Pope Francis

@Pontifex

I unite myself to the pain of the families of the students barbarically killed in #Kumba, #Cameroon. May God enlighten hearts, so that similar acts may never be repeated! I send my affection to the families and all Cameroon, and I invoke the comfort that only God can give.

12:30 pm · October 28, 2020

Pope Francis

@Pontifex

“You are my beloved Son; with you I am well pleased” (Lk 3:22). This simple phrase enables us to intuit something of the mystery of Jesus and of His heart, always turned to the Father. Jesus gave us His own #Prayer, which is His loving dialogue with the Father. #GeneralAudience

11:30 am · October 28, 2020

Pope Francis

@Pontifex

Those who love may be sure that none of their acts of love will be lost, nor any of their acts of sincere concern for others, nor any single act of love for God, nor any generous effort, nor any painful endurance. All of these enfold our world like a vital force. #FratelliTutti

12:30 pm · October 27, 2020

Pope Francis

@Pontifex

Kindness frees us from the cruelty that at times infects human relationships, from the anxiety that prevents us from thinking of others, from the frantic flurry of activity that forgets that others also have a right to be happy. #FratelliTutti

12:30 pm · October 26, 2020

Pope Francis

@Pontifex

Let us pray to the Lord for Nigeria, so that every form of violence might always be avoided, in the constant search of social harmony through the promotion of justice and the common good.

12:09 pm · October 25, 2020

Pope Francis

@Pontifex

What is not expressed in love of neighbour is not true love of God; and, likewise, what is not drawn from one's relationship with God is not true love of neighbour. #GospelOfTheDay (Mt 22:34-40)

11:30 am · October 25, 2020

Pope Francis

@Pontifex

If we want true integral human development for all, war must be avoided, ensuring the rule of law and tireless recourse to negotiation and arbitration. The United Nation ’s Charter applies transparently and sincerely, and is an reference point of justice and a peace. #UNDay

11:30 am · October 24, 2020

Pope Francis

@Pontifex

Life without fraternal gratuitousness becomes a form of frenetic commerce, constantly weighing what we give and what we get back. God, instead, gives freely, helping even those who are unfaithful; he “makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good” (Mt 5:45). #FratelliTutti

11:30 am · October 23, 2020

Pope Francis

@Pontifex

St #JohnPaulII and his passion for life and fascination with the mystery of God, of the world and of humankind was an extraordinary gift of God to the Church. Let us remember his faith: may it be an example to lives as witnesses today.

11:05 am · October 22, 2020

Pope Francis

@Pontifex

So often today man does not know what is within him, in the depths of his mind and heart.... Therefore, let Christ speak to man. He alone has words of life, of eternal life. #StJohnPaulII

11:00 am · October 22, 2020

Pope Francis

@Pontifex

Prayer is the centre of life. If there is prayer, even a brother, a sister, becomes important. Those who adore God, love His children. Those who respect God, respect human beings. #GeneralAudience

11:30 am · October 21, 2020

Pope Francis

@Pontifex

To all believers, and to men and women of good will, we say: let us become creative artisans of peace, let us build social friendship, let us make our own the culture of dialogue. #Peaceandfraternity vatican.va/content/f…

5:10 pm · October 20, 2020

Pope Francis

@Pontifex

“Enough!” says Jesus (Lk 22:38), when his disciples produce two swords before the Passion. “Enough!” That single word of Jesus echoes through the centuries and reaches us forcefully in our own time: enough of swords, weapons, violence and war!

5:06 pm · October 20, 2020

Pope Francis

@Pontifex

The “gospel” of save yourself is not the Gospel of salvation. It is the falsest of the apocryphal gospels, making others carry the cross. Whereas the true Gospel bids us take up the cross of others. #Peaceandfraternity

3:05 pm · October 20, 2020

Pope Francis

@Pontifex

Our present gathering represents an incentive to religious leaders and to all believers to pray fervently for peace, never resigned to war, but working with the gentle strength of faith to end conflicts. #Peaceandfraternity youtube.com/watch?v=…

2:10 pm · October 20, 2020

Pope Francis

@Pontifex

I invite you again to take the #Rosary and lift up your gaze to Our Lady, sign of consolation and sure hope. One million children around the world are doing this today, as they pray for unity and peace. #ChildrenPraying

10:30 am · October 19, 2020

Pope Francis

@Pontifex

Belonging to Christ, and the resulting way of life, do not isolate the believer from the world, but rather make him or her the protagonist in a service of love for the common good.

