Pope Francis Quotes About Sin

• Your sins are great? Just tell the Lord: Forgive me, help me to get up again, change my heart!

  Pope Francis

  Heart, Forgive Me, Forgiving

  Pope Francis (2015). “The Spirit of St Francis: Inspiring Words on Faith, Love and Creation”, p.32, SPCK

• There is no sin that God cannot pardon. All we need to do is ask for forgiveness

  Pope Francis

  Needs, Sin, Asking For Forgiveness

• Despite our sins, we can say with Peter: Lord, you know everything, you know that I love you.

  Pope Francis

  Love You, Sin, Lord

• You should be real witnesses of a world of doing and acting differently. But in life it is difficult for everything to be clear, precise, outlined neatly. Life is complicated; it consists of grace and sin. He who does not sin is not human. We all make mistakes and we need to recognise our weakness. A religious who recognises himself as weak and a sinner does not negate the witness that he is called to give, rather he reinforces it, and this is good for everyone. What I expect of you therefore is to give witness. I want this special witness from religious.

  Pope Francis

  Religious, Real, Mistake

• Jesus understands our weaknesses and sins; and he forgives us if we allow ourselves to be forgiven.

  Pope Francis

  Forgiveness, God, Christian

• Whoever says he is without sin is a liar or is blind.

  Pope Francis

  Liars, Sin, Blind

• Sometimes we are saddened by the weight of our sins. May we not be discouraged. Christ has come to lift this burden and give us peace.

  Pope Francis

  Giving, Weight, May

  Pope Francis‏ @Pontifex, twitter.com. February 1, 2014.

• Division within a Christian community is a very grave sin; it is the work of the devil.

  Pope Francis

  Christian, Community, Devil

  Pope Francis @Pontifex, twitter.com. September 30, 2014.

• Mercy is the true power that can save humanity and the world from sin and evil.

  Pope Francis

  True Power, Evil, Humanity

  Pope Francis (2015). “The Spirit of St Francis: Inspiring Words on Faith, Love and Creation”, p.54, SPCK

• The crucifix does not signify defeat or failure. It reveals to us the Love that overcomes evil and sin.

  Pope Francis

  Evil, Overcoming, Doe

• We must not believe the Evil One when he tells us that there is nothing we can do in the face of violence, injustice and sin.

  Pope Francis

  Believe, Evil, Faces

• Let us never lose hope! God loves us always, even with our mistakes and sins.

  Pope Francis

  Mistake, Sin, God Love

• It is a mortal sin to discard the elderly.

  Pope Francis

  Elderly, Sin, Mortal Sin

• Let us not close our hearts, let us not lose confidence, let us never give up: there are no situations which God cannot change, there is no sin which he cannot forgive if only we open ourselves to him.

  Pope Francis

  Giving Up, Heart, Forgiving

  Pope Francis (2015). “The Spirit of St Francis: Inspiring Words on Faith, Love and Creation”, p.31, SPCK

• Vanity, showing off, is an attitude that reduces spirituality to a worldly thing, which is the worst sin that could be committed in the church.

  Pope Francis

  Attitude, Vanity, Church

  "'Careerism and vanity: Sins of the Church'". Vatican Insider Interview, www.lastampa.it. February 24, 2012.

• Sometimes negative news does come out, but it is often exaggerated and manipulated to spread scandal. Journalists sometimes risk becoming ill from coprophilia and thus fomenting coprophagia: which is a sin that taints all men and women, that is, the tendency to focus on the negative rather than the positive aspects.

  Pope Francis

  Men, Focus, Risk

  "Pope Francis on gay marriage, unmarried mothers ... and journalists". www.theguardian.com. March 13, 2013.

• Despite the slowness, the infidelity, the errors and sins it committed and might still commit against its members, the Church, trust me, has no other meaning and goal but to live and witness Jesus.

  Pope Francis

  Jesus, Errors, Goal

  "Pope Francis’ Atheist Letter Says ‘God’s Mercy Has No Limits’" by Alessandro Speciale, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 12, 2013.

• When Jesus stepped into the waters of the Jordan and was baptized by John the Baptist, he did so not because he was in need of repentance, or conversion: he did it to be among people who need forgiveness, among us sinners, and to take upon himself the burden of our sins.

  Pope Francis

  Jesus, People, Water

• Being Christian is not just obeying orders but means being in Christ, thinking like him, acting like him, loving like him; it means letting him take possession of our life and change it, transform it, and free it from the darkness of evil and sin. ... Let us show the joy of being children of God, the freedom that living in Christ gives us which is true freedom, the freedom that saves us from the slavery of evil, of sin and of death!

  Pope Francis

  Christian, Children, Mean

• Given - and this is the fundamental thing - that God's mercy has no limits, if He is approached with a sincere and repentant heart, the question for those who do not believe in God is to abide by their own conscience. There is sin, also for those who have no faith, in going against one's conscience. Listening to it and abiding by it means making up one's mind about what is good and evil.

  Pope Francis

  Integrity, Believe, Heart

  "Pope Francis tells atheists to abide by their own consciences". Interview with Scalfari, www.theguardian.com. September 11, 2013.

• It's not a problem that we're sinners; it's a problem that we aren't ashamed of our sin and don't seek forgiveness.

  Pope Francis

  Problem, Sin, Ashamed

• The annual World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation will offer individual believers and communities a fitting opportunity to reaffirm their personal vocation to be stewards of creation, to thank God for the wonderful handiwork which he has entrusted to our care, and to implore his help for the protection of creation, as well as his pardon for the sins committed against the world in which we live.

  Pope Francis

  Prayer, Opportunity, Community

• Following Jesus means taking up one's own cross to accompany him on his path, an uncomfortable path that is not one of success or earthly glory, but which leads to true freedom, the freedom from selfishness and sin.

  Pope Francis

  Jesus, Mean, Selfishness

• The only way to heal is to look at the Cross, to look at God Who takes upon Himself our sins: my sin is there.

  Pope Francis

  Looks, Way, Sin

• Before God and his people I express my sorrow for the sins and grave crimes of clerical sexual abuse committed against you. And I humbly ask forgiveness.

  Pope Francis

  People, Abuse, Sorrow

  Pope Francis (2017). “Morning Homilies IV”, p.10, Orbis Books

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