Selected quotes of Pope Francis offered daily for prayer and reflection�€ï¿½.

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War
 


War cancels out the future. I urge believers to take just one side in this conflict: that of peace. But not with words — with prayer, with total dedication.

 
General Audience
18 October 2023

 
 
 
War
 


How can one fail to understand that war only creates destruction and death, driving peoples apart, killing truth and dialogue?

 
Angelus Address
17 July 2022

 
 
 
War
 


War does not only destroy the defeated people, no, it also destroys the victor; it destroys even those who look on with superficial news to see who is winning and who is losing. War destroys everyone. Beware of this.

 
Address
23 April 2022

 
 
 
War
 


War is always a human act, to bring about the idolatry of power.

 
General Audience
13 April 2022

 
 
 
War
 


Before the folly of war, let us please continue to pray the Rosary for peace each day. And let us pray for the leaders of nations, so that they might not lose the “pulse of the people” who want peace and who know well that weapons never achieve it.

 
Regina Caeli
8 May 2022

 
 
 
War
 


God is only the God of peace, he is not the God of war, and those who support violence profane his name. Let us pray for those who suffer, and that God may convert hearts to a steadfast will for peace.

 
Angelus Address
13 March 2022

 
 
 
War
 


It’s clear that wars and climate change cause hunger; let us stop presenting it as an incurable illness.

 
Address, United Nations
16 October 2017

 
 
 
War
 


War is the negation of all rights and a dramatic assault on the environment.

 
Address to United Nations
25 September 2015

 

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