11:30 am · October 18, 2020

Pope Francis

@Pontifex

The mission, the ‘Church on the move’, is not a programme to be carried out by sheer force of will. It is Christ who makes the Church go out of herself. In the mission of evangelization, you move because the Holy Spirit pushes you, and carries you. #WorldMissionDay

9:30 am · October 18, 2020

Pope Francis

@Pontifex

Today and tomorrow, one million children around the world pray the Rosary. May we confidently recite the #Rosary every day. It is a weapon that protects us from evil and temptation. #ChildrenPraying

8:30 am · October 18, 2020

Pope Francis

@Pontifex

We need to develop the awareness that nowadays we are either all saved together or no one is saved. #Poverty, decadence and suffering in one part of the earth are a breeding ground for problems that will end up affecting the entire planet. #FratelliTutti #EndPoverty

9:30 am · October 17, 2020

Pope Francis

@Pontifex

A courageous decision? Using the money spent on weapons for a “global Fund” to defeat hunger. This would help avoid many wars and the emigration of many of our brothers and sisters from the poorest nations.

1:10 pm · October 16, 2020

Pope Francis

@Pontifex

Hunger is not only a tragedy for humanity, it is shameful. Faced with this reality, we cannot remain insensitive or paralyzed. We are all responsible. #WorldHungerDay

1:00 pm · October 16, 2020

Pope Francis

@Pontifex

Education bears within itself a seed of hope: the hope of peace and justice; the hope of beauty and goodness; the hope of social harmony. #GlobalCompactOnEducation vatican.va/content/f…

2:24 pm · October 15, 2020

Pope Francis

@Pontifex

It is time to subscribe to a global pact on education for and with future generations. This requires commitment from families, communities, schools, universities, institutions, religions, governments, and the human family to train mature men and women. #GlobalCompactOnEducation

1:45 pm · October 15, 2020

Pope Francis

@Pontifex

Today we recall Saint #TeresaOfJesus, master of #prayer. She teaches us that prayer is an expression of friendship with God who always loves us. With God nothing can disturb or frighten us, because "God alone suffices."

1:33 pm · October 15, 2020

Pope Francis

@Pontifex

In #Prayer, we place our worries and petitions in the hands of God, and we trust that He will listen, for He knows what we need and will give us what is good for us. #GeneralAudience

11:30 am · October 14, 2020

Pope Francis

@Pontifex

Tenderness is love that draws near and becomes real. A movement that starts from our heart and reaches the eyes, the ears and the hands. Tenderness is the path of choice for the strongest, most courageous men and women. #FratelliTutti

12:27 pm · October 13, 2020

Pope Francis

@Pontifex

The witness of Blessed Carlo Acutis indicates to today's young people that true happiness is found by putting God in first place and serving Him in our brothers and sisters, especially the least.

11:30 am · October 12, 2020

Pope Francis

@Pontifex

I am near to those people affected by wildfires: on the West Coast of the United States, especially California, the central regions of South America, the Pantanal area, Paraguay, the banks of the Paraná River, and Argentina. May the Lord sustain them.

1:39 pm · October 11, 2020

Pope Francis

@Pontifex

It is not enough to accept the invitation to follow the Lord; one must be open to a journey of conversion, which changes the heart. The garment of mercy, which God offers us unceasingly, is the free gift of his love; it is grace. # GospelOfTheDay

11:00 am · October 11, 2020

Pope Francis

@Pontifex

Appearances notwithstanding, every person is immensely holy and deserves our love. Consequently, if I can help at least one person to have a better life, that already justifies the offering of my life. #FratelliTutti

9:30 am · October 11, 2020

Pope Francis

@Pontifex

We achieve fulfilment when we break down walls and our hearts are filled with faces and names. #FratelliTutti

9:00 am · October 11, 2020

Pope Francis

@Pontifex

Every person has the right to live with dignity and to develop him or herself completely, even if they were born with or grew up with limitations. For the immense dignity of the human person is not based on circumstances but on the intrinsic worth of their being. #FratelliTutti

12:00 pm · October 10, 2020

Pope Francis

@Pontifex

All Christians and people of good will are today called to work not only for the abolition of the death penalty in all its forms, but also to work for the improvement of prison conditions, out of respect for the human dignity of persons deprived of their freedom.

11:00 am · October 10, 2020

Pope Francis

@Pontifex

Our love for others, for who they are, moves us to seek the best for their lives. Only by cultivating this way of relating to one another will we make possible a social friendship that excludes no one and a fraternity that is open to all. #FratelliTutti

12:00 pm · October 9, 2020

Pope Francis

@Pontifex

All of us, as believers, need to recognize that love takes first place: love must never be put at risk, and the greatest danger lies in failing to love (cf. 1 Cor 13:1-13). #FratelliTutti

11:00 am · October 9, 2020

Pope Francis

@Pontifex

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2:45 pm · October 8, 2020

Pope Francis

@Pontifex

The process of building fraternity, be it local or universal, can only be undertaken by spirits that are free and open to authentic encounters. #FratelliTutti

12:00 pm · October 8, 2020

Pope Francis

@Pontifex

Belief in God, and the worship of God are not enough to ensure that we actually live in a way pleasing to God. The guarantee of an authentic openness to God is a way of practising the faith that helps open our hearts to our brothers and sisters. #FratelliTutti

11:00 am · October 8, 2020

Pope Francis

@Pontifex

The journey of fraternity has a Mother. In the power of the risen Lord, she wants to give birth to a new world, where all of us are brothers and sisters, where there is room for all our societies discard, where justice and peace are resplendent. #OurLadyOfTheRosary #FratelliTutti

