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I cannot imagine a Christian who does not know how to smile. May we joyfully witness to our faith. — Pope Francis

We are no longer able to hear God - There are too many frequencies filling our ears. — Pope Benedict XVI

Some think, excuse me if I use the word, that in order to be good Catholics, we have to be like rabbits - but no. — Pope Francis

By the time you figure out how the world really works, you've already lost about everything you'd hope to keep — Paul Pope

We do not seek a Christ whom we have invented, for only in the real communion of the Church do we encounter the real Christ. — Pope Benedict XVI

I join the March for Life in Washington with my prayers. May God help us respect all life, especially the most vulnerable. — Pope Francis

The man that loves and laughs must sure do well. — Alexander Pope

It is not possible for Christians to take part in anti-Semitism. We are Semites spiritually. — Pope Pius XI

If evils increase, the devotion of the People of God should also increase. — Pope Paul VI

Do not be afraid to go and to bring Christ into every area of life, to the fringes of society, even to those who seem farthest away, most indifferent. — Pope Francis

My imagination is closer to a child's imagination than to a grown-up's. — Mary Pope Osborne

It is the duty of every man to uphold the dignity of every woman. — Pope John Paul II

Absent or dead, still let a friend be dear. — Alexander Pope

With God, nothing is lost; but without him, everything is lost. — Pope Francis

The transmission of human life is a most serious role in which married people collaborate freely and responsibly with God the Creator. — Pope Paul VI

The Catechism was not written to please you. It will not make life easy for you, because it demands of you a new life. — Pope Benedict XVI

Satire or sense, alas! Can Sporus feel? Who breaks a butterfly upon a wheel? — Alexander Pope

Let us contemplate the humility of the Son of God born into poverty. Let us imitate him by sharing with those who are weak. — Pope Francis

Let us pray for peace in Africa, especially in the Central African Republic and in South Sudan. — Pope Francis

For Forms of Government let fools contest; whatever is best administered is best. — Alexander Pope

We see that there are two worms that eat the fabric of the Church, weakening Her. Rivalry and vainglory go against this harmony, this agreement. — Pope Francis

Everyone must be a missionary, everyone can hear that call of Jesus and go forth and proclaim the Kingdom! — Pope Francis

Let us ask the Holy Spirit for the grace to live daily according to the mind of Jesus and his Gospel. — Pope Francis

It is better to have a Church that is wounded but out in the streets than a Church that is sick because it is closed in on itself. — Pope Francis

The Church is a mother, not an entrepreneur. — Pope Francis

War is the suicide of humanity because it kills the heart and kills love. — Pope Francis

If we are to know the Lord, we must go to Him. Listen to Him in silence before the Tabernacle and approach Him in the Sacraments. — Pope Francis

The thing the Church needs most today is the ability to heal wounds and to warm the hearts of the faithful. — Pope Francis

Jesus is the one who brings God to us and us to God. — Pope Francis

Practicing charity is the best way to evangelize. — Pope Francis

The 'Church' is ... catholic because her communion embraces the whole human race. — Pope Francis

Sunday is the Lord's Day. Let us find time to be with him. — Pope Francis

I am made to tremble and I fear! — Pope John XXIII

No mighty king, no ambitious emperor, no pope, or prophet ever dreamt of such an awesome pulpit, so potent a magic wand [television]. — Fred W. Friendly

I put myself in the hands of Christ, who is the true leader of the church. — Pope Theodoros II

Let us never lose hope! God loves us always, even with our mistakes and sins. — Pope Francis

The Bible is a stream of running water, where alike the elephant may swim, and the lamb walk without losing its feet. — Pope Gregory I

Life once conceived, must be protected with the utmost care; abortion and infanticide are abominable crimes. — Pope Francis

I would like a more missionary church,Not so much a tranquil church, but a beautiful church that goes forward. — Pope Francis

It's better to cry than be angry, because anger hurts others while tears flow silently through the soul and cleans the heart. — Pope John Paul II

The emptier a person's heart is, the more he or she needs to buy, own, and consume. — Pope Francis

Know then this truth, enough for man to know virtue alone is happiness below. — Alexander Pope

What do they not see, who see Him Who sees all things? — Pope Gregory I

Pleased to the last, he crops the flowery food, And licks the hand just raised to shed his blood. — Alexander Pope

Every professional was once an amateur. — Alexander Pope

Worshipping is stripping ourselves of our idols, even the most hidden ones, and choosing the Lord as the centre, as the highway of our lives. — Pope Francis

George W. Bush, who said to Pope John Paul II, Give us a visit, and bring the missus. Never got a dinner! — Red Buttons

The Church's mission is not political in nature. Her task is to open the world to the religious sense by proclaiming Christ. — Pope Benedict XVI

The family is where we are formed as people. Every family is a brick in the building of society — Pope Francis

