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Proselytism Is Solemn Nonsense, It Makes No Sense. We Need To Get To Know Each Other, Listen To Each Other And Improve Our Knowledge Of The World Around Us. Sometimes After A Meeting I Want To Arrange Another One Because New Ideas Are Born And I Discover New Needs. This Is Important: To Get To Know People, Listen, Expand The Circle Of Ideas. The World Is Crisscrossed By Roads That Come Closer Together And Move Apart, But The Important Thing Is That They Lead Towards The Good.

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Proselytism Is Solemn Nonsense,

Pope Francis

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Proselytism Is Solemn Nonsense, It Makes No Sense. We Need To Get To Know Each Other, Listen To Each Other And Improve Our Knowledge Of The World Around Us. Sometimes After A Meeting I Want To Arrange Another One Because New Ideas Are Born And I Discover New Needs. This Is Important: To Get To Know People, Listen, Expand The Circle Of Ideas. The World Is Crisscrossed By Roads That Come Closer Together And Move Apart, But The Important Thing Is That They Lead Towards The Good.

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Let No One Consider Themselves To Be The 'armour' Of God While Planning And Carrying Out Acts Of Violence And Oppression!

The Great Biblical Tradition Enjoins On All Peoples The Duty To Hear The Voice Of The Poor. It Bids Us Break The Bonds Of Injustice And Oppression Which Give Rise To Glaring, And Indeed Scandalous, Social Inequalities.

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.

Ours Is Not A Joy Born Of Having Many Possessions, But Of Having Encountered A Person: Jesus In Our Midst.

All Revealed Truths Derive From The Same Divine Source And Are To Be Believed With The Same Faith, Yet Some Of Them Are More Important For Giving Direct Expression To The Heart Of The Gospel. In This Basic Core, What Shines Forth Is The Beauty Of The Saving Love Of God Made Manifest In Jesus Christ Who Died And Rose From The Dead.

While All Too Many People Live In Dire Poverty, Others Are Caught Up In Materialism And Lifestyles Which Are Destructive Of Family Life And The Most Basic Demands Of Christian Morality.

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.

Are You Angry With Someone? Pray For That Person. That Is What Christian Love Is.

How Does St. Joseph Exercise His Role As Protector? Discreetly, Humbly And Silently, But With An Unfailing Presence And Utter Fidelity, Even When He Finds It Hard To Understand.

If The Seminary Is Too Large, It Ought To Be Divided Into Smaller Communities With Formators Who Are Equipped Really To Accompany Those In Their Charge. Dialogue Must Be Serious, Without Fear, Sincere. It Is Important To Recall That The Language Of Young People In Formation Today Is Different From That In The Past: We Are Living Through An Epochal Change. Formation Is A Work Of Art, Not A Police Action. We Must Form Their Hearts. Otherwise We Are Creating Little Monsters. And Then These Little Monsters Mold The People Of God. This Really Gives Me Goose Bumps.

Today Everything Comes Under The Laws Of Competition And The Survival Of The Fittest, Where The Powerful Feed Upon The Powerless. As A Consequence, Masses Of People Find Themselves Excluded And Marginalized: Without Work, Without Possibilities, Without Any Means Of Escape.

I Like This Idea Of The Re-foundation Of The European Union, Maybe It Can Be Done, Because Europe - I Do Not Say Is Unique, But It Has A Force, A Culture, A History That Cannot Be Wasted, And We Must Do Everything So That The European Union Has The Strength And Also The Inspiration To Make It Go Forward.

In Confession, Jesus Welcomes Us With All Our Sinfulness, To Give Us A New Heart, Capable Of Loving As He Loves.

Today Is My Anniversary Of Ordination To The Priesthood. Please Pray For Me And All Priests.

Every Christian Can Witness To God In The Workplace, Not Only With Words, But Above All With An Honest Life.

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

Wine Is A Sign Of Happiness, Love And Plenty, How Many Of Our Adolescents And Young People Sense That These Are No Longer Found In Their Homes? How Many Women, Sad And Lonely, Wonder When Love Left, When It Slipped Away From Their Lives? How Many Elderly People Feel Left Out Of Family Celebrations, Cast Aside And Longing Each Day For A Little Love?

As Long As The Problems Of The Poor Are Not Radically Resolved By Rejecting The Absolute Autonomy Of Markets And Financial Speculation And By Attacking The Structural Causes Of Inequality, No Solution Will Be Found For The World’s Problems Or, For That Matter, To Any Problems.

Listen To Jesus And Follow Him. That's The Message Of The Transfiguration.

Transfiguration

Every Religion Has Its Dignity ... In Freedom Of Expression There Are Limits.

Holy Mother Church Teaches Us To End The Year And Also Our Days With An Examination Of Conscience...to Be Grateful And To Ask For Forgiveness.

Lord, With So Much Violence In Iraq, May We Persevere In Our Prayer And Generosity.

Not Only Would I Say That The Family Is Important For The Evangelization Of The New World. The Family Is Important, And It Is Necessary For The Survival Of Humanity. Without The Family, The Cultural Survival Of The Human Race Would Be At Risk. The Family, Whether We Like It Or Not, Is The Foundation.

In The Moment Of Hardship, We Ask Why Some Things Happen. In Those Moments Of Suffering, Questioning Prayers That Do Not Ask For Explanations But Beg The Lord To Accompany Us Are The Most Useful

The Border Between Good And Evil Passes Not Outside Of Us But Within Us

With Christ As The Center Of Your Life, You Will Never Be Disappointed.

God Always Has Patience.

Having Patience

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

The Mexican People, You Cannot Explain This Wealth, This History, This Joy, The Capacity To Celebrate Amid These Tragedies That You Have Asked About. I Can Say Another Thing, That This Unity, That This People Has Managed Not To Fail, Not To End With So Many Wars, Things, Things That Are Happening Now.

Dear Young Friends, Learn To Pray Every Day: This Is The Way To Know Jesus And Invite Him Into Your Lives.

I Allow Myself To Honor The Man Who Fought In Moments When He Had No Strength To Impose Himself, Until He Managed To Impose Himself. [joseph] Ratzinger. Cardinal Ratzinger Deserves Applause.

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