Pope Francis Quotes - Page 54

• I like this idea of the re-foundation of the European Union, maybe it can be done, because Europe - I do not say is unique, but it has a force, a culture, a history that cannot be wasted, and we must do everything so that the European Union has the strength and also the inspiration to make it go forward.

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  Inspiration, Unique, Europe

  In-flight interview from Mexico to Rome, www.catholicnewsagency.com. February 18, 2016.

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• Preparation for marriage is very important. It's very, very important because I believe it is something that in the Church, in common pastoral ministry, at least in my country, in South America, the Church it has not valued much.

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  Country, Believe, America

  Pope Francis' In-Flight Press Conference from Mexico to Rome, www.catholicnewsagency.com. February 18, 2016.

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• Imagine, to become a priest there are eight years of study and preparation, and then if after a while you can't do it, you can ask for a dispensation, you leave, and everything is OK.

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  Eight, Years, Preparation

  In-flight interview from Mexico to Rome, www.catholicnewsagency.com. February 18, 2016.

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• Integrating in the Church doesn't mean receiving communion.

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  Mean, Church, Receiving

  Pope Francis' In-Flight Press Conference from Mexico to Rome, www.catholicnewsagency.com. February 18, 2016.

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• I like to say that women are those who form life in their wombs - and this is a comparison I make - they have this charism of giving you things you can build with.

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  Giving, Form, Womb

  Pope Francis' In-Flight Press Conference from Mexico to Rome, www.catholicnewsagency.com. February 18, 2016.

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• The Pope is a man. The Pope needs the input of women, too. And the Pope, too, has a heart that can have a healthy, holy friendship with a woman.

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  Heart, Men, Healthy

  In-flight interview from Mexico to Rome, www.catholicnewsagency.com. February 18, 2016.

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• I do not believe, that it is true or right that Islam is terrorist.

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  Believe, Islam, Terrorist

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

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• Terrorism is everywhere. You think of the tribal terrorism of some African countries.

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  Country, Thinking, Terrorism

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

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• It is difficult to judge the past by the criteria of the present.

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  Past, Judging, Criteria

  Source: www.rushlimbaugh.com

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• [Joseph Ratzinger] is a man who as the prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith had everything in his hands. He conducted all the investigations, and went on, went on, went on, until he couldn't go any further in the execution.

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  Men, Hands, Execution

  Source: www.catholicnewsagency.com

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• In the Pro-Eligendo Pontefice Mass, despite knowing that [ Joseph Ratzinger] was a candidate [to become Pope], he wasn't stupid, he didn't care to "make-up" his answer, he said exactly the same thing [that we needed to clean up the dirt of the Church]. He was the brave one who helped so many open this door. So, I want to remember him because sometimes we forget about this hidden works that were the foundations for "taking the lid off the pot."

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  Stupid, Doors, Knowing

  Source: www.catholicnewsagency.com

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• I say only that this man [Donald Trump] is not Christian if he has said things like that [about wall]. We must see if he said things in that way and in this I give the benefit of the doubt.

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  Christian, Wall, Men

  Source: www.catholicnewsagency.com

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• [Orthodox] are brothers, but I must respect them.

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  Brother, Orthodox

  Source: www.catholicnewsagency.com

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• I will be praying with my best wishes that the Orthodox move ahead because they are brothers and their bishops are bishops like us.

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  Brother, Moving, Best Wishes

  Source: www.catholicnewsagency.com

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• For example, this, what I said about the bishops who move pedophile priests, the best thing they can do is resign. This isn't a dogmatic thing, but this is what I think.

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  Moving, Thinking, Example

  Source: www.catholicnewsagency.com

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• Imagine, to become a priest there are eight years of study and preparation, and then if after a while you can't do it, you can ask for a dispensation, you leave, and everything is OK. On the other hand, to make a sacrament (marriage), which is for your whole life, three to four conferences...Preparation for marriage is very important. It's very, very important because I believe it is something that in the Church, in common pastoral ministry, at least in my country, in South America, the Church has not valued much.

  Pope Francis

  Country, Believe, Hands

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

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• A man who does not know how to have a relationship of friendship with a woman - I'm not talking about misogynists, who are sick - well, he's a man who is missing something.

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  Men, Talking, Sick

  Source: www.catholicnewsagency.com

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• In my own experience, including when I ask for advice, I would ask a collaborator, a friend, I also like to hear the opinion of a woman because they have such wealth. They look at things in a different way.

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  Advice, Looks, Way

  Source: www.catholicnewsagency.com

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• Every Catholic parliamentarian must vote according their well-formed conscience. I would say just this. I believe it is sufficient because - I say well-formed because it is not the conscience of 'what seems to me.'

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  Believe, Catholic, Vote

  Source: www.catholicnewsagency.com

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• [Mexican people] have a culture, a culture that goes back millennia.

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  People, Mexican, Culture

  Source: www.catholicnewsagency.com

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• Today, in Mexico, they speak 65 languages, counting the indigenous languages, 65. It is a people of great faith. They have also suffered religious persecution.

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  Religious, People, Mexico

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

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• There are martyrs [between Mexican people], now I will canonize two. It is a population that you can't explain, you can't explain it because the word 'people' is not a logical category, it's a mythical category.

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  Two, People, Mexican

  Source: www.catholicnewsagency.com

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• 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.

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  War, People, Joy

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

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• I invite [journalists] to seriously study the facts of Guadalupe. The Madonna is there. I cannot find another explanation.

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  Facts, Study, Guadalupe

  Source: www.catholicnewsagency.com

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• It would be nice if you as journalists - there are some books that explain the painting [ of Guadalupe] what it is like, the significance, and that is how you can understand better this great and beautiful people.

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  Beautiful, Nice, Book

  Source: www.catholicnewsagency.com

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