Since the false election of Francis as “pope” he has been pronouncing
false ideas and heresies and yet people call him “Pope” “Vicar of Christ”
“Bishop of Rome”.
Yet we know that he is none of that.
We affirm that Francis is nothing but a heretical impostor who is out to
send million of souls to hell!
We present here the various heretical statements of Francis with dates
and reference!
Pay particular attentions to the letters in red. These shows that Francis
is an apostate!
Warning
to readers: The quotations of Jorge Bergoglio, being particularly perverse and
misleading, are extremely dangerous for the souls and offensive to God.
“Sharing
our experience in carrying that cross, to expel the illness within our hearts,
whichembitters our life: it is important that you do this in your meetings.
Those that are Christian, with the Bible, and those that are Muslim, with the
Quran. The faith that your parents instilled in you will always help you move
on.” (Addressing immigrant Muslims in a Roman parish during the
World Day of Migrants and Refugees on 19 January 2014:
http://www.romereports.com/pg155489-francis-to-refugees-christian-or-muslim-the-faith-your-parents-instilled-in-you-will-help-you-move-o-en
-
http://www.novusordowatch.org/wire/francis-muslims-unbelief.htm
-
http://callmejorgebergoglio.blogspot.fr/2014/09/the-strange-papacy-of-pope-francis-by.html)
“Finally,
I send you my prayerful good wishes, that your lives may glorify the Almighty
and
give
joy to those around you.”(Greetings sent to the Muslim
community at the end of Ramadan on 10 July 2013: http://w2.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/messages/pont-messages/2013/documents/papafrancesco_20130710_musulmani-ramadan.html
-
“I
also think with affection of those Muslim immigrants who this evening begin the
fast of
Ramadan,
which I trust will bear abundant spiritual fruit.” (Homily
given at Lampedusa on 8 July 2013 with illegal Muslim immigrants:
http://w2.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/homilies/2013/documents/papafrancesco_20130708_omelia-lampedusa.html
- Cf. « La papauté discréditée » :
http://www.dominicainsavrille.fr/le-sel-de-la-terre-n91/)
“...
it is admirable to see how Muslims both young and old, men and women, make time
for
daily
prayer and faithfully take part in religious services”(Apostolic
Exhortation Evangelii Gaudium of 24 November 2013, §
252:
http://w2.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/apost_exhortations/documents/papafrancesco_esortazione-ap_20131124_evangelii-gaudium.html#Interreligious_dialogue
)
“I
take great pleasure in extending my warmest best wishes to you and Rome's
entire Jewish
community
on the occasion of the Great Feast of Pesach. May the Almighty, who freed His
people
from slavery in Egypt to guide them to the Promised Land, continue to deliver
you
from
all evil and to accompany you with His blessing. I ask you to pray for me . . .”
(Greetings
to the Jewish
Community of Rome on 25 March 2013:
http://www.zenit.org/en/articles/pope-s-note-to-chiefrabbi-of-rome-for-feast-of-passover
)
“We
hold the Jewish people in special regard because their covenant with God has
never
been
revoked, for ‘the gifts and the call of God are irrevocable’
(Rom 11:29).”
(Apostolic
Exhortation Evangelii Gaudium of 24 November 2013, §247:
http://w2.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/apost_exhortations/documents/papa-francesco_esortazioneap_20131124_evangelii-gaudium.html#Interreligious_dialogue
)
“God
continues to work among the people of the Old Covenant and to bring forth
treasures of
wisdom
which flow from their encounter with his word. For this reason, the Church also
is
enriched
when she receives the values of Judaism.” (Apostolic
Exhortation Evangelii Gaudium of 24 November 2013, §249: http://w2.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/apost_exhortations/documents/papafrancesco_esortazione-ap_20131124_evangelii-gaudium.html#Interreligious_dialogue
)
“I don’t care if this education is given by
Catholics, Protestants, Orthodox or Jews. What
matters
is that this child receives an education and ceases to be hungry.” (Interview
with Gerson Camarotti on Brazilian television in July 2013 during a trip to
Brazil:
http://www.novusordowatch.org/wire/francis-not-care-religion.htm
)
“Live
and let live, that is the first step towards peace and joy.”
(Responding to the
journalist Pablo Calvo on 7 July 2014 for the review Viva:
http://www.novusordowatch.org/wire/interview-no-11-francis.htm
-
http://sggresources.org/blogs/news/9565929-9-11-for-the-magisterium-the-francis-interviews
)
“If
someone is gay and is searching for the Lord and has good will, then who am I
to judge
him?”(Apostolic
Journey to Rio de Janeiro on the occasion of the XXVIII World Youth Day ,
Press conference of Pope Francis during the return flight, 28 July 2013:
http://w2.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/speeches/2013/july/documents/papafrancesco_20130728_gmgconferenza-stampa.html)
“A
person once asked me, in a provocative manner, if I approved of homosexuality.
I replied
with
another question: ‘Tell me: when God looks at a gay person, does he endorse the
existence
of this person with love, or reject and condemn this person?” (Interview
with Fr.
Antonio Spadaro S.J.
editor of Civiltà Cattolica on the 19, 23 and 29 August 2013:
http://w2.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/speeches/2013/september/documents/papafrancesco_
20130921_intervista-spadaro.html
)
“Religion
has the right to express its opinion in the service of the people, but God in
creation
has
set us free: it is not possible to interfere spiritually in the life of a
person.”