12:30 pm · October 7, 2020

Pope Francis

@Pontifex

As believers, we are convinced that, without an openness to the Father of all, there will be no solid and stable reasons for an appeal to fraternity. #FratelliTutti

12:00 pm · October 7, 2020

Pope Francis

@Pontifex

The proof of #prayer is real love for our neighbour. #GeneralAudience

11:00 am · October 7, 2020

Pope Francis

@Pontifex

Let us dream, as a single human family, as fellow travelers sharing the same flesh, as children of the same earth which is our common home, each of us bringing the richness of his or her beliefs and convictions, each of us with his or her own voice, brothers and sisters all.

12:00 pm · October 6, 2020

Pope Francis

@Pontifex

It is my desire that, in this our time, by acknowledging the dignity of each human person, we can contribute to the rebirth of a universal aspiration to fraternity. #FratelliTutti

11:00 am · October 6, 2020

Pope Francis

@Pontifex

We cannot be indifferent to suffering; we cannot allow anyone to go through life as an outcast. Instead,we should feel indignant,challenged to emerge from our comfortable isolation and to be changed by our contact with human suffering.That is the meaning of dignity #FratelliTutti

12:00 pm · October 5, 2020

Pope Francis

@Pontifex

By his actions, the Good Samaritan showed that the existence of each and every individual is deeply tied to that of others: life is not simply time that passes; life is a time for interactions. #FratelliTutti

11:00 am · October 5, 2020

Pope Francis

@Pontifex

To care for the world in which we live means to care for ourselves. Yet we need to think of ourselves more and more as a single family dwelling in a common home. #SeasonOfCreation #FratelliTutti

1:30 pm · October 4, 2020

Pope Francis

@Pontifex

#SaintFrancisofAssisi, this saint of fraternal love, simplicity and joy, who inspired me to write the Encyclical Laudato Si’, prompts me once more to devote this new Encyclical to fraternity and social friendship. #FratelliTutti

12:00 pm · October 4, 2020

Pope Francis

@Pontifex

Encyclical #FratelliTutti vatican.va/content/f… pic.twitter.com/TRJk…

10:30 am · October 4, 2020

Pope Francis

@Pontifex

The parable of the murderous vinedressers (Mt 21:33-43) is an admonition for all times, including our own. The vineyard is the Lord's, not ours. And God awaits the fruit of His vineyard from those He has sent to work in it. #GospelOfTheDay

9:45 am · October 4, 2020

Pope Francis

@Pontifex

#SaintFrancisofAssisi, faithful to Scripture, invites us to see nature as a magnificent book in which God speaks to us and grants us a glimpse of his infinite beauty and goodness. #SeasonOfCreation

7:30 am · October 4, 2020

Pope Francis

@Pontifex

I offer this social Encyclical as a modest contribution to continued reflection, in the hope that in the face of present-day attempts to eliminate or ignore others, we may prove capable of responding with a new vision of fraternity and social friendship. #FratelliTutti pic.twitter.com/P3qs…

4:17 pm · October 3, 2020

Pope Francis

@Pontifex

The effort to build a more just society implies the capacity of fraternity, a spirit of human communion. #SeasonOfCreation #FratelliTutti

11:30 am · October 3, 2020

Pope Francis

@Pontifex

The urgent challenge to protect our common home includes the task of uniting the entire human family in searching for sustainable and integral development, for we know that things can change. #SeasonOfCreation

12:00 pm · October 2, 2020

Pope Francis

@Pontifex

Let us continue to grow in the awareness that we all live in a common home as members of a single family! #SeasonOfCreation

11:00 am · October 2, 2020

Pope Francis

@Pontifex

#SaintThereseOfLisieux invites us to practise the little way of love, not to let the possibility of offering a smile to slip by, or any small gesture that sows peace and friendship. #SeasonOfCreation

11:30 am · October 1, 2020

Pope Francis

@Pontifex

Let us not go back to the "normality" sick with with injustice, inequality and environmental degradation.The normality to which we are called is that of the Kingdom of God, where there is bread for all and the social organisation is based on contributing, sharing and distributing

11:55 am · September 30, 2020

Pope Francis

@Pontifex

Devotion to sacred Scripture, a “living and tender love” for the written word of God: this is the legacy that Saint Jerome bequeathed to the Church by his life and labours. vatican.va/content/f…

10:05 am · September 30, 2020

Pope Francis

@Pontifex

Saint Michael, help us in the battle for salvation we are fighting. Saint Gabriel, bring us the good news that Jesus has saved us, and grant us hope. Saint Raphael, take our hands and help us along on the path of complete healing. #ArchangelSaints

11:30 am · September 29, 2020

Pope Francis

@Pontifex

Almighty God, present in the entire universe and in the smallest of Your creatures, fill us with the strength of Your love so that we might take care of life and beauty. #SeasonOfCreation

11:30 am · September 28, 2020