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Above All, You Ask If The God Of Christians Forgives Those Who Do Not Believe And Who Do Not Seek Faith. Given The Premise, And This Is Fundamental, That The Mercy Of God Is Limitless For Those Who Turn To Him With A Sincere And Contrite Heart, The Issue For The Unbeliever Lies In Obeying His Or Her Conscience.

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Above All, You Ask

Pope Francis

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Above All, You Ask If The God Of Christians Forgives Those Who Do Not Believe And Who Do Not Seek Faith. Given The Premise, And This Is Fundamental, That The Mercy Of God Is Limitless For Those Who Turn To Him With A Sincere And Contrite Heart, The Issue For The Unbeliever Lies In Obeying His Or Her Conscience.

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When We Walk Without The Cross, When We Build Without The Cross And When We Proclaim Christ Without The Cross, We Are Not Disciples Of The Lord. We Are Worldly. We May Be Bishops, Priests, Cardinals, Popes, All Of This, But We Are Not Disciples Of The Lord.

A Person Who Thinks Only About Building Walls, Wherever They May Be, And Not Building Bridges, Is Not Christian. This Is Not In The Gospel.

The Joy Of The Gospel Is For All People: No One Can Be Excluded.

I Beg The Lord To Grant Us More Politicians Who Are Genuinely Disturbed By The State Of Society, The People, The Lives Of The Poor!

Our Mother Mary Is Full Of Beauty Because She Is Full Of Grace.

Whenever I Have A Problem, I Ask The Saint (thérèse Of Lisieux) Not To Solve It, But To Take It Into Her Hands And To Help Me Accept It And I Almost Always Receive A White Rose As A Sign.

Today Saint Paul Has Told Us That In Christ We Have Become God’s Adopted Children, Brothers And Sisters In Christ. This Is Who We Are. This Is Our Identity.

Let's Ask Ourselves: Are We Open To The Holy Spirit, Do I Pray To Him To Enlighten Me, To Make Me More Sensitive To The Things Of God? And This Is A Prayer We Need To Pray Every Day, Every Day: Holy Spirit May My Heart Be Open To The Word Of God, May My Heart Be Open To Good, May My Heart Be Open To The Beauty Of God, Every Day.

When I Confess A Couple Who Have Kids, A Married Couple, I Ask, 'how Many Children Do You Have?' Some Get Worried And Think The Priest Will Ask Why I Don't Have More. I Would Make A Second Question, 'do You Play With Your Children?' The Majority Say, 'but Father, I Have No Time. I Work All Day.'

Concealing Or Denying Evil Is Like Allowing A Wound To Keep Bleeding Without Bandaging It.

On A Positive Note, We Must Reaffirm The Right Of Children To Grow Up In A Family With A Father And A Mother Capable Of Creating A Suitable Environment For The Child’s Development And Emotional Maturity.

Let Us Not Close Our Hearts, Let Us Not Lose Confidence, Let Us Never Give Up.

More Than By Fear Of Going Astray, My Hope Is That We Will Be Moved By The Fear Of Remaining Shut Up Within Structures Which Give Us A False Sense Of Security, Within Rules Which Make Us Harsh Judges, Within Habits Which Make Us Feel Safe, While At Our Door People Are Starving And Jesus Does Not Tire Of Saying To Us: 'give Them Something To Eat.'

Because If We Destroy Creation, Creation Will Destroy Us! Never Forget This!

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.

A Person Who Is Not Convinced, Enthusiastic, Certain And In Love, Will Convince Nobody.

The Search For God Means Having The Courage To Set Out On A Risky Path, It Means Following Our Restless Hearts.

Instead Of Being Just A Church That Welcomes And Receives By Keeping The Doors Open, Let Us Try Also To Be A Church That Finds New Roads, That Is Able To Step Outside Itself And Go To Those Who Do Not Attend Mass, To Those Who Have Quit Or Are Indifferent.

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Faith Is Not A Light Which Scatters All Our Darkness, But A Lamp Which Guides Our Steps In The Night And Suffices For The Journey.

No One Can Grow If He Does Not Accept His Smallness.

Life Rejuvenates And Acquires Energy When It Multiplies: It Is Enriched, Not Impoverished.

The World Is Polarized. The Middle Class Becomes Smaller. The Polarization Makes The Difference Between Rich And The Poor Big. This Is True.

The Rosary Is A School Of Prayer. The Rosary Is A School Of Faith.

I Believe In The Kindness Of Others, And That I Must Love Them Without Fear.

We Must Recover The Whole Sense Of Gift, Of Gratuitousness, Of Solidarity. Rampant Capitalism Has Taught The Logic Of Profit At All Costs, Of Giving To Get, Of Exploitation Without Looking At The Person... And We See The Results In The Crisis We Are Experiencing! This Home Is A Place That Teaches Charity, A "school" Of Charity, Which Instructs Me To Go Encounter Every Person, Not For Profit, But For Love.

Our Lady Is Always Close To Us, Especially When We Feel The Weight Of Life With All Its Problems

The Church's Challenge Is Staying Close To The People, Close To The People Of The United States, Not Being A Detached Church From The People But Close To Them, Close, Close, And This Is Something That The Church In The United States Has Understood And Understood Well.

Every Threat To The Family Is A Threat To Society Itself.

I Invite [journalists] To Seriously Study The Facts Of Guadalupe. The Madonna Is There. I Cannot Find Another Explanation.

Terrorism Is Everywhere. You Think Of The Tribal Terrorism Of Some African Countries.

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