Pope Francis Quotes About War

• To be a mother is a great treasure. Mothers, in their unconditional and sacrificial love for their children, are the antidote to individualism; they are the greatest enemies against war.

  Pope Francis

  Mother, Children, War

• Auschwitz cries out with the pain of immense suffering and pleads for a future of respect, peace and encounter among peoples.

  Pope Francis

  Respect, Peace, Pain

  Pope Francis‏ @Pontifex, twitter.com. January 27, 2015.

• Many powerful people don't want peace, because they live off war.

  Pope Francis

  Powerful, War, People

  "Pope says many powerful people don't want peace". www.ansa.it. May 11, 2015.

• War is the suicide of humanity because it kills the heart and kills love.

  Pope Francis

  Suicide, War, Heart

  "Pope Francis: war is the suicide of humanity". www.news.va. June 2, 2013.

• Wars shatter so many lives. I think especially of children robbed of their childhood.

  Pope Francis

  Children, War, Thinking

  Pope Francis (2015). “The Spirit of St Francis: Inspiring Words on Faith, Love and Creation”, p.160, SPCK

• War destroys, kills, impoverishes. Lord, give us your peace!

  Pope Francis

  War, Giving, Lord

• The only war that we must all fight is the one against evil.

  Pope Francis

  War, Fighting, Evil

  Pope Francis‏ @Pontifex, twitter.com. September 10, 2013.

• Even today, after the second failure of another world war, perhaps one can speak of a third war, one fought piecemeal, with crimes, massacres, destruction.

  Pope Francis

  War, World, Today

  "Read an Excerpt of Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn's 'The Field of Fight'". abcnews.go.com. July 10, 2016.

• One cannot offend, make war, kill in the name of one's own religion, that is, in the name of God.

  Pope Francis

  War, Names

  the Pope's Press Conference on Flight from Colombo to Manila, www.americamagazine.org. January 15, 2015.

• Let us ask Mary to help us respond to violence, to conflict and to war, with the power of dialogue, reconciliation and love. She is our mother: may she help us to find peace; all of us are her children!

  Pope Francis

  Mother, Children, War

• We are living in a time of many wars. The call for peace must be shouted. Peace sometimes gives the impression of being quiet, but it is never quiet. Peace if always proactive and dynamic.

  Pope Francis

  War, Happy Life, Giving

• We ask the risen Jesus, who turns death into life, to change hatred into love, vengeance into forgiveness, war into peace. Yes, Christ is our peace, and through him to implore peace for all the world.

  Pope Francis

  Jesus, War, Hatred

  "Pope Francis Gives First Easter Sunday Message: Love, Peace and Jesus", www.foxnews.com. March 31, 2013.

• Wars are always madness: all is lost in war, all is to be gained in peace.

  Pope Francis

  War, Madness, Lost

• Even today we raise our hand against our brother... We have perfected our weapons, our conscience has fallen asleep, and we have sharpened our ideas to justify ourselves as if it were normal we continue to sow destruction, pain, death. Violence and war lead only to death.

  Pope Francis

  Brother, Pain, War

  Pope Francis (2017). “Embracing the Way of Jesus: Reflections from Pope Francis on Living Our Faith”, p.24, Loyola Press

• I would like especially to mention you, the women, wives and mothers of Paraguay, who at great cost and sacrifice were able to lift up a country defeated, devastated and laid low by an abominable war. God bless your perseverance, God bless and encourage your faith, God bless the women of Paraguay, the most glorious women of America.

  Pope Francis

  Mother, Country, Perseverance

  "Pope laments 'gangrene' of corruption plaguing 'all peoples of the world'". www.theguardian.com. July 12, 2015.

• Our world is facing a refugee crisis of a magnitude not seen since the Second World War. This presents us with great challenges and many hard decisions.

  Pope Francis

  War, Refugee Crisis, Our World

  Source: www.rushlimbaugh.com

• States kill when they apply the death penalty, when they send their people to war, or when they carry out extra-judicial or summary executions. They can also kill by omission, when they fail to guarantee to their people access to the bare essentials for life.

  Pope Francis

  War, Omission, People

• The political struggle against marriage equality is war

  Pope Francis

  War, Struggle, Gay

• I had an experience of knowing the Polish people when I was a child, and where my father worked many Poles came to work after the war. They were good people, and this has stayed in my heart.

  Pope Francis

  Children, Father, War

  "Full text of Pope Francis' in-flight presser from Poland". www.catholicnewsagency.com. July 31, 2016.

• War is not to be waged in the name of God.

  Pope Francis

  War, Names

  Angelus by Pope Francis, w2.vatican.va. August 10, 2014.

• 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.

  Pope Francis

  War, People, Joy

  "Full text of Pope Francis' in-flight interview from Mexico to Rome". www.catholicnewsagency.com. February 18, 2016.

• May the power of Christ, which brings freedom and service, be felt in so many hearts afflicted by war, persecution and slavery.

  Pope Francis

  Freedom, War, Heart

  "Pope's Christmas message: Iraq and Syria have suffered too long" by Susanna Capelouto, www.cnn.com. December 25, 2014.

• In these cases, where there is an unjust aggression, I can only say that it is licit to stop the unjust aggressor. I emphasize the word: "stop". I'm not saying drop bombs, make war, but stop the aggressor. The means used to stop him would have to be evaluated.

  Pope Francis

  War, Mean, Verbs

  "Apostolic Journey Of His Holiness Pope Francis To The Republic Of Korea On The Occasion Of The 6th Asian Youth Day". In-flight Press Conference, w2.vatican.va. August 18, 2014.

• For the sake of peace, religious beliefs must never be allowed to be abused in the cause of violence and war.

  Pope Francis

  Religious, War, Sake

• 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!

  Pope Francis

  Brother, Children, War

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