Let us draw from the crib the joy and deep peace that Jesus comes to bring to the world.

— Pope Francis

Life is a journey. When we stop, things don't go right.

— Pope Francis

Mary was able to turn a stable into a home for Jesus, with poor swaddling clothes and an abundance of love. She is the handmaid of the Father who sings his praises. She is the friend who is ever concerned that wine not be lacking in our lives. Furthermore, she is the woman whose heart was pierced by a sword and who understands all our pain.

— Pope Francis

Mercy will always be greater than any sin, no one can put a limit on the love of the all-forgiving God. Just by looking at him, just raising our eyes from ourselves and our wounds, we leave an opening for the action of his grace. Jesus performs miracles with our sins, with what we are, with our nothingness, with our wretchedness.

— Pope Francis

Money has to serve, not to rule.

— Pope Francis

More and more people work on Sundays as a consequence of the competitiveness imposed by a consumer society.

— Pope Francis

Mostly, people are looking for someone to listen to them. Someone willing to grant them time, to listen to their dramas and difficulties. This is what I call the “postulate of the ear,” and it is important. Very important. I feel compelled to say to confessors: talk, listen with patience, and above all tell people that God loves them.

— Pope Francis

My choices, including those related to the day-to-day aspects of life, like the use of a modest car, are related to a spiritual discernment that responds to a need that arises from looking at things, at people and from reading the signs of the times. Discernment in the Lord guides me in my way of governing.

— Pope Francis

Narcissism makes people incapable of looking beyond themselves, beyond their own desires and needs.

— Pope Francis

Natural marriage, therefore, is fully understood in the light of its fulfillment in the sacrament of Matrimony: only in contemplating Christ does a person come to know the deepest truth about human relationships.

— Pope Francis