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American Catholics Are Committed To Building A Society Which Is Truly Tolerant And Inclusive, To Safeguarding The Rights Of Individuals And Communities, And To Rejecting Every Form Of Unjust Discrimination. With Countless Other People Of Good Will, They Are Likewise Concerned That Efforts To Build A Just And Wisely Ordered Society Respect Their Deepest Concerns And Their Right To Religious Liberty.

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American Catholics Are Committed

Pope Francis

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American Catholics Are Committed To Building A Society Which Is Truly Tolerant And Inclusive, To Safeguarding The Rights Of Individuals And Communities, And To Rejecting Every Form Of Unjust Discrimination. With Countless Other People Of Good Will, They Are Likewise Concerned That Efforts To Build A Just And Wisely Ordered Society Respect Their Deepest Concerns And Their Right To Religious Liberty.

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Legislative Activity Is Always Best Based On Care For The People.

We Can Walk When We Want To, We Can Build Many Things, But If We Do Not Witness To Jesus Christ Then It Doesn't Matter. We Might Become A Philanthropic Ngo But We Wouldn't Be The Church, The Bride Of The Lord.

Following Jesus Means Taking Up One's Own Cross To Accompany Him On His Path, An Uncomfortable Path That Is Not One Of Success Or Earthly Glory, But Which Leads To True Freedom, The Freedom From Selfishness And Sin.

All It Takes Is One Good Person To Restore Hope.

There Is No Worse Material Poverty Than One That Does Not Allow For Earning One’s Bread And Deprives One Of The Dignity Of Work. Youth Unemployment, Informality, And The Lack Of Labor Rights Are Not Inevitable; They Are The Result Of A Previous Social Option, Of An Economic System That Puts Profit Above Man; If The Profit Is Economic, To Put It Above Humanity Or Above Man, Is The Effect Of A Disposable Culture That Considers The Human Being In Himself As A Consumer Good, Which Can Be Used And Then Discarded.

Dignity Of Work

It Is The Disease Of Cowards, Who Do Not Have The Courage To Speak Upfront And So Talk Behind One's Back... Watch Out Against The Terrorism Of Gossip!

Only We Big Sinners Have This Grace Of Knowing What Salvation Really Means.

Every Conflict Is Emblematic Of The Throwaway Culture.

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.

The Holy Spirit Transforms And Renews Us, Creates Harmony And Unity, And Gives Us Courage And Joy For Mission.

The Whole Of Salvation History Is The Story Of God Looking For Us: He Offers Us Love And Welcomes Us With Tenderness.

In The Silence Of The Cross, The Uproar Of Weapons Ceases And The Language Of Reconciliation, Forgiveness, Dialogue And Peace Is Spoken.

I Had A Long Conversation With The Imam, The Grand Imam Of The Al-azhar University, And I Know How They Think... They Seek Peace, Encounter.

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.

Profound Peace, Spiritual Consolation, Love Of God And Love Of All Things In God - This Is The Sign That You Are On This Right Path.

Let Those Desert Places In Our Hearts Bloom.

Since God Created The World, He Also Created Reality.

God Always Has Patience.

Having Patience

The Annual World Day Of Prayer For The Care Of Creation Will Offer Individual Believers And Communities A Fitting Opportunity To Reaffirm Their Personal Vocation To Be Stewards Of Creation, To Thank God For The Wonderful Handiwork Which He Has Entrusted To Our Care, And To Implore His Help For The Protection Of Creation, As Well As His Pardon For The Sins Committed Against The World In Which We Live.

A Good Example Brings About So Much Good, But Hypocrisy Brings About So Much Evil.

There Is No Sin That God Cannot Pardon. All We Need To Do Is Ask For Forgiveness

Asking For Forgiveness

Reject All Forms Of Corruption That Divert Resources From The Poor

Such Self-denial 'may Appear Demanding,' But It Will Allow You, So To Speak, To Be And To Breathe Within The Heart Of The Church.

When Exhaling This Air, We Announced Jesus Christ Risen By The Same Spirit. No One Can Live Without Breathing. It Is The Same For The Christian: Without Praise And Mission There Is Not Christian Life. And With Praise, Worship. We Rarely Speak About Worship. What Do We Do When We Pray? We Ask Things Of God, We Give Thanks. But Worshipping And Adoring God Is Part Of Breathing - Praise And Worship.

Working For A Just Distribution Of The Fruits Of The Earth And Human Labor Is Not Mere Philanthropy. It Is A Moral Obligation.

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

In Europe First And Now In America, Elected Men Have Taken It Upon Themselves To Indebt Their People To Create An Atmosphere Of Dependency. And Why? For Their Own Selfish Need To Increase Their Own Personal Power.

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

A Small Step, In The Midst Of Great Human Limitations, Can Be More Pleasing To God Than A Life Which Appears Outwardly In Order But Moves Through The Day Without Confronting Great Difficulties.

Let Us Draw From The Crib The Joy And Deep Peace That Jesus Comes To Bring To The World.

Right Now, We Don't Have A Very Good Relation With Creation.

Your Sins Are Great? Just Tell The Lord: Forgive Me, Help Me To Get Up Again, Change My Heart!

The Culture Of Comfort, Which Makes Us Think Only Of Ourselves, Makes Us Insensitive To The Cries Of Other People.

Joy Cannot Be Held At Heel: It Must Be Let Go. Joy Is A Pilgrim Virtue. It Is A Gift That Walks, Walks On The Path Of Life, That Walks With Jesus: Preaching, Proclaiming Jesus, Proclaiming Joy, Lengthens And Widens That Path.

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.'

When I Have A Problem, I Write It Down And Ask St Joseph To Sleep On It

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