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Pope Francis

Pope Francis, was born Jorge Mario Bergoglio on December 17, 1936, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He is the 266th pope of the Roman Catholic Church. He is the first pope from the Western Hemisphere, the first from South America, and the first Jesuit to hold the position. Before his papacy, he worked ... show more

quote icon An evangelist must have a happy face...He can't look like he just came from a funeral.

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quote icon God never tires of forgiving us; we are the ones who tire of seeking His mercy.

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quote icon Experience the joy of life's little things. Treat yourself well, according to your means...Do not deprive yourself of the day's enjoyment.

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quote icon Rejoicing is found throughout the Gospel.

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quote icon Life is not all Lent without Easter.

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quote icon Goodness always tends to spread.... Any person who has experienced (the) profound liberation (of truth and goodness) becomes more sensitive to the needs of others.

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quote icon If we wish to lead a dignified and fulfilling life, we have to reach out to others and seek their good.

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quote icon Those who enjoy life most are those who leave security on the shore and become excited by the mission of communicating to others.

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quote icon An evangelizer must never look look like someone who has just come from a funeral.

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quote icon We should never forget that Christ is ever young and a constant source of newness, so every form of authentic evangelization is always "new."

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quote icon Evangelization IS NOT a heroic individual undertaking, it is actually the Lord's work.

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quote icon Newness DOES NOT displace or forget the living history which surrounds and carries us forward.

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quote icon The believer is essentially "one who remembers," not just Christ, but also all the other witnesses to faith who have influenced us.

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quote icon Three principal settings of people vis-a-vis the Catholic Church: 1. Ordinary pastoral ministry which consists of the "regular" faithful. In this category we can also include those members of the faithful who preserve a deep and sincere faith, expressing it in different ways, but seldom taking part in worship. 2. The Baptized whose lives do not reflect the demands of Baptism. They lack a meaningful relationship to the Church and no longer experience the consolation born of faith. To these the Church tries to offer conversion. 3. Those who don't know or who have rejected Christ. Many of these are quietly seeking or yearning for God.

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quote icon Christians have the duty to PROCLAIM the Gospel without excluding anyone.

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quote icon The (Catholic) Church doesn't grow by proselytizing , but by attraction.

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quote icon Evangelization should be part of every activity we undertake.

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quote icon This is what I am asking you, be shepherds with the smell of sheep.

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quote icon We should accompany others by walking with them in the messy realities of their lives.

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quote icon We must always desire the salvation of those who offend us.

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quote icon God's justice is His mercy.

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quote icon Our paths may be different, but all are called to "go forth."

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quote icon Gospel joy is a missionary joy; a sign that the Gospel has been proclaimed and is bearing fruit.

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quote icon God's word is unpredictable in its power.

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quote icon An evangelizing community gets involved by word and deed in people's daily lives....

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quote icon Evangelizers must take on the "smell of the sheep."

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quote icon Evangelization consists mostly of patience and disregard for constraints of time.

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quote icon Evangelization consists mostly of patience and disregard for constraints of time. Care for the grain and don't grow impatient with the weeds.

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quote icon Mere administration of the Church is no longer enough.

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quote icon Every renewal of the Church involves self-examination or correcting flaws introduced by human members to try to produce the perfect bride Christ envisions. The Church should look to evangelization instead of self-preservation.

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quote icon In order to give brotherly correction to another requires one to first recognize oneself as a sinner and not to sit in judgment.

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quote icon The parish is not an outdated institution....This presumes that it really is in contact with the homes and lives of its people, and does not become a useless structure out of touch with people or a self-absorbed group made up of a chosen few.

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quote icon Excessive centralization...complicates the Church's life and her missionary outreach.

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quote icon Pastoral missionary ministry must abandon the "we've always done it this way" attitude.

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quote icon Today's technology poses a greater risk of distorting the message being preached and taking Church's moral teaching out of context.

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quote icon The missionary message must concentrate on the most essential and most necessary; it must be simplified without losing depth and truth.

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quote icon Do I create unity around me? Or do I cause division, by gossip, criticism, or envy?

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quote icon May Virgin Mary be an example to spouses...of how to live (our) conjugal relationship in unity and harmony.

