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I Entrust This Twenty-second World Day Of The Sick To The Intercession Of Mary. I Ask Her To Help The Sick To Bear Their Sufferings In Fellowship With Jesus Christ And To Support All Those Who Care For Them. To All The Ill, And To All The Health-care Workers And Volunteers Who Assist Them, I Cordially Impart My Apostolic Blessing.

-Pope Francis

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I Entrust This Twenty-second

Pope Francis

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I Entrust This Twenty-second World Day Of The Sick To The Intercession Of Mary. I Ask Her To Help The Sick To Bear Their Sufferings In Fellowship With Jesus Christ And To Support All Those Who Care For Them. To All The Ill, And To All The Health-care Workers And Volunteers Who Assist Them, I Cordially Impart My Apostolic Blessing.

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The Cross Isn't An Ornament, Mere Symbol. It's The Mystery Of God's Love, That He Died For Our Sins.

I Do Not Believe, That It Is True Or Right That Islam Is Terrorist.

I Know Married Catholics In A Second Union Who Go To Church, Who Go To Church Once Or Twice A Year And Say I Want Communion, As If Joining In Communion Were An Award. It's A Work Towards Integration, All Doors Are Open, But We Cannot Say, 'from Here On They Can Have Communion.'

Our Prayer Cannot Be Reduced To An Hour On Sundays. It Is Important To Have A Daily Relationship With The Lord.

I Don't Know If I Had Success Or Not. But I Am Afraid Of Myself. Why Am I Afraid Of Myself? I Always Feel - I Don't Know - Weak In The Sense Of Not Having Power And Also Power Is A Fleeting Thing, Here Today, Gone Tomorrow.

The Imbalance Results From Ideologies Which Uphold The Absolute Autonomy Of Markets And Financial Speculation, And Thus Deny The Right Of Control To States, Which Are Themselves Charged With Providing For The Common Good.

Whenever People Listen To One Another Humbly And Openly, Their Shared Values And Aspirations Become All The More Apparent. Diversity Is No Longer Seen As A Threat, But As A Source Of Enrichment.

Truth, According To The Christian Faith, Is God's Love For Us In Jesus Christ. Therefore, Truth Is A Relationship.

Sometimes Tears Are The Glasses That We Need To See Jesus.

On The Ordination Of Women, The Church Has Spoken And Said No. John Paul Ii, In A Definitive Formulation Said That Door Is Closed.

As Christians, We Have An Additional Reason To Love And Serve The Poor; For In Them We See The Face And The Flesh Of Christ, Who Made Himself Poor So To Enrich Us With His Poverty.

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

The Church Is Called To Draw Near To Every Person, Beginning With The Poorest And Those Who Suffer.

Sometimes We Know What We Have To Do, But We Lack The Courage To Do It. Let Us Learn From Mary How To Make Decisions, Trusting In The Lord.

Go, Do Not Be Afraid And Serve

A Man Who Does Not Know How To Have A Relationship Of Friendship With A Woman - I'm Not Talking About Misogynists, Who Are Sick - Well, He's A Man Who Is Missing Something.

We Just Cannot Worry About Ourselves.

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.

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

Let Us Leave A Spare Place At Our Table: A Place For Those Who Lack The Basics, Who Are Alone.

Spiritual Worldliness Kills! It Kills The Soul! It Kills The Church!

We Are Impatient, Anxious To See The Whole Picture, But God Lets Us See Things Slowly, Quietly.

We All Have The Duty To Do Good.

When A Child Has A Bad Dream And Wakes Up Crying, Dad Goes And Says, 'don't Be Afraid, Don't Be Scared. I'm Here.' The Lord Speaks This Way, Too... Usually, Christmas Seems Like A Very Noisy Feast, But We Can Use A Bit Of Silence To Hear These Words Of Love, Closeness And Tenderness.

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.

May The God Of Peace Arouse In All An Authentic Desire For Dialogue And Reconciliation. Violence Cannot Be Overcome With Violence. Violence Is Overcome With Peace.

I Don't Know If Human Activity Is The Only Cause, But Mostly, In Great Part, It Is Man Who Has Slapped Nature In The Face, We Have In A Sense Taken Over Nature.

Lent Is A Favorable Time For Letting Christ Serve Us So That We In Turn May Become More Like Him.

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.

Let Us Pray For Peace: Peace In The World And In Each Of Our Hearts.

It Is The Paraclete Spirit, The "comforter", Who Grants Us The Courage To Take To The Streets Of The World, Bringing The Gospel! The Holy Spirit Makes Us Look To The Horizon And Drive Us To The Very Outskirts Of Existence In Order To Proclaim Life In Jesus Christ. Let Us Ask Ourselves: Do We Tend To Stay Closed In On Ourselves, On Our Group, Or Do We Let The Holy Spirit Open Us To Mission?

Jesuits Make A Vow Of Obedience To The Pope. But If The Pope Is A Jesuit, Perhaps He Has To Make A Vow Of Obedience To The General Of The Jesuits! I Don’t Know How To Resolve This … I Feel A Jesuit In My Spirituality; In The Spirituality Of The Exercises, The Spirituality Deep In My Heart.

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