(Interview with Fr.
Antonio Spadaro S.J. editor of Civiltà Cattolica on the 19, 23 and 29
August 2013:
http://w2.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/speeches/2013/september/documents/papafrancesco_
20130921_intervista-spadaro.html
)
“. .
. a culture of dialogue; this is the only way to peace.” (Angelus
of September 1, 2013:
http://www.zenit.org/en/articles/on-the-plea-for-peace
-
http://w2.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/angelus/2013/documents/papa-francesco_angelus_20130901.html
)
To
dialogue means to believe that the “other” has something worthwhile to say, and
to
entertain
his or her point of view and perspective. Engaging in dialogue does not mean
renouncing
our own ideas and traditions, but the claim that they alone are valid or
absolute.
(Message for the 48th
World Communications Day, “Communication at the Service of an Authentic Culture
of Encounter,” June 1, 2014 – Cf. 9:
http://w2.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/messages/communications/documents/papafrancesco_
20140124_messaggio-comunicazioni-sociali.html
)
“The
most serious of the evils that afflict the world these days are youth
unemployment and
the
loneliness of the old.” (Interview with Eugenio Scalfair of
September 24, 2013 and published on October 1, 2013 in La Repubblica:
http://www.repubblica.it/cultura/2013/10/01/news/pope_s_conversation_with_scalfari_english-67643118/
)
Respect
for human rights . . . among which religious freedom and freedom of expression
stand
out, is the preliminary condition for a country’s social and economic
development.
(Meeting with the
civil authorities of Albania, September 21, 2014:
http://w2.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/speeches/2014/september/documents/papafrancesco_
20140921_albania-autorita.html)
I
urge you to continue working to create this human village, ever more human,
which offers
children
a present of peace and a future of hope. (Address of Pope
Francis to Participants in the
International Meeting
of Directors of “Scholas Occurrentes” on September 4, 2014:
http://w2.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/speeches/2014/september/documents/papafrancesco_
20140904_direttori-scholas-occurrentes.html
“Proselytism
is solemn nonsense; it makes no sense. We need to get to know each other,
listen
to
each other and improve our knowledge of the world around us. Sometimes after a
meeting I
want
to arrange another one because new ideas are born and I discover new needs.
This is
important:
to get to know people, listen, expand the circle of ideas. The world is
crisscrossed
by
roads that come closer together and move apart, but the important thing is that
they lead
towards
the Good.” (Interview with Eugenio Scalfair of September 24, 2013 and
published on October 1, 2013 in La Repubblica:
http://www.repubblica.it/cultura/2013/10/01/news/pope_s_conversation_with_scalfari_english-
67643118/
“I
believe in God, not in a Catholic God; there is no Catholic God; there is God
and I believe
in
Jesus Christ, his incarnation. Jesus is my teacher and my pastor, but God, the
Father,
Abba,
is the light and the Creator. This is my Being.” (Interview
with Eugenio Scalfair of September 24, 2013 and published on October 1, 2013 in
La Repubblica:
http://www.repubblica.it/cultura/2013/10/01/news/pope_s_conversation_with_scalfari_english-67643118/)
“he
was silent, but in Her heart, how many things did she tell the Lord! ‘You, that
day - this is
what
we read - told me that He would be great; You told me that you would give Him
the
Throne
of David, His father, that He would reign forever and now I see him there! ’
Our Lady
was
human! And perhaps she had the urge to say: ‘Lies! I was deceived!” (Homily
at Casa Santa
Marta, December 20,
2013: http://www.zenit.org/en/articles/pope-francis-silence-reveals-the-mystery-of-god-splan)
“The
Church and the Virgin Mary are mothers, both of them; what is said of the
Church can
be
said also of Our Lady and what is said of Our Lady can also be said of the
Church! . . . Do
we
love the Church as we love our mothers, also taking into account her defects?
All mothers
have
defects, we all have defects, but when we speak of our mother's defects we
gloss over
them,
we love her as she is. And the Church also has her defects: but we love her
just as a
mother.
Do we help her to be more beautiful, more authentic, more in harmony with the
Lord?” (General
Audience of September 11, 2013:
“I
am very happy to have met with a wise mans.” (After his audience
on June 1, 2013 with José
Mujica, the President
of Urugruay— a former terrorist, atheist, communist, secularist, pro-abortion
and prohomosexual rights: http://en.mercopress.com/2013/06/03/francis-and-mujica full-of-praise-for-each-other-share-
45-minutes-in-the-vatican)
“I
ask you to pray for me because this job is a “taxing” job, far from easy.” (Address
of Pope
Francis to the young
people from the Italian diocese of Piacenza-Bobbio at the Vatican Basilica -
Altar Of The Chair Wednesday, 28 August 2013:
http://w2.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/speeches/2013/august/documents/papafrancesco_20130828_giovanipiacenza-bobbio.html)
“As
I have frequently observed, if a choice has to be made between a bruised Church
which
goes
out to the streets and a Church suffering from self-absorption, I certainly
prefer the
first.”
