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During My Visit To The Philippines, I Wanted In A Particular Way To Meet With Young People, To Listen To You And To Talk To You. I Want To Express The Love And The Hopes Of The Church For You. And I Want To Encourage You As Christian Citizens Of This Country To Offer Yourselves Passionately And Honestly To The Great Work Of Renewing Your Society And Helping To Build A Better World.

-Pope Francis

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During My Visit To The Philippines, I Wanted In A Particular Way To Meet With Young People, To Listen To You And To Talk To You. I Want To Express The Love And The Hopes Of The Church For You. And I Want To Encourage You As Christian Citizens Of This Country To Offer Yourselves Passionately And Honestly To The Great Work Of Renewing Your Society And Helping To Build A Better World.

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Money Has To Serve, Not To Rule!

I Love Tango, And I Used To Dance When I Was Young.

China Is A Great Nation That Offers The World A Great Culture, So Many Good Things. I Love The Chinese People And I Hope There Is The Possibility Of Having Good Relations. We're In Contact, We Talk, We Are Moving Forward But For Me, To Have As A Friend A Great Country Like China, Which Has So Much Culture And Has So Much Opportunity To Do Good, Would Be A Joy.

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

...because With Us What Is Highest Must Be At The Service Of Others.

Let Us Encourage The Generosity Which Is Typical Of The Young And Help Them To Work Actively In Building A Better World. Youth Do Not Solely Need Material Things. Above All, They Need To Have Those Non-material Values Which Are The Spiritual Heart Of A People ... Spirituality, Generosity, Solidarity, Perseverance, Fraternity, And Joy.

Lord, Help Us To Live The Virtue Of Generosity, To Love Without Limits.

When We Are Generous In Welcoming People And Sharing Something With Them-some Food, A Place In Our Homes, Our Time-not Only Do We No Longer Remain Poor: We Are Enriched.

The Church Is Or Should Go Back To Being A Community Of God's People, And Priests, Pastors And Bishops, Who Have The Care Of Souls, Are At The Service Of The People Of God.

First, We Can Pray In Communion With The Church On Earth And In Heaven. Let Us Not Underestimate The Power Of So Many Voices United In Prayer!

Politics, According To The Social Doctrine Of The Church, Is One Of The Highest Forms Of Charity, Because It Serves The Common Good. I Cannot Wash My Hands, Eh? We All Have To Give Something!

We Could Also Say That There Is Only One Real Kind Of Poverty: Not Living As Children Of God And Brothers And Sisters Of Christ.

The Cross Of Christ, Embraced With Love, Never Brings Sadness With It, But Joy, The Joy Of Being Saved And Of Doing A Little Of What He Did On The Day Of His Death.

Lent Is A Time Of Grace, A Time To Convert And Live Out Our Baptism Fully.

Each Person, And Every People Hungers And Thirsts For Peace; Therefore, It Is Necessary And Urgent To Build Peace!

Hunger And Thirst

To Imitate The Hatred And Violence Of Tyrants And Murderers Is The Best Way To Take Their Place.

Congress And The President

Today Too, Amid So Much Darkness, We Need To See The Light Of Hope And To Be Men And Women Who Bring Hope To Others. To Protect Creation, To Protect Every Man And Every Woman, To Look Upon Them With Tenderness And Love, Is To Open Up A Horizon Of Hope; It Is To Let A Shaft Of Light Break Through The Heavy Clouds; It Is To Bring The Warmth Of Hope!

Let Us Build Our Lives Of Faith On The Rock Who Is Christ.

Some People Believe That - Pardon My Language - In Order To Be Good Catholics, We Should Be Like Rabbits. No.

The Earth Is Our Environment To Protect And The Garden To Tend To.

The Love Of Christ Fills Our Hearts And Makes Us Always Able To Forgive!

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.

I Wish To Make Add My Voice To The Cry Which Rises Up With Increasing Anguish From Every Part Of The World, From Every People, From The Heart Of Each Person, From The One Great Family Which Is Humanity: It Is The Cry For Peace!

If Someone Is Gay And Seeks The Lord With Good Will, Who Am I To Judge?

Each Individual Christian And Every Community Is Called To Be An Instrument Of God For The Liberation And Promotion Of The Poor.

Let Us Never Yield To Pessimism, To That Bitterness That The Devil Offers Us Every Day.

Let Us Ask Mary To Help Us Respond To Violence, To Conflict And To War, With The Power Of Dialogue, Reconciliation And Love. She Is Our Mother: May She Help Us To Find Peace; All Of Us Are Her Children!

We Must Always Walk In The Presence Of The Lord, In The Light Of The Lord, Always Trying To Live In An Irreprehensible Way.

To Change The World We Must Be Good To Those Who Cannot Repay Us.

Changing The World

We Cannot Trust In Our Own Strength, But Only In Jesus And In His Mercy.

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

The Time Has Come For The Church To Take Up The Joyful Call To Mercy Once More. It Is Time To Return To The Basics And To Bear The Weaknesses And Struggles Of Our Brothers And Sisters. Mercy Is The Force That Reawakens Us To New Life And Instils In Us The Courage To Look To The Future With Hope.

Mary Joins Us, She Fights At Our Side. She Supports Christians In The Fight Against The Forces Of Evil. Especially Through Prayer, Through The Rosary. Hear Me Out, The Rosary... Do You Pray The Rosary Each Day?

If We See Someone Who Needs Help, Do We Stop? There Is So Much Suffering And Poverty, And A Great Need For Good Samaritans.

The Fact Is That Woman Was Taken From A Rib.

If Sadness Comes To You One Day With An Invitation, Tell It You Are Committed To Joy And Will Be Faithful To It Your Whole Life Long.

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.

A Christian Brings Peace To Others. Not Only Peace, But Also Love, Kindness, Faithfulness And Joy.

Preparation For Marriage Is Very Important. It's Very, Very Important Because I Believe It Is Something That In The Church, In Common Pastoral Ministry, At Least In My Country, In South America, The Church It Has Not Valued Much.

We Are Called To Be 'ambassadors For Christ' (2 Cor 5:20). Ours Is A Ministry Of Reconciliation ... To Be An Ambassador For Christ Means Above All To Invite Everyone To A Renewed Personal Encounter With The Lord Jesus.

Not To Share One’s Goods With The Poor Is To Rob Them And To Deprive Them Of Life. It Is Not Our Goods That We Possess, But Theirs.

Let Us Never Forget This, He Is Pure Mercy, Let Us Go To Jesus!

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