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There Are Saints In The Roman Curia, Among The Cardinals, Priests, Religious, Sisters And Laity. They Work Hard, And Also Do Things That Are Often Hidden. I Know Some Who Concern Themselves With Feeding The Poor Or Who Give Up Their Free Time To Work In A Parish. As Always, The Ones Who Aren't Saints Make The Most Noise ... A Single Tree Falling Makes A Sound, But A Whole Forest Growing Doesn't.

-Pope Francis

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There Are Saints In The Roman Curia, Among The Cardinals, Priests, Religious, Sisters And Laity. They Work Hard, And Also Do Things That Are Often Hidden. I Know Some Who Concern Themselves With Feeding The Poor Or Who Give Up Their Free Time To Work In A Parish. As Always, The Ones Who Aren't Saints Make The Most Noise ... A Single Tree Falling Makes A Sound, But A Whole Forest Growing Doesn't.

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Let The Risen Jesus Enter Your Life, Welcome Him As A Friend, With Trust: He Is Life! If Up Till Now You Have Kept Him At A Distance, Step Forward. He Will Receive You With Open Arms. If You Have Been Indifferent, Take A Risk: You Won’t Be Disappointed. If Following Him Seems Difficult, Don’t Be Afraid, Trust Him, Be Confident That He Is Close To You, He Is With You And He Will Give You The Peace You Are Looking For And The Strength To Live As He Would Have You Do.

A Senate Vote On Gay Marriage Is A Destructive Pretension Against The Plan Of God

If We Start Without Confidence, We Have Already Lost Half The Battle And We Bury Our Talents.

To Be Prophets, In Particular, By Demonstrating How Jesus Lived On This Earth, And To Proclaim How The Kingdom Of God Will Be In Its Perfection. A Religious Must Never Give Up Prophesising Let Us Think About What So Many Great Saints, Monks And Religious Men And Women Have Done, From St Anthony The Abbot Onward. Being Prophets May Sometimes Involve Making Ruido [spanish For Noise]. I Do Not Know How To Put It Prophecy Makes Noise, Uproar, Some Say 'a Mess.' But In Reality, The Charism Of Religious People Is Like Yeast: Prophecy Announces The Spirit Of The Gospel.

We Are All Sinners. But God Heals Us With An Abundance Of Grace, Mercy And Tenderness

The Church Does Not Need Apologists Of Its Causes Nor Crusaders Of Its Battles, But Sowers Humble And Confident Of The Truth, Who ... Trust Of Its Power

Dear Young People, Put Your Talents At The Service Of The Gospel, With Creativity And Boundless Charity.

I Would Like To Ask All Those Who Have Positions Of Responsibility In Economic, Political And Social Life, And All Men And Women Of Goodwill: Let Us Be 'protectors' Of Creation, Protectors Of God's Plan Inscribed In Nature, Protectors Of One Another And Of The Environment.

I Believe In God - Not In A Catholic God; There Is No Catholic God. There Is God, And I Believe In Jesus Christ, His Incarnation. Jesus Is My Teacher And My Pastor, But God, The Father, Abba, Is The Light And The Creator. This Is My Being.

So Let Us Ask Ourselves This Evening, In Adoring Christ Who Is Really Present In The Eucharist: Do I Let Myself Be Transformed By Him? Do I Let The Lord Who Gives Himself To Me, Guide Me To Going Out Ever More From My Little Enclosure, In Order To Give, To Share, To Love Him And Others? Brothers And Sisters, Following, Communion, Sharing. Let Us Pray That Participation In The Eucharist May Always Be An Incentive: To Follow The Lord Every Day, To Be Instruments Of Communion And To Share What We Are With Him And With Our Neighbour. Our Life Will Then Be Truly Fruitful.

"do You Love Me?"; "are You My Friend?". The One Who Scrutinizes Hearts (cf. Rom 8:27), Makes Himself A Beggar Of Love And Questions Us On The One Truly Essential Issue, A Premiss And Condition For Feeding His Sheep, His Lambs, His Church. May Every Ministry Be Based On This Intimacy With The Lord; Living From Him Is The Measure Of Our Ecclesial Service Which Is Expressed In The Readiness To Obey, To Humble Ourselves, As We Heard In The Letter To The Philippians, And For The Total Gift Of Self.

Let Us Remember Well, However, That Whenever Food Is Thrown Out It Is As If It Were Stolen From The Table Of The Poor, From The Hungry!

Economic Inequality

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

We Cannot Be Part-time Christians! We Should Seek To Live Our Faith At Every Moment Of Every Day.

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

I Think Of The Difficulties Which, In Various Countries, Today Afflicts The World Of Work And Business; I Think Of How Many, And Not Just Young People, Are Unemployed, Many Times Due To A Purely Economic Conception Of Society, Which Seeks Selfish Profit, Beyond The Parameters Of Social Justice.

Lithuanian Bishops Have Been Heroic!

Charity, Patience And Tenderness Are Very Beautiful Gifts. If You Have Them, You Want To Share Them With Others.

Soccer Must Play A Socio-cultural Role. We Reach 1.6 Billion People, Thanks To The Positive Emotions That Soccer Triggers, Fifa Is More Influential Than Any Country On Earth And Any Religion. We Move Masses. We Want To Use That To Create More Peace, Justice And Health In The World.

I Wish To Extend An Invitation To Solidarity To Everyone, And I Would Like To Encourage Those In Public Office To Make Every Effort To Give New Impetus To Employment, This Means Caring For The Dignity Of The Person, But Above All I Would Say Do Not Lose Hope.

Everyone Must Be A Missionary, Everyone Can Hear That Call Of Jesus And Go Forth And Proclaim The Kingdom!

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.

There Is No Cross, Big Or Small, In Our Life Which The Lord Does Not Share With Us.

Brothers And Sisters, Good Evening. You All Know That The Duty Of The Conclave Was To Give A Bishop To Rome. It Seems That My Brother Cardinals Have Gone Almost To The Ends Of The Earth To Get Him... But Here We Are.

The Life Of Jesus Is A Life For Others. It Is A Life Of Service.

If My Good Friend Dr. Gasparri Says A Curse Word Against My Mother, He Can Expect A Punch. It's Normal. It's Normal.

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