(Message of Pope Francis for the 48th World Communications Day,
“Communication at the Service of an Authentic Culture Of Encounter”, 1 June
2014:
http://w2.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/messages/communications/documents/papafrancesco_
20140124_messaggio-comunicazioni-sociali.html)
“Since
many of you are not members of the Catholic Church, and others are not
believers, I
cordially
give this blessing silently, to each of you, respecting the conscience of each,
but in
the
knowledge that each of you is a child of God.” (Silent
benediction to some 5,000 representatives of the media present in the Paul VI
Audience Hall during his first pontifical audience with journalists, March 16, 2013:
http://w2.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/speeches/2013/march/documents/papafrancesco_
20130316_rappresentanti-media.html
)
“Sunday
is for family.”(Responding to the journalist Pablo Calvo on July 7, 2014 for the
Argentine weekly Viva: http://www.catholicnews.com/data/stories/cns/1403144.htm)
“Inequality
is the root of social evil.” (Tweet
of April 28, 2014 :
https://twitter.com/pontifex/status/460697074585980928)
“How
I would like a Church which is poor and for the poor!." (Said
during his first pontifical
audience with
journalists in the Paul VI Audience Hall, March 16, 2013:
http://w2.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/speeches/2013/march/documents/papafrancesco_
20130316_rappresentanti-media.html)
“In
the eyes of God we are the most beautiful thing, the greatest, the best of
creation: even the
angels
are beneath us, we are more than the angels.” (General
Audience at St. Peter’s Square, May 21, 2014: http://w2.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/audiences/2014/documents/papafrancesco_
20140521_udienza-generale.html)
“We
should not think, however, that the Gospel message must always be communicated
by
fixed
formulations learned by heart or by specific words which express an absolutely
invariable
content.” (Apostolic Exhortation Evangelii Gaudium of November 24, 2013,
§129 :
http://w2.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/apost_exhortations/documents/papa-francesco_esortazioneap_20131124_evangelii-gaudium.html#Person_to_person)
“If
– for example - tomorrow an expedition of Martians came, and some of them came
to us,
here...
Martians, right? Green, with that long nose and big ears, just like children
paint
them...
And one says, 'But I want to be baptized!' What would happen?” (Homily
given at Casa
Santa Marta on May
12, 2014: http://www.news.va/en/news/pope-at-mass-the-holy-spirit-makes-the-unthinkable- François,
les martiens et la patience de Dieu.)
In
the past few days I have been reading a book by a Cardinal — Cardinal Kasper, a
clever
theologian,
a good theologian — on mercy. And that book did me a lot of good.” (Angelus
of
March 17, 2013: http://w2.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/angelus/2013/documents/papafrancesco_
angelus_20130317.html)
“Yesterday,
before falling asleep – though not in order to fall asleep! – I read – I
re-read
Cardinal
Kasper’s work, and I would like to thank him, because [in it] I found profound
theology,
also a serene thought in theology. It is nice to read serene theology. And also,
I
found
that, of which St. Ignatius spoke to us: that sensus
Ecclesiae, love for Mother Church. It
did me
good and I had an idea - and excuse me if I embarrass [Your] Eminence, but the
idea
is:
this is called doing theology while kneeling.” (Intervention
during the Extraordinary Consistory of the College of Cardinals on
February 21, 2014: http://www.zenit.org/en/articles/pope-s-address-to-consistory-ofcardinals)
“In
her ongoing discernment, the Church can also come to see that certain customs
not
directly
connected to the heart of the Gospel, even some which have deep historical
roots, are
no
longer properly understood and appreciated. Some of these customs may be
beautiful, but
they
no longer serve as means of communicating the Gospel. We should not be afraid
to reexamine them. At the same time, the Church has rules or precepts which may
have been quite
effective
in their time, but no longer have the same usefulness for directing and shaping
people’s
lives.” (Apostolic Exhortation Evangelii Gaudium of November 24,
2013, §43 :
http://w2.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/apost_exhortations/documents/papa-francesco_esortazioneap_20131124_evangeliigaudium.html#IV.%E2%80%82A_mission_embodied_within_human_limits)
“Yes,
in this quest to seek and find God in all things there is still an area of
uncertainty. There
must
be. If a person says that he met God with total certainty and is not touched by
a margin
of
uncertainty, then this is not good. For me, this is an important key. If one
has the answers
to
all the questions—that is the proof that God is not with him. It means that he
is a false
prophet
using religion for himself. . . The risk in seeking and finding God in all
things, then,
is
the willingness to explain too much, to say with human certainty and arrogance:
‘God is
here.’
We will find only a god that fits our measure.” (Interview
with Fr. Antonio Spadaro, S.J.,
director of Civiltà
Cattolica on August 19, 23 and 29, 2013 - Cf. p. 21/22
http://w2.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/speeches/2013/september/documents/papafrancesco_
20130921_intervista-spadaro.html)
"Are
your hands bound together? It looks like they're stuck." (Addressing
one of the altar boys
standing quietly
before him in Vatican Grotto Chapel on November 2, 2013—after which he
separated the boys’ hands: http://www.romereports.com/pg154658-pope-francis-visits-vatican-grottoes-to-pray-for-deceasedpontiffs--en)
“I
bought flowers, roses. And I went back and began to arrange the coffin well,
with flowers
…. And
I saw the Rosary he [the deceased priest] had in hand … and immediately there
came
to my
mind that thief that we all have inside, no ? And while I fixed the flowers I
took hold of
the
cross of the Rosary, and with some force I detached it. And in that moment I
looked at him
and I
said: ‘Give me half of your mercy.’ I felt something strong which gave me the
courage to
do
this and to make this prayer!” (Meeting
with the Roman clergy on March 6, 2014:
http://www.zenit.org/en/articles/pope-s-reflection-on-mercy-as-he-meets-with-priests-of-rome
)
“The
journalist asked: ‘Do you perceive a certain underlying misogyny?’—Pope
Francis:
‘The
fact is that woman was taken from a rib … [he laughs heartily]. It’s a joke,
I’m joking. I
agree
that there must be more reflection on the feminine question, otherwise the
Church
herself
cannot be understood.’” (Interview with Franca Giansoldati
published in Il Messaggero on June 29, 2014: http://www.zenit.org/en/articles/full-english-text-of-pope-francis-interview-with-il-messaggero
)
“There
are priests who are more papist than the Pope.” A woman who married a divorced
man.
