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Above All I Ask Leaders And Legislators And The Entire International Community Above All To Confront The Reality Of Those Who Have Been Displaced By Force, With Effective Projects And New Approaches In Order To Protect Their Dignity, To Improve The Quality Of Their Life And To Face The Challenges That Are Emerging From Modern Forms Of Persecution, Oppression And Slavery.

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Above All I Ask

Pope Francis

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Above All I Ask Leaders And Legislators And The Entire International Community Above All To Confront The Reality Of Those Who Have Been Displaced By Force, With Effective Projects And New Approaches In Order To Protect Their Dignity, To Improve The Quality Of Their Life And To Face The Challenges That Are Emerging From Modern Forms Of Persecution, Oppression And Slavery.

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Money Must Serve, Not Rule! The Pope Loves Everyone, Rich And Poor Alike, But He Is Obliged In The Name Of Christ To Remind All That The Rich Must Help, Respect And Promote The Poor. I Exhort You To Generous Solidarity And A Return Of Economics And Finance To An Ethical Approach Which Favours Human Beings.

Jesus Tells Us What The 'protocol' Is, On Which We Will Be Judged. It Is The One We Read In Chapter 25 Of Matthew's Gospel: I Was Hungry, I Was Thirsty, I Was In Prison, I Was Sick, I Was Naked And You Helped Me, Clothed Me, Visited Me, Took Care Of Me. Whenever We Do This To One Of Our Brothers, We Do This To Jesus. Caring For Our Neighbor; For Those Who Are Poor, Who Suffer In Body And In Soul, For Those Who Are In Need. This Is The Touchstone.

Religious Fundamentalism, Even Before It Eliminates Human Beings By Perpetrating Horrendous Killings, Eliminates God Himself, Turning Him Into A Mere Ideological Pretext.

For Every Christian, The Proclamation And Witnessing Of The Gospel Are Never An Isolated Act. This Is Important. For Every Christian The Proclamation And Witnessing Of The Gospel Are Never An Isolated Or Group Act, And No Evangelizers Acts, As Paul Vi Reminded Very Well, "on The Strength Of A Personal Inspiration, But In Union With The Mission Of The Church And In Her Name"

I Think Both Freedom Of Religion And Freedom Of Expression Are Both Fundamental Human Rights, Everyone Has Not Only The Freedom And The Right But The Obligation To Say What Pope Francis Thinks For The Common Good... We Have The Right To Have This Freedom Openly Without Offending.

Children Are To Be Welcomed, Cherished, Protected.

There Are The Saints Of Every Day, The 'hidden' Saints, A Sort Of 'middle Class Of Holiness'... To Which We Can All Belong.

Our Faith In Christ, Who Became Poor, And Was Always Close To The Poor And The Outcast, Is The Basis Of Our Concern For The Integral Development Of Society’s Most Neglected Members.

The Church Is A Mother, Not An Entrepreneur.

If You Don’t Learn How To Cry, You Cannot Be A Good Christian. When They Posed This Question To Us – Why Children Suffer, Why This Or That Tragedy Occurs In Life – Our Response Must Be Either Silence Or A Word That Is Born Of Our Tears. Be Courageous, Don’t Be Afraid To Cry.

We Christians Identify Christ With The Sun, And The Moon With The Church, The Community Of The Faithful. No One, Save Jesus Christ, Possesses His Or Her Own Light.

Practicing Charity Is The Best Way To Evangelize.

Become The Word In Body As Well As Spirit.

Money At The Service Of Life Can Be Managed In The Right Way By Cooperatives, On Condition That It Is A Real Cooperative Where Capital Does Not Have Command Over Men But Men Over Capital.

So Let Us Ask Ourselves This Evening, In Adoring Christ Who Is Really Present In The Eucharist: Do I Let Myself Be Transformed By Him? Do I Let The Lord Who Gives Himself To Me, Guide Me To Going Out Ever More From My Little Enclosure, In Order To Give, To Share, To Love Him And Others? Brothers And Sisters, Following, Communion, Sharing. Let Us Pray That Participation In The Eucharist May Always Be An Incentive: To Follow The Lord Every Day, To Be Instruments Of Communion And To Share What We Are With Him And With Our Neighbour. Our Life Will Then Be Truly Fruitful.

Do I Take The Gospel Message Of Reconciliation And Love Into The Places Where I Live And Work?

If You Withdraw Into Yourself, You Run The Risk Of Becoming Egocentric. And Stagnant Water Becomes Putrid.

We Need To See Each Child As A Gift To Be Welcomed, Cherished, And Protected.

Let Us Not Allow Ourselves To Be Robbed Of Missionary Enthusiasm!

My Authoritarian And Quick Manner Of Making Decisions Led Me To Have Serious Problems And To Be Accused Of Being Ultraconservative. I Have Never Been A Right-winger. It Was My Authoritarian Way Of Making Decisions That Created Problems.

The Proclamation Of The Gospel Is Destined Primarily To The Poor, To Those Who Often Lack The Essentials For A Decent Life. The Good News Is First Announced To Them, That God Loves Them Before All Others And Comes To Visit Them Through The Acts Of Charity That The Disciples Of Christ Carry Out In His Name.

Dear Young People, Please, Don’t Be Observers Of Life, But Get Involved. Jesus Did Not Remain An Observer, But He Immersed Himself. Don’t Be Observers, But Immerse Yourself In The Reality Of Life, As Jesus Did.

The Pope Doesn't Get Mixed Up In Italian Politics.

When Evangelizers Rise From Prayer, Their Hearts Are More Open; Freed Of Self-absorption, They Are Desirous Of Doing Good And Sharing Their Lives With Others.

I Pray Every Day For All Who Are Suffering In Iraq. Please Join Me.

Filipinos Are Called To Be Outstanding Missionaries Of Faith In Asia

Who Are We, As We Stand Before The Child Jesus? Who Are We, Standing As We Stand Before Today's Children? Are We Like Mary And Joseph, Who Welcomed Jesus And Cared For Him With The Love Of A Father And A Mother? Or Are We Like Herod, Who Wanted To Eliminate Him? Are We Like The Shepherds, Who Went In Haste To Kneel Before Him In Worship And Offer Him Their Humble Gifts? Or Are We Indifferent?

Without Mercy, We Have Little Chance Nowadays Of Becoming Part Of A World Of 'wounded' Persons In Need Of Understanding, Forgiveness, Love.

There Are Martyrs [between Mexican People], Now I Will Canonize Two. It Is A Population That You Can't Explain, You Can't Explain It Because The Word 'people' Is Not A Logical Category, It's A Mythical Category.

God Never Closes Off Horizons; He Is Never Unconcerned About The Lives And Sufferings Of His Children. God Never Allows Himself To Be Outdone In Generosity.

Let Us Pray To The Lord And Ask Him To Protect The Family In The Crisis With Which The Devil Wants To Destroy It. Families Are The Domestic Church Where Jesus Grows In The Love Of A Married Couple, In The Lives Of Their Children.

I Want To See The Church Get Closer To The People. I Want To Get Rid Of Clericalism, The Mundane, This Closing Ourselves Off Within Ourselves, In Our Parishes, Schools Or Structures. Because These Need To Get Out!

Life Is A Journey. When We Stop, Things Don't Go Right.

Life Is A Journey

May This Colloquium Be An Inspiration To All Who Seek To Support And Strengthen The Union Of Man And Woman In Marriage As A Unique, Natural, Fundamental And Beautiful Good For Persons, Families, Communities, And Whole Societies.

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