life, is undermining the Church's credibility. Pope Francis churchcredibilityfaithful Change image and share on social
The Church is or should go back to being a community of God's people, and priests, pastors and bishops, who have the care of souls, are at the service of the people of God. Pope Francis backbishopcare Change image and share on social
In the Western Church to which I belong, priests cannot be married as in the Byzantine, Ukrainian, Russian or Greek Catholic Churches. In those churches, the priests can be married, but the bishops have to be celibate. They are very good priests. Pope Francis belongbishopbyzantine share on social
There is a need for financial reform along ethical lines that would produce in its turn an economic reform to benefit everyone. This would nevertheless require a courageous change of attitude on the part of political leaders. Pope Francis attitudebenefitchange share on social
