Pope Francis

A nation can be considered great when it defends liberty as Lincoln did, when it fosters a culture which enables people to “dream” of full rights for all their brothers and sisters, as Martin Luther King sought to do. — Address of His…

The Nativity scene is a simple reminder of how God became human to reveal the greatness of his love "by smiling and opening his arms to all," Pope Francis said in a letter on the meaning and importance of setting up Christmas cribs.…

Let us never forget that mercy is the keystone in the life of faith, and the concrete form by which we make Jesus’ resurrection visible. — Pope Francis

In the Gospels, St. Joseph appears as a strong and courageous man, a working man, yet in his heart we see great tenderness. — Pope Francis

Jesus’ sacrifice on the cross is nothing else than the culmination of the way he lived his entire life. — Pope Francis 

The root of peace lies in the capacity to listen. — Pope Francis

The mercy of God is not some beautiful idea, but rather a concrete action. There is no mercy without being concrete. Mercy is not doing good “in passing,” but getting involved where there is something wrong, where there is illness, where…

Service is the way for authority to be exercised in the Christian community. Those who serve others and lack real prestige exercise genuine authority in the Church. — Pope Francis

True joy does not come from things or from possessing, no! It is born from the encounter, from the relationship with others, it is born from feeling accepted, understood and loved, and from accepting, from understanding and from loving;…

You have probably heard it said that kids spell love T-I-M-E. Most of us know instinctively that this is true. But knowing doesn’t necessarily make it easy to put into practice. Time is the one thing most of us claim to lack, no matter…