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Pope Francis is the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State. Francis is the first Jesuit pope, the first from the Americas, the first from the Southern Hemisphere, and the first pope from outside Europe since the Syrian Gregory III, who reigned in the 8th century. This Pope Francis Quotes on education, joy, fasting, prayer will motivate you.

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It is not enough to say we are Christians. We must live the faith, not only with our words but with our actions. ~ Pope Francis
Having faith does not mean having no difficulties, but having the strength to face them, knowing we are not alone. ~ Pope Francis
The world tells us to seek success, power, and money; God tells us to seek humility, service, and love. ~ Pope Francis
You pray for the hungry. Then you feed them. That’s how prayer works. ~ Pope Francis, Pope Francis quotes on prayer
Holiness doesn’t mean doing extraordinary things but doing ordinary things with love and faith. ~ Pope Francis
To change the world we must be good to those who cannot repay us. ~ Pope Francis
Dear young people, do not bury your talents, the gifts that God has given you! Do not be afraid to dream of great things! ~ Pope Francis
Let us learn to live with kindness, to love everyone, even when they do not love us. ~ Pope Francis
The perfect family doesn’t exist, nor is there a perfect husband or a perfect wife, and let’s not talk about the perfect mother-in-law! It’s just us sinners. A healthy family life requires frequent use of three phrases: “May I? Thank you, and I’m sorry” and “never, never, never end the day without making peace.” ~ Pope Francis, Pope Francis quotes on family
With Christ as the center of your life, you will never be disappointed. ~ Pope Francis
Let the Church always be a place of mercy and hope, where everyone is welcomed, loved, and forgiven. ~ Pope Francis
All it takes is one good person to restore hope. ~ Pope Francis
There is no cross, big or small, in our life which the Lord does not share with us. ~ Pope Francis
Take care of brothers and sisters who are weaker … the elderly, the sick, the hungry, the homeless, and strangers, because we will be judged on this. ~ Pope Francis
The Earth is our environment to protect and the garden to tend to. ~ Pope Francis
Today too, amid so much darkness, we need to see the light of hope and to be men and women who bring hope to others. To protect creation, to protect every man and every woman, to look upon them with tenderness and love, is to open up a horizon of hope; it is to let a shaft of light break through the heavy clouds; it is to bring the warmth of hope! ~ Pope Francis
Don’t let anyone rob you of hope. ~ Pope Francis
Each one of us is called to be an artisan of peace, by uniting and not dividing, by extinguishing hatred and not holding on to it, by opening paths to dialogue and not by constructing new walls! ~ Pope Francis
Take good care of creation. St. Francis wanted that. People occasionally forgive, but nature never does. If we don’t take care of the environment, there’s no way of getting around it. ~ Pope Francis
How marvelous it would be if, at the end of the day, each of us could say: today I have performed an act of charity towards others! ~ Pope Francis
The great danger in today’s world, pervaded as it is by consumerism, is the desolation and anguish born of a complacent yet covetous heart, the feverish pursuit of frivolous pleasures, and a blunted conscience. Whenever our interior life becomes caught up in its own interests and concerns, there is no longer room for others, no place for the poor. ~ Pope Francis
Migrants and refugees are not pawns on the chessboard of humanity ~ Pope Francis
I am a sinner. This is the most accurate definition. It is not a figure of speech, a literary genre. I am a sinner. ~ Pope Francis
Seeking happiness in material things is a sure way of being unhappy. ~ Pope Francis
Migrants and refugees are not pawns on the chessboard of humanity. They are children, women and men who leave or who are forced to leave their homes for various reasons, who share a legitimate desire for knowing and having, but above all for being more ~ Pope Francis
The love of God is not generic. God looks with love upon every man and woman, calling them by name. ~ Pope Francis, Pope Francis quotes on love
I see the church as a field hospital after battle. It is useless to ask a seriously injured person if he has high cholesterol and about the level of his blood sugars. You have to heal his wounds. Then we can talk about everything else. ~ Pope Francis
Let us never lose hope! God loves us always, even with our mistakes and sins. ~ Pope Francis
To be saints is not a privilege for a few, but a vocation for everyone. ~ Pope Francis
If money and material things become the center of our lives, they seize us and make us slaves. ~ Pope Francis
But always think this: do not be afraid of failure. Do not be afraid of falling. In the art of walking, what is important is not avoiding the fall but not remaining fallen. ~ Pope Francis
There is so much noise in the world! May we learn to be silent in our hearts and before God. ~ Pope Francis
Being a disciple means being constantly ready to bring the love of Jesus to others, and this can happen unexpectedly and in any place: on the street, in a city square, during work, on a journey. ~ Pope Francis
In the poor and outcast, we see Christ’s face; by loving and helping the poor, we love and serve Christ. ~ Pope Francis
A little bit of mercy makes the world less cold and more just. ~ Pope Francis
Let us learn from Christ how to pray, to forgive, to sow peace, and to be near those in need. ~ Pope Francis
Miracles happen. But prayer is needed! Prayer that is courageous, struggling, and persevering, not prayer that is a mere formality. ~ Pope Francis
And with a little sense of humor, we can say that there are Christian bats who prefer the shadows to the light of the presence of the Lord. ~ Pope Francis
Dear young people, please, don’t be observers of life, but get involved. Jesus did not remain an observer, but he immersed himself. Don’t be observers, but immerse yourself in the reality of life, as Jesus did. ~ Pope Francis
I prefer a church which is bruised, hurting, and dirty because it has been out on the streets, rather than a church which is unhealthy from being confined and from clinging to its own security. ~ Pope Francis
If someone is gay and is searching for the Lord and has goodwill, then who am I to judge him? … The problem is not having this tendency, no, we must be brothers and sisters to one another. The problem is in making a lobby of this tendency: a lobby of misers, a lobby of politicians, a lobby of masons, so many lobbies. ~ Pope Francis
Lord, teach us to step outside ourselves. Teach us to go out into the streets and manifest your love. ~ Pope Francis
Evangelization does not consist in proselytizing, for proselytizing is a caricature of evangelization, but rather evangelizing entails attracting by our witness those who are far off, it means humbly drawing near to those who feel distant from God in the Church, drawing near to those who feel judged and condemned outright by those who consider themselves to be perfect and pure. ~ Pope Francis
The search for God means having the courage to set out on a risky path, it means following our restless hearts. ~ Pope Francis
The measure of the greatness of a society is found in the way it treats those most in need, those who have nothing apart from their poverty! ~ Pope Francis

