[capital punishment] didn’t exist.
Sobre El Cielo y La Tierra, 2010
ON DEMOCRACY
Of course, participating in political life is a way of honouring democracy.
Sobre El Cielo y La Tierra, 2010
ON THE DEVIL
Theologically speaking, the Devil is a being who chose not to accept God’s plan.
Sobre El Cielo y La Tierra, 2010
Whoever does not pray to Jesus Christ, prays to the Devil.
First Homily as Pope, 15 March 2013
In my own experience, I feel [the presence of] the Devil every time I’m tempted to do something that isn’t what God asked of me.
Sobre El Cielo y La Tierra, 2010
ON DIGNITY
There is not a single violation of the dignity of a woman or man that can be justified in the name of any other thing or idea. Not a single one.
Annual Message to Educational Communities, 18 April 2007
When a person or a people sells its dignity or bargains it … everything else loses consistency and ceases to have worth.
Homily, 7 August 2007
ON DOUBT
The greatest leaders in God’s tribe have been those men who have left room for doubt.
Sobre El Cielo y La Tierra, 2010
ON DRUGS
Alcohol and drugs are an easy shortcut.
Guardian, 16 March 2013
ON EDUCATION
Education is the genuine expression of social love.
Annual Message to Educational Communities, 27 April 2006
ON ELITISM
The impatience of the illustrious elites doesn’t understand the laborious, daily march of the people, nor the message of the wise man.
Homily, 25 May 2004
ON EVANGELISM
We have to go out and talk to people in the city who we’ve seen on their balconies. We have to come out of our shell and tell them that Jesus lives … to say it with joy … even though it seems a little crazy sometimes.
Homily, 11 March 2000
ON EXCLUSIVITY
Sometimes, I ask myself if we, the Church, are complicit with a culture of exclusion, one in which there is no longer space for the old person, for the child, where there is no time to stop on the side of the road like the Good Samaritan.
Homily, 12 March 2005
ON FAITH
People ask why we spend our time touching a statue when we could be out looking for work. We do it because faith will see us through. We do it because faith endures. We do it because faith is all we have at a time like this.
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