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161 " san Francisco, fiel a la Escritura, nos propone reconocer la naturaleza como un espléndido libro en el cual Dios nos habla y nos refleja algo de su hermosura y de su bondad: «A través de la grandeza y de la belleza de las criaturas, se conoce por analogía al autor» (Sb 13,5), "
― Pope Francis , Laudato Si': On the Care of Our Common Home
162 " Dado que todo está relacionado, tampoco es compatible la defensa de la naturaleza con la justificación del aborto. No parece factible un camino educativo para acoger a los seres débiles que nos rodean, que a veces son molestos o inoportunos, si no se protege a un embrión humano aunque su llegada sea causa de molestias y dificultades: "
163 " Pius XII, more than half a century ago, said that the tragedy of our age was that it had lost its sense of sin, the awareness of sin. Today we add further to the tragedy by considering our illness, our sins, to be incurable, things that cannot be healed or forgiven. "
― Pope Francis
164 " Frequently, we act as arbiters of grace rather than its facilitators. But the Church is not a tollhouse; it is the house of the Father, where there is a place for everyone, with all their problems. "
― Pope Francis , Evangelii Gaudium: The Joy of the Gospel
165 " To evangelize, therefore, it is necessary to open ourselves once again to the horizon of God’s Spirit, without being afraid of what he asks us or of where he leads us. "
― Pope Francis , The Church of Mercy
166 " Hablar mal del propio hermano en su ausencia equivale a exponerlo al descrédito, a comprometer su reputación y a dejarlo a merced del chisme. No juzgar y no condenar significa, en positivo, saber percibir lo que de bueno hay en cada persona y no permitir que deba sufrir por nuestro juicio parcial y por nuestra presunción de saberlo todo. "
― Pope Francis , Jubileo de la Misericordia
167 " La misericordia de Dios es su responsabilidad por nosotros. "
168 " Spreading the Gospel means that we are the first to proclaim and live the reconciliation, forgiveness, peace, unity, and love that the Holy Spirit gives us. "
169 " Let me state this in the clearest terms possible: The problem of drug use is not solved with drugs!” he stated. “Drug addiction is an evil, and with evil, there can be no yielding or compromise. "
170 " But can you speak of a “just war”? Or even a “defensive war”? Because the only just thing is peace. "
― Pope Francis , A Future of Faith: The Path of Change in Politics and Society
171 " evangelizing, proclaiming Jesus, gives us joy. In contrast, egoism makes us bitter, sad, and depresses us. Evangelizing uplifts us. "
172 " When people become self-centred and self-enclosed, their greed increases. The emptier a person’s heart is, the more he or she needs things to buy, own and consume. It becomes almost impossible to accept the limits imposed by reality. In this horizon, a genuine sense of the common good also disappears. As these attitudes become more widespread, social norms are respected only to the extent that they do not clash with personal needs. "
173 " Only a faithful and intense relationship with God makes it possible to get out of our own closedness and proclaim the Gospel with parrhesia. Without prayer our acts are empty and our proclamation has no soul; it is not inspired by the Spirit. "
174 " joy is the salt of the earth and the light of the world. It is the yeast that leavens society as a whole. "
― Pope Francis , Happiness in This Life: A Passionate Meditation on Earthly Existence
175 " A sober, humble lifestyle dedicated to service is worth far more than thousands of followers on social networks. "
― Pope Francis , Let Us Dream: The Path to a Better Future
176 " MAY I ask you about your experiences as confessor to homosexual people? During the press conference on your return flight from Rio de Janeiro you famously remarked, “Who am I to judge?” On that occasion I said this: If a person is gay and seeks out the Lord and is willing, who am I to judge that person? I was paraphrasing by heart the Catechism of the Catholic Church where it says that these people should be treated with delicacy and not be marginalized. I am glad that we are talking about “homosexual people” because before all else comes the individual person, in his wholeness and dignity. And people should not be defined only by their sexual tendencies: let us not forget that God loves all his creatures and we are destined to receive his infinite love. I prefer that homosexuals come to confession, that they stay close to the Lord, and that we pray all together. You can advise them to pray, show goodwill, show them the way, and accompany them along it. "
― Pope Francis , The Name of God is Mercy
177 " Blessed Teresa of Calcutta. She said: “We must be very proud of our vocation because it gives us the opportunity to serve Christ in the poor. "
178 " turned toward her and called her abuela, grandmother, as we do in Argentina. “Abuela, do you want to confess?” “Yes,” she replied. And since I was ready to leave, I said: “But if you have no sins…” Her answer was swift and immediate: “We all have sins.” “But maybe the Lord can’t forgive them,” I said. “The Lord forgives everything.” “How do you know?” “If the Lord didn’t forgive everything, our world would not exist. "
179 " Dios perdona no con un decreto, sino con una caricia». "
180 " How wonderful is the certainty that each human life is not adrift in the midst of hopeless chaos, in a world ruled by pure chance or endlessly recurring cycles! The Creator can say to each one of us: “Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you” (Jer 1:5). We were conceived in the heart of God, and for this reason “each of us is the result of a thought of God. Each of us is willed, each of us is loved, each of us is necessary”.[39] "