When fundamentalism comes to kill, it can kill with the language - the Apostle James says this, not me - and even with a knife, no? Pope Francis More Quotes by Pope Francis More Quotes From Pope Francis Let us not grow tired of knocking at God's door. Let us go to the heart of God through Mary, our whole life, every day, knocking at the door of God's heart! Mary prays - prays together with the community of disciples, and teaches us to have full faith in God, in his mercy. This is the power of prayer! Pope Francis tired prayer heart 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. Pope Francis light darkness men While the earnings of a minority are growing exponentially, so too is the gap separating the majority from the prosperity enjoyed by those happy few. This imbalance is the result of ideologies which defend the absolute autonomy of the marketplace and financial speculation. Consequently, they reject the right of states, charged with vigilance for the common good, to exercise any form of control. Pope Francis minorities growing exercise God's image is the married couple, a man and women, together. Not just the man. Not just the woman. No, both of them. That's God's image. Pope Francis couple together men Since many of you do not belong to the Catholic Church and others are non-believers, from the bottom of my heart I give this silent blessing to each and every one of you, respecting the conscience of each one of you but knowing that each one of you is a child of God. Pope Francis blessing heart children An example I often use to illustrate the reality of vanity, is this: look at the peacock; it's beautiful if you look at it from the front. But if you look at it from behind, you discover the truth... Whoever gives in to such self-absorbed vanity has huge misery hiding inside them. Pope Francis success beautiful life Jesus teaches us another way: Go out. Go out and share your testimony, go out and interact with your brothers, go out and share, go out and ask. Become the Word in body as well as spirit. Pope Francis brother way jesus We have to work harder to develop a profound theology of women within the church. The feminine genius is needed wherever we make important decisions. Pope Francis important decision profound It is true that going out on to the street implies the risk of accidents happening, as they would to any ordinary man or woman. But if the church stays wrapped up in itself, it will age. And if I had to choose between a wounded church that goes out on to the streets and a sick, withdrawn church, I would definitely choose the first one. Pope Francis risk sick men I love tango, and I used to dance when I was young. Pope Francis tango used young Grace is not part of consciousness; it is the amount of light in our souls, not knowledge nor reason. Pope Francis light soul grace The people of God want pastors, not clergy acting like bureaucrats or government officials. Pope Francis government acting people Politics 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 dedication noble common The Lord has redeemed all of us, all of us, with the Blood of Christ: all of us, not just Catholics. Everyone! 'Father, the atheists?' Even the atheists. Everyone! Pope Francis atheist father blood Find new ways to spread the word of God to every corner of the world. Pope Francis word-of-god way world I have a dogmatic certainty: God is in every person's life. God is in everyone's life. Even if the life of a person has been a disaster, even if it is destroyed by vices, drugs or anything else - God is in this person's life. You can - you must - try to seek God in every human life. Pope Francis drug vices trying Politics is the most important of the civil activities and has its own field of action, which is not that of religion. Pope Francis important fields action Truth, according to the Christian faith, is God's love for us in Jesus Christ. Therefore, truth is a relationship. Pope Francis truth-is christian jesus We must not reduce the bosom of the universal church to a nest protecting our mediocrity. Pope Francis nests mediocrity church Right now, we don't have a very good relation with creation. Pope Francis creation environment nature