There are 40 shades of silence in the wild woods. — Rosie Swale-Pope

Destroy all creatures for thy sport or gust, Yet cry, if man's unhappy, God's unjust. — Alexander Pope

Holy Mother Church teaches us to end the year and also our days with an examination of conscience ... to be grateful and to ask for forgiveness. — Pope Francis

As your captain, I'm going to push you to not fall back on defense, but to play offense, and to play our match
the Gospel, together. — Pope Francis

Our life must be centred on what is essential, on Jesus Christ. Everything else is secondary. — Pope Francis

To love can mean 'to love oneself,' and often love is no more than a juxtaposition of two solitudes. — Pope Paul VI

When much dispute has past, we find our tenets just the same as last. — Alexander Pope

The Church is called to draw near to every person, beginning with the poorest and those who suffer. — Pope Francis

Euthanasia is a grave violation of the law of God, since it is the deliberate and morally unacceptable killing of a human person. — Pope John Paul II

Mainly through sins of impurity, do the forces of darkness subjugate souls. — Pope Pius XII

Once the demands of necessity and propriety have been met, the rest that one owns belongs to the poor. — Pope Leo XIII

Justice comes before charity. — Pope John XXIII

Liberation is our continual and fresh acceptance of truth as the path of life set before us. — Pope Benedict XVI

The problem of pornography is that it does not reveal too much of a woman but too little. — Pope John Paul II

The Mother of Christ, who stands at the very center of this mystery ... is given as mother to every single individual and all mankind. — Pope John Paul II

Through the Rosary the faithful receive abundant grace, as though from the very hands of the Mother of the Redeemer. — Pope John Paul II

I address a strong appeal from my heart that the dignity and safety of the worker always be protected. — Pope Francis

Having rationally endeavored to control nature, is he not now becoming the slave of the objects which he makes? — Pope Paul VI

Where, if not in the Divine Mercy, can the world find refuge and the light of hope? — Pope John Paul II

Too often we participate in the globalization of indifference. May we strive instead to live global solidarity. — Pope Francis

The Jesus of the Gospels is surely not convenient for us. — Pope Benedict XVI

In our families we learn to love and to recognise the dignity of all, especially of the elderly — Pope Francis

The blest to-day is as completely so, As who began a thousand years ago. — Alexander Pope

Lord, help us to live the virtue of generosity, to love without limits. — Pope Francis

We must not reduce the bosom of the universal church to a nest protecting our mediocrity. — Pope Francis

Let us ask Mary to help us fix our eyes intently on Jesus, to follow him always, even when this is demanding. — Pope Francis

Auschwitz cries out with the pain of immense suffering and pleads for a future of respect, peace and encounter among peoples. — Pope Francis

Children are victims of a social problem that wounds the family. — Pope Francis

All the blood shed as a result of secession could be wiped up with a handkerchief. — LeRoy Pope Walker

Not always actions show the man; we find who does a kindness is not therefore kind. — Alexander Pope

The interior life is the spiritual life. It focuses on truth and the good. It — Pope John Paul II

There is another form of poverty! It is the spiritual poverty of our time, which afflicts the so-called richer countries particularly seriously. — Pope Francis

Standards of conduct appropriate to civil society or the workings of a democracy cannot be purely and simply applied to the Church. — Pope Benedict XVI

God loves the lowly. When we live humbly, he takes our small efforts and creates great things. — Pope Francis

The lot of man - to suffer and to die. — Alexander Pope

You can't have Christ without the Church, — Pope Francis

Accept the risen Jesus into your life. Even if you have been far away, take a small step towards Him. He awaits you with open arms. — Pope Francis

Sometimes it is possible to live without knowing our neighbours: this is not Christian — Pope Francis

You pray for the hungry. Then you feed them. That's how prayer works. — Pope Francis

The Rosary offers an easy way to present the chief mysteries of the Christian religion and to impress then upon the mind. — Pope Leo XIII

Do not forget that true love sets no conditions; it does not calculate or complain, but simply loves. — Pope John Paul II

I'm really encouraged by Pope Francis, because I think his attitude is totally laudable. — Steve Coogan

To desire grace without recourse to the Virgin Mother is to desire to fly without wings. — Pope Pius XII

The chisel is the pen of the sculptor. — Pope Pius IX

Did some more sober critics come abroad? If wrong, I smil'd; if right, I kiss'd the rod. — Alexander Pope

Truth, according to the Christian faith, is God's love for us in Jesus Christ. Therefore, truth is a relationship. — Pope Francis

To change the world we must be good to those who cannot repay us. — Pope Francis

Ambition begat simony; simony begat the pope and his brethren, about the time of the Babylonish captivity — Martin Luther

How Instinct varies in the grov'ling swine. — Alexander Pope

Idleness or boredom has no place in the life of a Christian. — Pope Paul VI

For the sake of peace, religious beliefs must never be allowed to be abused in the cause of violence and war. — Pope Francis