Quotes from Pope Francis

The secret of Christian living is love. Only love fills the empty spaces caused by evil.

God's love is unbounded. It has no limits.

Without mercy, we have little chance nowadays of becoming part of a world of 'wounded' persons in need of understanding, forgiveness, love.

Christ's love and friendship are no illusion. On the Cross Jesus showed how real they are.

In this Year of Faith, we pray to the Lord that the Church may always be a true family that brings God's love to everyone.

The crucifix does not signify defeat or failure. It reveals to us the Love that overcomes evil and sin.

War is the suicide of humanity because it kills the heart and kills love.

This is the mission of every Christian: lumina pandit - to spread the light and to tell the world of God's love.

Dear brothers and sisters, the Church loves you! Be an active presence in the community, as living cells, as living stones.

If there is no humility, love remains blocked.

Faith transforms the whole person precisely to the extent that he or she becomes open to love.

To be wise use three languages: think well, feel well and do well. And to be wise allow yourselves to be surprised by the love of God. That will guarantee a good life.

Only those who serve with love are able to protect!

I believe in the kindness of others, and that I must love them without fear.

To live as true children of God means to love our neighbour and to be close to those who are lonely and in difficulty

We cannot give up in the face of evil. God is Love and he has defeated evil through Christ's death and resurrection.

Let us protect with love all that God has given us!

The challenge of life is to learn how to love

The cross of Christ, embraced with love, never brings sadness with it, but joy, the joy of being saved and of doing a little of what he did on the day of his death.

The love of Christ fills our hearts and makes us always able to forgive!

God loves us. May we discover the beauty of loving and being loved.

Support your priests with your love and prayers, that they may always be shepherds after Christ's heart

I would love to be a well-educated black, because I believe they do have an actual advantage.

Jesus on the Cross feels the whole weight of the evil, and with the force of God's love he conquers it, he defeats it with his resurrection.