Pope Francis

Current Pope, reformist

Contemporary influential 178 sayings

Sayings by Pope Francis

The world needs mercy, not condemnation.

2016 — General Audience
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The true power is service.

2013 — Homily at his installation Mass
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We must not be afraid of dialogue.

2013 — Apostolic Exhortation Evangelii Gaudium
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The Church is not a club for the perfect, but a home for the imperfect.

2014 — General Audience
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The world needs poets.

2013 — Interview with La Civilta Cattolica
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The measure of a society is its treatment of the poor and vulnerable.

2015 — Address to the United States Congress
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The greatest scandal is poverty.

2013 — Interview with La Stampa
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Money must serve, not rule.

2013 — Apostolic Exhortation Evangelii Gaudium
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If someone is gay and he searches for the Lord and has good will, who am I to judge?

2013 — Press conference on return flight from World Youth Day in Brazil
Strange & Unusual Confirmed

A person who thinks only about building walls, wherever they may be, and not building bridges, is not Christian.

2016 — Referring to Donald Trump's proposed border wall
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The Lord has redeemed all of us, all of us, with the Blood of Christ: all of us, not just Catholics. Everyone!

2013 — Homily at daily Mass
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The internet is a gift from God.

2014 — Message for World Communications Day
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I would like to go to Moscow. And not only Moscow. To all of Russia. But you need two to tango.

2017 — Interview with Spanish newspaper El País
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The Church sometimes has locked itself up in small things, in small-minded rules.

2013 — Interview with Jesuit journals
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Who am I to give a ticket to hell?

2014 — Interview with Corriere della Sera
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I believe in God, not in a Catholic God.

2013 — Interview with La Repubblica
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If a person is gay and seeks God and has good will, who am I to judge them?

2013 — In-flight press conference
Strange & Unusual Confirmed

The Roman Curia is the leprosy of the papacy.

2014 — Private remark to bishops (leaked)
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We cannot insist only on issues related to abortion, gay marriage and the use of contraceptive methods.

2013 — Interview with Jesuit journals
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I prefer a Church which is bruised, hurting and dirty because it has been out on the streets, rather than a Church which is unhealthy from being confined and from clinging to its own security.

2013 — Evangelii Gaudium
Strange & Unusual Confirmed