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

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The Church
 


The community of believers is not a select circle of a privileged few; it is the family of those who are saved.

 
Homily
29 September 2025

 
 
 
The Church
 


We become the church of Jesus to the extent that we serve the poor.

 
Homily
17 November 2024

 
 
 
The Church
 


If the world is divided, if the Church is polarized, if hearts are broken, let us not waste time.

 
Homily
28 May 2023

 
 
 
The Church
 


Jesus has made the entire Church a community that dispenses mercy, a sign and instrument of reconciliation for all humanity.

 
Homily
24 April 2022

 
 
 
The Church
 


The Church, as desired by Jesus, is the home of hospitality. And how much good we can do, if only we try to speak this language of hospitality, this language of receiving and welcoming.

 
Homily
12 July 2015

 
 
 
The Church
 


The Church is a people of sinners who feel the mercy and forgiveness of God.

 
General Audience
9 August 2017

 
 
 
The Church
 


A Church with open doors, that gathers and celebrates around Christ, is a large room where everyone – everyone, the righteous and sinners – can enter.

 
Homily
6 June 2021

 
 
 
The Church
 


The Church is called to embody love without borders in order to realize the dream that God has for humanity: for us to be brothers and sisters, all.

 
Homily
28 July 2022

 

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