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Pope Francis' Evangelii Gaudium (The Joy of the Gospel)

Pope Francis has issued his first Apostolic Exhortation today, Evangelii Gaudium (The Joy of the Gospel.) Vatican Radio says “The 224-page document outlines the Pope’s vision for a missionary Church, whose “doors should always be open”. The Pope speaks on numerous themes, including evangelization, peace, homiletics, social justice, the family, respect for creation, faith and politics, ecumenism, interreligious dialogue, and the role of women and of the laity in the Church.

The entire 48,000 word document can be found on the Vatican’s Website and here is the document.

For quick reading, here are 20 quotes from the document. These quotes are in no way meant to represent the overall tone, meaning or intent of the Holy Father’s Apostolic Exhortation. The full document is nuanced and full of thought-provoking messages which should be read in full to fully grasp.

1. “The great danger in today’s world, pervaded as it is by consumerism, is the desolation and anguish born of a complacent yet covetous heart, the feverish pursuit of frivolous pleasures, and a blunted conscience. Whenever our interior life becomes caught up in its own interests and concerns, there is no longer room for others, no place for the poor. God’s voice is no longer heard, the quiet joy of his love is no longer felt, and the desire to do good fades.”

2. “I invite all Christians, everywhere, at this very moment, to a renewed personal encounter with Jesus Christ, or at least an openness to letting him encounter them; I ask all of you to do this unfailingly each day. No one should think that this invitation is not meant for him or her, since “no one is excluded from the joy brought by the Lord”

3. “God never tires of forgiving us; we are the ones who tire of seeking his mercy.”

4. “The Gospel, radiant with the glory of Christ’s cross, constantly invites us to rejoice.”

