Essential to the attainment of these national goals is the moral imperative of ensuring social justice and respect for human dignity. The great biblical tradition enjoins on all peoples the duty to hear the voice of the poor. It bids us to break the bonds of injustice and oppression which give rise to glaring, and indeed, scandalous social inequalities. Reforming the social structures which perpetuate poverty and the exclusion of the poor first requires a conversion of mind and heart.
Pope FrancisDear young people, Jesus wants to be your friend, and wants you to spread the joy of this friendship everywhere.
Pope FrancisYes, hypothetically, western Catholicism could revise the theme of celibacy. ... But for the moment, I am in favor of maintaining celibacy, with the pros and the cons it has, because we have ten centuries of more good experiences than bad ones.
Pope FrancisIf my good friend Dr. Gasparri says a curse word against my mother, he can expect a punch. It's normal. It's normal.
Pope FrancisGod understands us, He waits for us. He doesn't get tired of forgiving us. If we repent and go to him with a truly open heart.
Pope FrancisToday children are disposed of because there is no food or because they are killed before being born โ children are discarded. The elderly are disposed of, well, because they are useless, they do not produce, neither children nor the elderly produce; then, with more or less sophisticated systems they are slowly abandoned and now, as in this crisis it is necessary to recover some equilibrium, we are witnessing a third very painful discarding โthe discarding of young people. Millions of young peopleโฆ are discarded from work, are unemployed.
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