Bergoglio advised her to take Communion regardless of her personal situation.” (Advice
given over the
telephone to an Argentinian woman in April 2014: http://vaticaninsider.lastampa.it/en/worldnews/detail/articolo/francesco-francis-francisco-divorziati-divorced-divorciados-33653/
)
“Our
goal is not to proselytize but to listen to needs, desires and disappointments,
despair,
hope.
We must restore hope to young people, help the old, be open to the future,
spread love.
Be
poor among the poor. We need to include the excluded and preach peace.” (Interview
with
Eugenio Scalfari on
September 24, 2013 and published on October 1st in La Repubblica:
http://www.repubblica.it/cultura/2013/10/01/news/pope_s_conversation_with_scalfari_english-67643118/
)
“The
Lord has created us in His image and likeness, and has given us this
commandment in
the
depths of our heart: do good and do not do evil. The Lord has redeemed all of
us, all of
us,
with the Blood of Christ: all of us, not just Catholics. Everyone! ‘Father, the
atheists?’
Even
the atheists. Everyone!” (Sermon at Casa Santa Marta on May 22, 2013:
http://www.news.va/en/news/pope-at-mass-culture-of-encounter-is-the-foundatio
“The
Son of God became incarnate in order to instill the feeling of brotherhood in
the souls
of
men. All are brothers and all children of God.” (Interview
with Eugenio Scalfari on September 24,2013 and published on October 1st in La
Repubblica:
http://www.repubblica.it/cultura/2013/10/01/news/pope_s_conversation_with_scalfari_english-67643118/
)
“Some
people say that sin is an offence to God.” (General
Audience of May 29, 2013:
http://w2.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/audiences/2013/documents/papafrancesco_20130529_udienzagenerale.html
)
“He
who does not sin is not human.” (Wake Up the World!
Conversation with Pope Francis about the Religious Life by Antonio Spadaro,
S.J., published by Civiltà Cattolica:
http://www.laciviltacattolica.it/articoli_download/extra/Wake_up_the_world.pdf
)
“Of
what things can a Christian boast? Two things: his sins and Christ crucified.” (Mass
at
Santa Marta on
Thursday, 4 September 2014 : http://www.news.va/en/news/mass-at-santa-marta-why-boastabout-sins
)
“Corruption
is a greater ill than sin. More than forgiveness, this ill must be treated.
Corruption
has become natural, to the point of becoming a personal and social statement
tied
to
customs, common practice in commercial and financial transactions, in public
contracting,
in
every negotiation that involves agents of the State. It is the victory of
appearances over
reality
and of brazenness over honorable discretion.” (Address
to the delegates of the International Association of Penal Law, 23 October
2014:
http://m.vatican.va/content/francescomobile/en/speeches/2014/october/documents/papafrancesco_20141023_associazione-internazionale-diritto-penale.html
)
“I
said to her: ‘madam, I think the child’s hungry. . . Please give it something
to eat!’ I said.
She
was shy and didn’t want to breastfeed in public, while the Pope was passing. I
wish to say
the
same to humanity: give people something to eat! That woman had milk to give to
her
child;
we have enough food in the world to feed everyone.” (Interview
with the journals La Stampa and Vatican Insider on December 10,
2013: http://vaticaninsider.lastampa.it/en/the-vatican/detail/articolo/30620/
“Jesus,
when he laments — ‘Father, why have you abandoned me?’ — is he blaspheming?
This
is the mystery . . . many times in [the Pope’s] pastoral experience, he himself
hears
‘people
who are living in difficult, sorrowful situations, who have lost so much or who
feel
alone
and abandoned and come to complain and to ask these questions: Why? They rebel
against
God.’ And the Pope’s answer is: ‘Continue to pray this way, because this too is
a
prayer.’
As was that of Jesus, when he asked the Father: ‘Why have you abandoned me?’”
(Morning meditation
in the chapel of the Casa Santa Marta, September 30, 2014:
http://w2.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/cotidie/2014/documents/papa-francesco-cotidie_20140930_prayers-inthe-darkness.html
)
“Jesus
. . . came to the world to learn to be a man and, being man, to walk with men.”
(Morning meditation
in the chapel of the Casa Santa Marta, September 15, 2014:
http://w2.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/cotidie/2014/documents/papa-francesco-cotidie_20140915_threewomen.html
)
“The
world has changed and the Church cannot lock itself into alleged
interpretations of
dogma.
