Pope Francis Quotes About Goodness

• Some people continue to defend trickle-down theories which assume that economic growth, encouraged by a free market, will inevitably succeed in bringing about greater justice and inclusiveness in the world. This opinion, which has never been confirmed by the facts, expresses a crude and naive trust in the goodness of those wielding economic power and in the sacralized workings of the prevailing economic system.

  Pope Francis

  Economic Inequality, Justice, People

  "The Joy of the Gospel: Evangelii Gaudium". Book by Pope Francis, w2.vatican.va. November 26, 2013.

• Let us allow God to fill our hearts with his goodness and mercy.

  Pope Francis

  Heart, Mercy, Goodness

• Christians are those who let God clothe them with goodness and mercy, with Christ, so as to become, like Christ, servants of God and others.

  Pope Francis

  Christian, Letting Go, Servant Of God

  Pope Francis' Message For Lent 2015, w2.vatican.va. October 4, 2014.

• God’s goodness is stronger than any evil!

  Pope Francis

  Evil, Stronger, Goodness

• Let us pause before the Child of Bethlehem. Let us allow our hearts to be touched, let us allow ourselves to be warmed by the tenderness of God; we need his caress. God is full of love: to him be praise and glory forever! God is peace: let us ask him to help us to be peacemakers each day, in our life, in our families, in our cities and nations, in the whole world. Let us allow ourselves to be moved by God's goodness.

  Pope Francis

  Children, Heart, Cities

  "Urbi et Orbi (To the City and the World)". Pope Francis' Christmas Day message address from the Vatican, www.huffingtonpost.com. December 25, 2013.

• Communications requires study, preparation, and a special attention to truth, goodness and beauty.

  Pope Francis

  Communication, Preparation, Special

• Faith is not a light which scatters all our darkness, but a lamp which guides our steps in the night and suffices for the journey. To those who suffer, God does not provide arguments which explain everything; rather, his response is that of an accompanying presence, a history of goodness which touches every story of suffering and opens up a ray of light.

  Pope Francis

  Night, Journey, Light

  Pope Francis (2016). “I Believe: The Promise of the Creed”, p.114, Orbis Books

• If evil is contagious, so is good:therefore, we must allow good to abound in us, more and more;let us be infected by goodness, and let us spread the good contagion.

  Pope Francis

  Evil, Goodness, Contagious

• Sin, also for those who don't have faith, exists when one goes against one's conscience. To listen to and obey it means, in fact, to decide in face of what is perceived as good or evil. And on this decision pivots the goodness or malice of our action.

  Pope Francis

  Mean, Evil, Decision

• The family remains the basic unit of society and the first school in which children learn the human, spiritual and moral values which enable them to be a beacon of goodness, integrity and justice in our communities.

  Pope Francis

  Spiritual, Children, Integrity

• Families have a citizenship which is divine. The identity card they have is given to them by God. So that within the heart of the family, truth, goodness and beauty may truly grow.

  Pope Francis

  Heart, Identity, Cards

  Source: www.esquire.com

• I think with great affection and deep gratitude of my venerable predecessor, Benedict XVI, who during these years of his pontificate has enriched and strengthened the Church with his teaching, his goodness, his guidance, his faith, his humility, and his gentleness, which will remain a spiritual heritage for all.

  Pope Francis

  Spiritual, Gratitude, Teaching

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