Instead of being just a church that welcomes and receives by keeping the doors open, let us try also to be a church that finds new roads ... to those who have quit or are indifferent.
- Pope Francis
I see clearly that the thing the church needs most today is the ability to heal wounds and to warm the hearts of the faithful ... I see the church as a field hospital after battle.
- Pope Francis
[The earth] is protesting the wrong that we are doing to her, because of the irresponsible use and abuse of the goods that God has placed on her.
- Pope Francis
The Pope broke with Vatican tradition when he decided, after being elected on March 13 during a secret conclave of cardinals, not to live in the apostolic apartments.
I didn't want to go and live in the apostolic palace. I go over there just to work and for audiences.
I've remained living in the Casa Santa Marta, which is a residence which accommodates bishops, priests and lay people."
I'm visible to people and I lead a normal life – a public Mass in the morning, I eat in the refectory with everyone else, et cetera. All this is good for me and prevents me from being isolated.
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