We have to approach social conflicts, old and new, and try to give a hand so as
to
reassure,
not stigmatize and not simply rebuke.” (Interview with Joaquín
Morales Solá on October 5, 2014 published in the Argentinian journal La
Nación: http://www.medias-presse.info/synode-le-pape-francoisveut-reinterpreter-le-dogme/16245
)
“To
find what the Lord asks of his Church today, we must lend an ear to the debates
of our
time
and perceive the “fragrance” of the men of this age, so as to be permeated with
their
joys
and hopes, with their griefs and anxieties (cf. Gaudium
et Spes, n. 1). At that moment we
will
know how to propose the good news on the family with credibility.” (Address
of his Holiness
Pope Francis during
the meeting on the family, Saint Peter's Square, October 4, 2014:
http://w2.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/speeches/2014/october/documents/papafrancesco_
20141004_incontro-per-la-famiglia.html
)
It
is essential to draw near to new forms of poverty and vulnerability, in which
we are called
to
recognize the suffering Christ, even if this appears to bring us no tangible
and immediate
benefits.
I think of the homeless, the addicted, refugees, indigenous peoples, the
elderly who
are
increasingly isolated and abandoned, and many others. Migrants present a
particular
challenge
for me, since I am the pastor of a Church without frontiers, a Church which
considers
herself mother to all. For this reason, I exhort all countries to a generous
openness
which,
rather than fearing the loss of local identity, will prove capable of creating
new forms
of
cultural synthesis. (Apostolic exhortation Evangelii Gaudium, November 24,
2013, § 210 :
http://w2.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/apost_exhortations/documents/papa-francesco_esortazioneap_20131124_evangelii-gaudium.html#Concern_for_the_vulnerable
)
“Each
of us has a vision of good and of evil. We have to encourage people to move
towards
what
they think is Good . . . And I repeat it here. Everyone has his own idea of
good and evil
and
must choose to follow the good and fight evil as he conceives them. That would
be
enough
to make the world a better place.” (Interview with Eugenio
Scalfari on September 24, 2013 and published on October 1st in La Repubblica:
http://www.repubblica.it/cultura/2013/10/01/news/pope_s_conversation_with_scalfari_english-67643118/
)
We
cannot insist only on issues related to abortion, gay marriage and the use of
contraceptive
methods.
This is not possible . . . The dogmatic and moral teachings of the church are
not all
equivalent.
The church’s pastoral ministry cannot be obsessed with the transmission of a
disjointed
multitude of doctrines to be imposed insistently. (Interview
with Fr. Antonio Spadaro, S.J., Director of Civiltà Cattolica, August
19, 23 and 29, 2013 – Cf. p. 16:
http://w2.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/speeches/2013/september/documents/papafrancesco_
20130921_intervista-spadaro.html
)
It
is necessary to broaden the opportunities for a stronger presence of women in
the Church . .
.
Women are asking deep questions that must be addressed . . . We have to work
harder to
develop
a profound theology of the woman. Only by making this step will it be possible
to
better
reflect on their function within the Church. The feminine genius is needed
wherever we
make
important decisions. The challenge today is this: to think about the specific
place of
women
also in those places where the authority of the Church is exercised in various
areas of
the
Church.” (Interview with Fr. Antonio Spadaro, S.J., Director of Civiltà
Cattolica, August 19, 23 and 29, 2013 – Cf. p. 16: http://w2.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/speeches/2013/september/documents/papafrancesco_
20130921_intervista-spadaro.html
)
“In
ecumenical relations it is important not only to know each other better, but
also to
recognize
what the Spirit has sown in the other as a gift for us. . . I ask
how Pope Francis
envisions the future
unity of the church in light of this response. He answers: “We must walk
united
with our differences: there is no other way to become one. This is the way of
Jesus.”
(Interview with Fr. Antonio Spadaro, S.J.,
Director of Civiltà Cattolica, August 19, 23 and 29, 2013 – Cf. p. 19:
http://w2.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/speeches/2013/september/documents/papafrancesco_
20130921_intervista-spadaro.html
)
“Non-Christians,
by God’s gracious initiative, when they are faithful to their own
consciences,
can live ‘justified by the grace of God,’ and thus be ‘associated to the
paschal
mystery
of Jesus Christ.’ But due to the sacramental dimension of sanctifying grace,
God’s
working
in them tends to produce signs and rites, sacred expressions which in turn
bring
others
to a communitarian experience of journeying towards God. While these lack the
meaning
and efficacy of the sacraments instituted by Christ, they can be channels which
the
Holy
Spirit raises up in order to liberate non-Christians from atheistic immanentism
or from
purely
individual religious experiences. The same Spirit everywhere brings forth
various
forms
of practical wisdom which help people to bear suffering and to live in greater
peace
and
harmony. As Christians, we can also benefit from these treasures built up over
many
centuries,
which can help us better to live our own beliefs.
(Apostolic
exhortation Evangelii Gaudium, November 24, 2013, § 210 :
http://w2.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/apost_exhortations/documents/papa-francesco_esortazioneap_20131124_evangelii-gaudium.html#Concern_for_the_vulnerable
)
What
does the Holy Spirit do? I said he does something else, which perhaps one might
think
is
division, but it isn’t. The Holy Spirit creates “diversity” in the Church. (I
Corinthians 12).
