01c. 1980 ADSometimes negative news does come out, but it is often exaggerated and manipulated to spread scandal. Journalists sometimes risk becoming ill from coprophilia and thus fomenting coprophagia: which is a sin that taints all men and women, that is, the tendency to focus on the negative rather than the positive aspects.Pope Francis / quote ↗
02c. 1980 ADTruth, according to the Christian faith, is God's love for us in Jesus Christ. Therefore, truth is a relationship.Pope Francis / quote ↗
03c. 1980 ADThose who today always look for disciplinarian solutions, those who long for an exaggerated doctrinal 'security,' those who stubbornly try to recover a past that no longer exists - they have a static and inward-directed view of things. In this way, faith becomes an ideology among other ideologies.Pope Francis / quote ↗
04c. 1980 ADFirst of all, you ask me if the God of Christians forgives one who doesn't believe and doesn't seek the faith. Premise that - and it's the fundamental thing - the mercy of God has no limits if one turns to him with a sincere and contrite heart; the question for one who doesn't believe in God lies in obeying one's conscience.Pope Francis / quote ↗
05c. 1980 ADIn the Church, and in the journey of faith, women have had and still have a special role in opening doors to the Lord.Pope Francis / quote ↗
06c. 1980 ADSin, also for those who don't have faith, exists when one goes against one's conscience. To listen to and obey it means, in fact, to decide in face of what is perceived as good or evil. And on this decision pivots the goodness or malice of our action.Pope Francis / quote ↗
07c. 1980 ADIn our ecclesiastical region there are priests who don't baptize the children of single mothers because they weren't conceived in the sanctity of marriage. These are today's hypocrites. Those who clericalize the church. Those who separate the people of God from salvation.Pope Francis / quote ↗
08c. 1980 ADWe cannot insist only on issues related to abortion, gay marriage and the use of contraceptive methods. The teaching of the church is clear, and I am a son of the church, but it is not necessary to talk about these issues all the time.Pope Francis / quote ↗
09c. 1980 ADDespite the slowness, the infidelity, the errors and sins it committed and might still commit against its members, the Church, trust me, has no other meaning and goal but to live and witness Jesus.Pope Francis / quote ↗
10c. 1980 ADWhen I was a seminarian, I was dazzled by a girl I met at an uncle's wedding. I was surprised by her beauty, her intellectual brilliance... and, well, I was bowled over for quite a while.Pope Francis / quote ↗
11c. 1980 ADPolitics is a noble activity. We should revalue it, practise it with vocation and a dedication that requires testimony, martyrdom, that is to die for the common good.Pope Francis / quote ↗
12c. 1980 ADA good Catholic meddles in politics, offering the best of himself, so that those who govern can govern. But what is the best that we can offer to those who govern? Prayer!Pope Francis / quote ↗
13c. 1980 ADPolitics, according to the Social Doctrine of the Church, is one of the highest forms of charity, because it serves the common good. I cannot wash my hands, eh? We all have to give something!Pope Francis / quote ↗
14c. 1980 ADIt makes me sad when I find sisters who aren't joyful. They might smile, but with just a smile they could be flight attendants!Pope Francis / quote ↗
15c. 1980 ADEvery man, every woman who has to take up the service of government, must ask themselves two questions: 'Do I love my people in order to serve them better? Am I humble and do I listen to everybody, to diverse opinions in order to choose the best path?' If you don't ask those questions, your governance will not be good.Pope Francis / quote ↗
16c. 1980 ADThe people of God want pastors, not clergy acting like bureaucrats or government officials.Pope Francis / quote ↗
18c. 1980 ADMy choices, including those related to the day-to-day aspects of life, like the use of a modest car, are related to a spiritual discernment that responds to a need that arises from looking at things, at people and from reading the signs of the times. Discernment in the Lord guides me in my way of governing.Pope Francis / quote ↗
20c. 1980 ADAbortion isn't a lesser evil, it's a crime. Taking one life to save another, that's what the Mafia does. It's a crime. It's an absolute evil.Pope Francis / quote ↗
21c. 1980 ADIf someone is gay and he searches for the Lord and has good will, who am I to judge? We shouldn't marginalise people for this. They must be integrated into society.Pope Francis / quote ↗
22c. 1980 ADMore and more people work on Sundays as a consequence of the competitiveness imposed by a consumer society.Pope Francis / quote ↗
