Pope Francis Quotes About Brothers And Sisters

• Dearest brothers and sisters who are so persecuted, I know how much you suffer, I know that you are stripped of everything. I am with you in the faith of the one who has conquered evil!

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  Brother, Evil, Suffering

• Only by becoming poor ourselves, by stripping away our complacency, will we be able to identify with the least of our brothers and sisters.

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  Brother, Able, Complacency

  Pope Francis (2016). “Men of Mercy: Pope Francis Speaks to Priests”, p.74, BookBaby

• This visit is meant to express my closeness to our brothers and sisters who endured the suffering, loss and devastation caused by Typhoon Yolanda. Together with many people throughout the world, I have admired the heroic strength, faith and resilience demonstrated by so many Filipinos in the face of this natural disaster, and so many others.

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  Brother, Loss, People

• In imitation of our Master, we Christians are called to confront the poverty of our brothers and sisters, to touch it, to make it our own and to take practical steps to alleviate it.

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  Christian, Brother, Poverty

• The Holy Spirit helps us to view others with fresh eyes, seeing them always as brothers and sisters in Jesus, to be respected and loved.

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  Jesus, Brother, Eye

• Take care of brothers and sisters who are weaker ... the elderly, the sick, the hungry, the homeless and strangers, because we will be judged on this.

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  Brother, Elderly, Sick

• To love God and neighbor is not something abstract, but profoundly concrete: it means seeing in every person and face of the Lord to be served, to serve him concretely. And you are, dear brothers and sisters, in the face of Jesus.

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  Jesus, Brother, Mean

• I thank all missionaries, men and women who quietly work hard for the Lord and their brothers and sisters.

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  Brother, Hard Work, Men

• Dear brothers and sisters, the Church loves you! Be an active presence in the community, as living cells, as living stones.

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  Brother, Love You, Cells

  Pope Francis “The Blessing of Family: Inspiring Words from Pope Francis”, Franciscan Media

• The important thing is to not walk alone, but to rely on each other as brothers and sisters

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  Brother, Important, Walks

  Pope Francis (2014). “The Joy of the Gospel”, p.14, BookBaby

• How many people worldwide are victims of this type of slavery, in which the person is at the service of his or her work, while work should offer a service to people so they may have dignity. I ask my brothers and sisters in faith and all men and women of good will for a decisive choice to combat trafficking in persons, which includes "slave labor."

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  Brother, Men, Slave Labor

• We are called to reach out to those who find themselves in the existential peripheries of our societies and to show particular solidarity with the most vulnerable of our brothers and sisters: the poor, the disabled, the unborn and the sick, migrants and refugees, the elderly and the young who lack employment.

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  Inspiring, Wise, Brother

  Pope Francis' Message to Cardinal Kurt Koch On The Occasion of The 10th General Assembly of The World Council Of Churches, w2.vatican.va. October 4, 2013.

• We pray for the many brothers and sisters who seek refuge far from their native lands, who seek a home where they can live without fear: that they might always be respected in their dignity.

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  Brother, Home, Land

• The blood of our Christian brothers and sisters is a testimony which cries out to be heard by everyone who can still distinguish between good and evil.

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  Christian, Brother, Blood

  "Pope Francis condemns Isis killings of Ethiopian Christians". www.theguardian.com. April 20, 2015.

• Giving primacy to God means having the courage to say ‘no’ to evil, ‘no’ to violence, ‘no’ to oppression, to live a life in service of others and which fosters lawfulness and the common good. When a person discovers God, the true treasure, he abandons a selfish lifestyle and seeks to share with others the charity which comes from God. He who becomes a friend of God, loves his brothers and sisters, commits himself to safeguarding their life and their health, and also to respecting the environment and nature.

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  Brother, Selfish, Mean

• If someone is gay and is searching for the Lord and has good will, then who am I to judge him? ... The problem is not having this tendency, no, we must be brothers and sisters to one another. The problem is in making a lobby of this tendency: a lobby of misers, a lobby of politicians, a lobby of masons, so many lobbies.

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  Brother, Gay, Judging

  Press conference of Pope Francis during the return flight from Rio de Janeiro, w2.vatican.va. July 28, 2013.

• Living Holy Week following Jesus means learning how to come out of ourselves to reach out to others, to go to the outskirts of existence, to be the first to move towards our brothers and sisters, especially those who are most distant, those who are forgotten, those who are most in need of understanding, consolation and help. There is so much need to bring the living presence of Jesus, merciful and full of love!

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  Jesus, Brother, Moving

• 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.

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  Brother, Rome, Giving

• 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.

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  Brother, Order, Giving

  Pope Francis' Holy Mass On The Solemnity Of Corpus Christi, w2.vatican.va. May 30, 2013.

• 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.

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  Brother, Struggle, Church

  "Misericordiae Vultus" by Pope Francis, w2.vatican.va. April, 2015.

• 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.

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  Brother, Children, Real

  Pope Francis (2017). “Happiness in This Life: A Passionate Meditation on Earthly Existence”, p.48, Random House

• But please know, Jesus never lets you down. Please know that the love and tenderness of Mother Mary never lets you down. And holding on to her mantle and with the power that comes from Jesus love on the cross, let us move forward, always forward, and walk together as brothers and sisters in the Lord forward.

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  Mother, Jesus, Brother

  "We are not alone: Pope comforts typhoon victims". Homily at Site of Typhoon Yolanda, news.abs-cbn.com. January 17, 2015.

• We are not alone. We have many brothers who in this moment of catastrophe came to help. And we too, because of this, we feel more like brothers and sisters because we helped each other.

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  Brother, Helping, Moments

• Dear Brothers and Sisters, Never resort to war! Never war! Above all, I think of all the children who are robbed of their hope for a better life and a decent future. Killed children, wounded children, mutilated children, orphans, children who play with remnants of war, instead of toys. Children who don't know how to smile. Please stop! I ask you with all my heart. It's time to stop. Stop it please!

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  Brother, Children, War

• I make a forceful and urgent call to the entire Catholic Church, and also to every Christian of other confessions, as well as to followers of every religion and to those brothers and sisters who do not believe: peace is a good which overcomes every barrier, because it belongs to all of humanity!

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  Christian, Brother, Believe

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