He
creates diversity! And this diversity is truly very rich, very beautiful. But
then, the Holy
Spirit
himself creates unity, and so the Church is one in diversity. And, to use the
word of an
Evangelical
whom I love very much, a “reconciled diversity” by the Holy Spirit. He creates
both
things: He creates the diversity of charisms and then He creates the harmony of
charisms. (Pope
Francis' address to the Pentecostal community known as the Evangelical Church
of Reconciliation in Caserta, Italy, July 28, 2014: http://www.zenit.org/en/articles/pope-s-address-to-pentecostalcommunity-in-caserta
)
“The
blood they have shed may become the seed of hope to build true fraternity
between
peoples.”
(In a telegram sent to the religious superior on September 8,
2014, Pope Francis alluded thus to the three Italian sisters decapitated in
Africa: http://www.news.va/en/news/popes-telegram-for-the-three-nuns-killedin-burund
)
[Jesus]
tells his disciples to have the people sit down in groups of 50 — this is not
merely
coincidental,
for it means that they are no longer a crowd but become communities nourished
by
God’s bread. Jesus then takes those loaves and fish, looks up to heaven,
recites the blessing
—
the reference to the Eucharist is clear — and breaks them and gives them to the
disciples
who
distribute them... and the loaves and fish do not run out, they do not run out!
This is the
miracle:
rather than a multiplication it is a sharing, inspired by faith and prayer.
Everyone
eats
and some is left over: it is the sign of Jesus, the Bread of God for humanity. (Angelus
of
June 2, 2013: http://w2.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/angelus/2013/documents/papafrancesco_
angelus_20130602.html
)
It
is impossible to imagine a future for society without a significant injection
of moral energy
into
a democratic order that tends to remain imprisoned in pure logic or in a mere
balancing
of
vested interests. I consider fundamental for this dialogue the contribution
made by the
great
religious traditions, which play a fruitful role as a leaven of society and a
life-giving
force
for democracy. Peaceful coexistence between different religions is favored by
the laicity
of
the state, which, without appropriating any one confessional stance, respects
and esteems
the
presence of the religious dimension in society, while fostering its more
concrete
expressions.(Meeting
with Brazil’s leaders of society, July 27, 2013:
8
http://w2.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/speeches/2013/july/documents/papa-francesco_20130727_gmg-classedirigente-rio.html
)
“The
young Catholic churches, as they grow, develop a synthesis of faith, culture
and life, and
so
it is a synthesis different from the one developed by the ancient churches. For
me, the
relationship
between the ancient Catholic churches and the young ones is similar to the
relationship
between young and elderly people in a society. They build the future, the young
ones
with their strength and the others with their wisdom. You always run some
risks, of
course.
The younger churches are likely to feel self-sufficient; the ancient ones are
likely to
want
to impose on the younger churches their cultural models. But we build the
future
together.”
(Interview with Fr. Antonio Spadaro S.J. editor of Civiltà
Cattolica on the 19, 23 and 29 August 2013: http://w2.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/speeches/2013/september/documents/papafrancesco_
20130921_intervista-spadaro.html
)
When
leaders in various fields ask me for advice, my response is always the same:
dialogue,
dialogue,
dialogue. The only way for individuals, families and societies to grow, the
only way
for
the life of peoples to progress, is via the culture of encounter, a culture in
which all have
something
good to give and all can receive something good in return. Others always have
something
to give me, if we know how to approach them in a spirit of openness and without
prejudice.
This open spirit, without prejudice, I would describe as “social humility”,
which is
what
favours dialogue. Only in this way can understanding grow between cultures and
religions,
mutual esteem without needless preconceptions, in a climate that is respectful
of the
rights
of everyone. (Meeting with Brazil’s leaders of society, July 27, 2013:
http://w2.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/speeches/2013/july/documents/papa-francesco_20130727_gmg-classedirigente-rio.html
)
Let
us look around us: there are so many poor and needy people, so many societies
that try to
find
a more inclusive way of social justice and path of economic development! How
great is
the
need for the human heart to be firmly fixed on the deepest meaning of experiences
in life
and
rooted in a rediscovery of hope! Men and women, inspired in these areas by the
values of
their
respective religious traditions, can offer an important, and even unique,
contribution.
This
is truly a fertile land offering much fruit, also in the field of
interreligious dialogue.
(Meeting with the
leaders of other religions and other Christian denominations, September 21,
2014:
http://w2.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/speeches/2014/september/documents/papafrancesco_
20140921_albania-leaders-altre-religioni.html
)
The
scandal of poverty cannot be addressed by promoting strategies of containment
that only
tranquilize
the poor and render them tame and inoffensive. How sad it is when we find,
behind
allegedly altruistic works, the other being reduced to passivity or being
negated; or
worse
still, we find hidden personal agendas or commercial interests. “Hypocrites” is
what
Jesus
would say to those responsible. How marvelous it is, by contrast, when we see
peoples
moving
forward, especially their young and their poorest members. Then one feels a
promising
breeze that revives hope for a better world. May this breeze become a cyclone
of
hope.
This is my wish. (Address to the participants in the World Meeting of Popular Movements,
October 28, 2014: http://w2.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/speeches/2014/october/documents/papafrancesco_
20141028_incontro-mondiale-movimenti-popolari.html
)
In
life you can do two contrary things: build bridges or build walls. Walls
separate, they
divide.
Bridges connect . . . no one is in charge of this communication but everything
works. It
is
spontaneity in life, it is saying “yes” to life . . . communicating is avoiding
all
discrimination
. . . I see that you are making good progress and you know how to
communicate
among yourselves in various languages and starting from your religious
identity.