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quote icon Part of our prayer to Our Lady of Sheshan - Support us so that (we) may never be afraid to talk...about the world to Jesus.

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quote icon With Christ joy is constantly born anew.

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quote icon Today's Dangers: The desolation and anguish born of a complacent yet covetous heart; Feverish pursuit of frivolous pleasure; Blunted conscience.

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quote icon This may be the time to consider a universal basic wage which would acknowledge and dignify the noble, essential tasks you carry out. It would ensure and concretely achieve the ideal, at once so human and so Christian, of no worker without rights.

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quote icon A person who thinks only about building walls, wherever they may be, and not building bridges, is not Christian. This is not in the Gospel," said Pope Francis of President Trump's policies

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quote icon When the elderly are not honoured, there is not future for the young. A society where the elderly are discarded carries within it the virus of death.

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quote icon You are looked upon with suspicion when through community organization you try to move beyond philanthropy or when, instead of resigning and hoping to catch some crumbs that fall from the table of economic power, you claim your rights. You often feel rage and powerlessness at the sight of persistent inequalities and when any excuse at all is sufficient for maintaining those privileges. Nevertheless, you do not resign yourselves to complaining: you roll up your sleeves and keep working for your families, your communities, and the common good.

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quote icon “Sacred Scripture attests that God bestowed his Spirit upon human beings so that they might have ‘skill and understanding and knowledge in every craft’ (Ex 35:31)”.[1] Science and technology are therefore brilliant products of the creative potential of human beings.[2] Indeed, artificial intelligence arises precisely from the use of this God-given creative potential.

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quote icon In this regard, perhaps we could start from the observation that artificial intelligence is above all else a tool. And it goes without saying that the benefits or harm it will bring will depend on its use. This is surely the case, for it has been this way with every tool fashioned by human beings since the dawn of time.

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quote icon It should also be noted that the use of applications similar to the one I have just mentioned will be used ever more frequently due to the fact that artificial intelligence programs will be increasingly equipped with the capacity to interact directly (chatbots) with human beings, holding conversations and establishing close relationships with them. These interactions may end up being, more often than not, pleasant and reassuring, since these artificial intelligence programs will be designed to learn to respond, in a personalised way, to the physical and psychological needs of human beings. It is a frequent and serious mistake to forget that artificial intelligence is not another human being, and that it cannot propose general principles.

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quote icon Rather than being “generative”, then, it is instead “reinforcing” in the sense that it rearranges existing content, helping to consolidate it, often without checking whether it contains errors or preconceptions. In this way, it not only runs the risk of legitimising fake news and strengthening a dominant culture’s advantage, but, in short, it also undermines the educational process itself. Education should provide students with the possibility of authentic reflection, yet it runs the risk of being reduced to a repetition of notions, which will increasingly be evaluated as unobjectionable, simply because of their constant repetition.[

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quote icon Nothing in nature lives for itself. The rivers do not drink their own water; the trees do not eat their own fruit; the sun does not shine on itself and flowers do not spread their fragrance for themselves. Living for others is a rule of nature. We are all born to help each other. No matter how difficult it is...Life is good when you are happy; but much better when others are happy because of you.

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quote icon Nothing in nature lives for itself. The rivers do not drink their own water; the trees do not eat their own fruit; the sun does not shine on itself and flowers do not spread their fragrance for themselves. Living for others is a rule of nature. We are all born to help each other. No matter how difficult it is...Life is good when you are happy; but much better when others are happy because of you. ⁠— Pope Francis

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quote icon We should personally encounter Christ each day or be open to letting Him encounter us.

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quote icon I hope that this time of danger will free us from operating on automatic pilot, shake our sleepy consciences and allow a humanist and ecological conversion that puts an end to the idolatry of money and places human life and dignity at the centre. Our civilization — so competitive, so individualistic, with its frenetic rhythms of production and consumption, its extravagant luxuries, its disproportionate profits for just a few — needs to downshift, take stock, and renew itself.

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quote icon Nothing in nature lives for itself. The rivers do not drink their own water; the trees do not eat their own fruit; the sun does not shine on itself and flowers do not spread their fragrance for themselves. Living for others is a rule of nature. We are all born to help each other. No matter how difficult it is...Life is good when you are happy; but much better when others are happy because of you. ⁠— Pope Francis

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