We have to state, without mincing words, that there is an inseparable bond between our faith and the poor. May we never abandon them.
Pope FrancisAnyone who wants to be pope doesn't care much for themselves, God doesn't bless them. I didn't want to be pope.
Pope FrancisI asked [Guadalupe] for the world, for peace, so many things. I asked forgiveness, I asked that the Church grows healthy, I asked for the Mexican people. And another thing I asked a lot for: that priests be true priests, and sisters true sisters, and bishops true bishops. As the Lord wants.
Pope FrancisThe people of America, are not fearful of foreigners, because most of us were once foreigners.
Pope FrancisWhen we talk about the environment, about creation, my thoughts turn to the first pages of the Bible, the Book of Genesis, which states that God placed man and woman on earth to cultivate and care for it. And the question comes to my mind: What does cultivating and caring for the earth mean? Are we truly cultivating and caring for creation? Or are we exploiting and neglecting it?
Pope Francis