This is beautiful . . . it is important to work in groups, study in groups and
follow the
path
of life in a group . . . Create the future! (Video conference
with the students of Scholas
Occurrentes,
September 4, 2014:
http://w2.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/speeches/2014/september/documents/papafrancesco_
20140904_videoconferenza-piattaforma-scholas.html
)
“Vatican
II was a re-reading of the Gospel in light of contemporary culture,” says the
pope.
“Vatican
II produced a renewal movement that simply comes from the same Gospel. Its
fruits
are
enormous. Just recall the liturgy. The work of liturgical reform has been a
service to the
people
as a re-reading of the Gospel from a concrete historical situation. Yes, there
are
hermeneutics
of continuity and discontinuity, but one thing is clear: the dynamic of reading
the
Gospel, actualizing its message for today—which was typical of Vatican II—is
absolutely
irreversible.” (Interview
with Fr. Antonio Spadaro S.J. editor of Civiltà Cattolica on the 19, 23
and 29 August2013:
http://w2.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/speeches/2013/september/documents/papafrancesco_
20130921_intervista-spadaro.html
)
Vatican
II, inspired by Pope[s] Paul VI and John, decided to look to the future with a
modern
spirit
and to be open to modern culture. The Council Fathers knew that being open to
modern
culture
meant religious ecumenism and dialogue with non-believers. But afterwards very
little
was
done in that direction. I have the humility and ambition to want to do
something.
(Interview with
Eugenio Scalfari on September 24, 2013 and published on October 1st in La
Repubblica:
http://www.repubblica.it/cultura/2013/10/01/news/pope_s_conversation_with_scalfari_english-67643118/
)
If the
Christian is a restorationist, a legalist, if he wants everything clear and
safe, then he
will
find nothing. Tradition and memory of the past must help us to have the courage
to open
up new
areas to God. Those who today always look for disciplinarian solutions, those
who
long
for an exaggerated doctrinal ‘security,’ those who stubbornly try to recover a
past that no
longer
exists - they have a static and inward-directed view of things. (Interview
with Fr. Antonio
Spadaro S.J. editor
of Civiltà Cattolica on the 19, 23 and 29 August 2013:
http://w2.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/speeches/2013/september/documents/papafrancesco_
20130921_intervista-spadaro.html
)
All
Christians and men of good will are thus called today to fight not only for the
abolition of
the
death penalty, whether legal or illegal, and in all its forms, but also in
order to improve
prison
conditions, with respect for the human dignity of the people deprived of their
freedom.
And
I link this to life imprisonment. A short time ago the life sentence was taken
out of the
Vatican’s
Criminal Code. A life sentence is just a death penalty in disguise . . . These
abuses
can
only be stopped with the firm commitment of the international community to
recognize the
primacy
of the pro homine principle, meaning the dignity of the human person
above every
thing
else. (Address to the delegates of the International Association of
Penal Law, October 23, 2014:
http://m.vatican.va/content/francescomobile/en/speeches/2014/october/documents/papafrancesco_20141023_associazione-internazionale-diritto-penale.html
)
God
manifests himself in historical revelation, in history. Time initiates
processes, and space
crystallizes
them. God is in history, in the processes. We must not focus on occupying the
spaces
where power is exercised, but rather on starting long-run historical processes.
We
must
initiate processes rather than occupy spaces. God manifests himself in time and
is
present
in the processes of history. This gives priority to actions that give birth to
new
historical
dynamics. And it requires patience, waiting. (Interview with Fr.
Antonio Spadaro S.J. editor of Civiltà Cattolica on the 19, 23 and 29
August 2013:
http://w2.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/speeches/2013/september/documents/papafrancesco_
20130921_intervista-spadaro.html
)
A
constant tension exists between fullness and limitation. Fullness evokes the
desire for
complete
possession, while limitation is a wall set before us. Broadly speaking, “time”
has to
do
with fullness as an expression of the horizon which constantly opens before us,
while each
individual
moment has to do with limitation as an expression of enclosure. People live
poised
between
each individual moment and the greater, brighter horizon of the utopian future
as the
final
cause which draws us to itself. Here we see a first principle for progress in
building a
people:
time is greater than space. (Apostolic exhortation Evangelii
Gaudium, November 24, 2013, § 222 : http://w2.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/apost_exhortations/documents/papa-francesco_esortazioneap_20131124_evangelii-gaudium.html
)
I
also had a teacher for whom I had a lot of respect and developed a friendship
and who was
a
fervent communist. She often read Communist Party texts to me and gave them to
me to
read.
So I also got to know that very materialistic conception . . . Her materialism
had no
hold
over me. But learning about it through a courageous and honest person was
helpful. I
realized
a few things, an aspect of the social, which I then found in the social
doctrine of the
Church.
