China is a great nation that offers the world a great culture, so many good things. I love the Chinese people and I hope there is the possibility of having good relations. We're in contact, we talk, we are moving forward but for me, to have as a friend a great country like China, which has so much culture and has so much opportunity to do good, would be a joy.
Pope FrancisI will be praying with my best wishes that the Orthodox move ahead because they are brothers and their bishops are bishops like us.
Pope FrancisWe all have in our hearts some areas of unbelief. Let us say to the Lord: I believe! Help my unbelief.
Pope FrancisAbove all, you ask if the God of Christians forgives those who do not believe and who do not seek faith. Given the premise, and this is fundamental, that the mercy of God is limitless for those who turn to him with a sincere and contrite heart, the issue for the unbeliever lies in obeying his or her conscience.
Pope Francis