Quotes from Pope Francis

I had the habit of not accepting prizes or honors, but always, not out of humility, but because I don't like them.

Maybe it's a little crazy, but it's good to have it, but I just don't like [prizes or honors].

I had the habit of not accepting prizes or honors, but always, not out of humility, but because I don't like them. Maybe it's a little crazy, but it's good to have it, but I just don't like them.

Let the Church always be a place of mercy and hope, where everyone is welcomed, loved and forgiven.

Advent increases our hope, a hope which does not disappoint. The Lord never lets us down.

All it takes is one good person to restore hope.

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!

Our efforts must aim at restoring hope, righting wrongs, maintaining commitments, and thus promoting the well-being of individuals and of peoples.

There is never a reason to lose hope. Jesus says: "I am with you until the end of the world.

Poverty calls us to sow hope.... Poverty is the flesh of the poor Jesus, in that child who is hungry, in the one who is sick, in those unjust social structures.

We ought never to lose hope. God overwhelms us with his grace, if we keep asking.

Press on! Don't let yourselves be robbed of hope. Understood?

Christians know how to face difficulties, trials and defeat with serenity and hope in the Lord.

Let's pray for whole world that there be brotherhood. I hope this journey of the church we begin today is fruitful for evangelization.

Migrants and refugees are not pawns on the chessboard of humanity

Human trafficking is an open wound on the body of contemporary society, a scourge upon the body of Christ. It is a crime against humanity.

I ask you to ensure that humanity is served by wealth, and not ruled by it.

Mercy is the true power that can save humanity and the world from sin and evil.

It seems that humanity is incapable of putting a halt to the shedding of innocent blood.

Embrace with tender affection the whole of humanity, especially the poorest, the weakest, the least important.

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.

We 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.

You might say, 'Can't we have a more human Christianity, without the cross, without Jesus, without stripping ourselves?' In this way we'd become pastry-shop Christians, like a pretty cake and nice sweet things. Pretty, but not true Christians.

Jesus' Cross shows the full force of evil, but also the full power of God's mercy.