(Interview with Eugenio Scalfari on September 24, 2013 and
published on October 1st in La Repubblica: http://www.repubblica.it/cultura/2013/10/01/news/pope_s_conversation_with_scalfari_english-
67643118/ )
The
path chosen by the Council of Europe is above all that of promoting human
rights,
together
with the growth of democracy and the rule of law. This is a particularly
valuable
undertaking,
with significant ethical and social implications, since the development of our
societies
and their peaceful future coexistence depends on a correct understanding of
these
terms
and constant reflection on them. This reflection is one of the great
contributions which
Europe
has offered, and continues to offer, to the entire world. In your presence
today, then, I
feel
obliged to stress the importance of Europe’s continuing responsibility to
contribute to the
cultural
development of humanity . (Address to the Council of Europe in
Strasbourg on November 25, 2014: http://w2.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/speeches/2014/november/documents/papafrancesco_
20141125_strasburgo-consiglio-europa.html
)
There
are times when the faithful, in listening to completely orthodox language, take
away
something
alien to the authentic Gospel of Jesus Christ, because that language is alien
to
their
own way of speaking to and understanding one another. With the holy intent of
communicating
the truth about God and humanity, we sometimes give them a false god or a
human
ideal which is not really Christian. In this way, we hold fast to a formulation
while
failing
to convey its substance. This is the greatest danger. (Apostolic
exhortation Evangelii
Gaudium,
November 24, 2013, § 222:
http://w2.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/apost_exhortations/documents/papa-francesco_esortazioneap_20131124_evangelii-gaudium.html
)
If we
believe in the principle of the unity of the human family, based on the common
paternity
of God
the Creator, and on the fraternity of human beings, no form of political or
economic
pressure
which exploits the availability of foodstuffs can be considered acceptable.
Political
and
economic pressure: here I am thinking about our sister and mother Earth, our
planet, and
about
whether we are free from political and economic pressure and able to protect
her, to
prevent
her from self-destruction . . . Protect our Sister Earth, our Mother Earth, so
that she
does
not react with destruction. But, above all, no system of discrimination, de
facto or de
jure,
linked to the ability to access the market of foodstuffs, must be taken as a
model for
international
actions that aim to eliminate hunger . . . I also pray that the international
community
might hear the appeal of this Conference and consider it an expression of the
common
conscience of humanity: to feed the hungry, in order to save life on the
planet.
(Address to the FAO
in Rome on November 20, 2014:
http://w2.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/speeches/2014/november/documents/papa-francesco_20141120_visitafao.html
)
We,
Muslims and Christians, are the bearers of spiritual treasures of inestimable
worth.
Among
these we recognize some shared elements, though lived according to the
traditions of
each,
such as the adoration of the All-Merciful God, reference to the Patriarch
Abraham,
prayer,
almsgiving, fasting… elements which, when lived sincerely, can transform life
and
provide
a sure foundation for dignity and fraternity. Recognizing and developing our
common
spiritual
heritage – through interreligious dialogue – helps us to promote and to uphold
moral values,
peace and freedom in society. (Address to the President
of the Diyanet at the Department of Religious Affairs in Ankara on
November 28, 2014:
http://w2.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/speeches/2014/november/documents/papafrancesco_
20141128_turchia-presidenza-diyanet.html
)
I
went to Turkey as a pilgrim, not a tourist . . . when I entered the Mosque, I
couldn't say:
now,
I’m a tourist! No, it was completely religious. And I saw that wonder! The
Mufti
explained
things very well to me, with such meekness, and using the Quran, which speaks
of
Mary
and John the Baptist. He explained it all to me.... At that moment I felt the
need to pray.
So I
asked him: “Shall we pray a little?”. To which he responded: “Yes, yes”. I
prayed for
Turkey,
for peace, for the Mufti, for everyone and for myself, as I need it … I prayed,
sincerely....
Most of all, I prayed for peace, and I said: “Lord, let’s put an end to these
wars!”.
Thus, it was a moment of sincere prayer. (Press conference on
board the flight returning from Turkey on November 30, 2014:
http://w2.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/speeches/2014/november/documents/papafrancesco_
20141130_turchia-conferenza-stampa.html
)
After
extending his best wishes, the Pope asked a favor from the Ecumenical Patriarch
rarely
seen.
“I ask of you a favor: to bless me and the Church of Rome.” Pope Francis
approached
Bartholomew
I, who was visibly moved by the gesture. The Patriarch blessed the Pontiff,
kissed
his forehead and embraced him. (Pope asks ecumenical
patriarch for blessing at prayer service, November 29, 2014: http://www.zenit.org/en/articles/a-meeting-among-brothers-in-faith-charity-and-hope
)
I
believe we are moving forward in our relations with the Orthodox; they have the
sacraments
and
apostolic succession ... we are moving forward. What are we waiting for? For
theologians
to reach an agreement? That day will never come, I assure you, I'm skeptical.
Theologians
work well but remember what Athenagoras said to Paul VI: “Let's put the
theologians
on an island to discuss among themselves and we’ll just get on with things!”...
We
mustn't wait. Unity is a journey we have to take, but we need to do it
together. This is
spiritual
ecumenism: praying together, working together. There are so many works of
charity,
so
much work ... Teaching together ... Moving forward together. This is spiritual
ecumenism
... I’ll say something that a few, perhaps, are not able to understand: the
Eastern
Catholic
Churches have a right to exist, but uniatism is a dated word. We cannot speak
in
these
terms today. We need to find another way. (Press
conference on the flight returning from Turkey on November 30, 2014: http://w2.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/speeches/2014/november/documents/papafrancesco_
20141130_turchia-conferenza-stampa.html
)
Presented by Malachy Mary Igwilo, within the Holy Octave of the Sacred heart of Jesus, on the feast of Sts. Primus and Felician 9th June 2016
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