5. “There are Christians whose lives seem like Lent without Easter. I realize of course that joy is not expressed the same way at all times in life, especially at moments of great difficulty. Joy adapts and changes, but it always endures, even as a flicker of light born of our personal certainty that, when everything is said and done, we are infinitely loved.”

6. “It is not advisable for the Pope to take the place of local Bishops in the discernment of every issue which arises in their territory. In this sense, I am conscious of the need to promote a sound “decentralization”.

7. “Since I am called to put into practice what I ask of others, I too must think about a conversion of the papacy. It is my duty, as the Bishop of Rome, to be open to suggestions which can help make the exercise of my ministry more faithful to the meaning which Jesus Christ wished to give it and to the present needs of evangelization.”

8. “All revealed truths derive from the same divine source and are to be believed with the same faith, yet some of them are more important for giving direct expression to the heart of the Gospel. In this basic core, what shines forth is the beauty of the saving love of God made manifest in Jesus Christ who died and rose from the dead.”

9. “I want to remind priests that the confessional must not be a torture chamber but rather an encounter with the Lord’s mercy which spurs us on to do our best. A small step, in the midst of great human limitations, can be more pleasing to God than a life which appears outwardly in order but moves through the day without confronting great difficulties. Everyone needs to be touched by the comfort and attraction of God’s saving love, which is mysteriously at work in each person, above and beyond their faults and failings.”

10. “The Eucharist, although it is the fullness of sacramental life, is not a prize for the perfect but a powerful medicine and nourishment for the weak.”

11. “How can it be that it is not a news item when an elderly homeless person dies of exposure, but it is news when the stock market loses two points?”

12. “In this context, some people continue to defend trickle-down theories which assume that economic growth, encouraged by a free market, will inevitably succeed in bringing about greater justice and inclusiveness in the world. This opinion, which has never been confirmed by the facts, expresses a crude and naïve trust in the goodness of those wielding economic power and in the sacralized workings of the prevailing economic system. Meanwhile, the excluded are still waiting.”

Quotes Of Pope Francis On Religious Life

13. “The Pope loves everyone, rich and poor alike, but he is obliged in the name of Christ to remind all that the rich must help, respect and promote the poor. I exhort you to generous solidarity and a return of economics and finance to an ethical approach which favours human beings.”

14. “Marriage now tends to be viewed as a form of mere emotional satisfaction that can be constructed in any way or modified at will. But the indispensible contribution of marriage to society transcends the feelings and momentary needs of the couple.”

15. “Challenges exist to be overcome! Let us be realists, but without losing our joy, our boldness and our hope-filled commitment. Let us not allow ourselves to be robbed of missionary vigour!”

16. “If anyone feels offended by my words, I would respond that I speak them with affection and with the best of intentions, quite apart from any personal interest or political ideology. My words are not those of a foe or an opponent. I am interested only in helping those who are in thrall to an individualistic, indifferent and self-centred mentality to be freed from those unworthy chains and to attain a way of living and thinking which is more humane, noble and fruitful, and which will bring dignity to their presence on this earth.”

17. “The Church has no wish to hold back the marvellous progress of science. On the contrary, she rejoices and even delights in acknowledging the enormous potential that God has given to the human mind. Whenever the sciences – rigorously focused on their specific field of inquiry – arrive at a conclusion which reason cannot refute, faith does not contradict it. Neither can believers claim that a scientific opinion which is attractive but not sufficiently verified has the same weight as a dogma of faith. At times some scientists have exceeded the limits of their scientific competence by making certain statements or claims. But here the problem is not with reason itself, but with the promotion of a particular ideology which blocks the path to authentic, serene and productive dialogue.”

18. “As Christians, we cannot consider Judaism as a foreign religion; nor do we include the Jews among those called to turn from idols and to serve the true God.”

19. “Sometimes we are tempted to be that kind of Christian who keeps the Lord’s wounds at arm’s length. Yet Jesus wants us to touch human misery, to touch the suffering flesh of others. He hopes that we will stop looking for those personal or communal niches which shelter us from the maelstrom of human misfortune and instead enter into the reality of other people’s lives and know the power of tenderness. Whenever we do so, our lives become wonderfully complicated and we experience intensely what it is to be a people, to be part of a people.”