Pope Francis stressed that “slavery, like colonialism, is not a thing of the past ...”

"The Catholic Church recognizes God at work in the world and in other people, he said. Its vision, and its heart, is as expansive as the sky over the Mongolian steppe." - Pope Francis

Pope Francis: Our Lady of Guadalupe and other recognized Marian apparitions show clearly how evangelization does not require complicated plans.

Pope Francis’ intention for August is for World Youth Day Aug. 1-6 in Lisbon: We pray the World Youth Day in Lisbon will help young people to live and witness the Gospel in their own lives.

“The childlike are those who, like children, feel needy and not self-sufficient; they are open to God and let themselves be astonished by his works ...” - Pope Francis

“Jesus, however, says not to fear, not because everything will be all right in the world, no, but because we are precious to his Father and nothing that is good will be lost,” (said Pope Francis).

Christians, he said, should ask themselves whether they are living in harmony with what they believe, “Am I consistent, or am I a little ‘so-so’?”

Pope Francis told the young people of today to act on their restlessness by looking to St. Francis Xavier to help so many in the world who need Jesus.

At his weekly general audience May 3, the pope reflected on his visit April 28-30 to Budapest, Hungary.

Pope Francis' April 19 General Audience - also, commemorating 10 years since his election.

Faith is a gift that must be shared with others, Pope Francis said at his weekly general audience.

Pope Francis: “Lent is a time of truth, a time to drop the masks we put on each day to appear perfect in the eyes of the world ..."

“Place your life under the Word of God. All of us, even the pastors of the church, are under the authority of the Word of God." - Pope Francis

“Today, amid the lethargy that dulls our senses, ... the shepherds are summoning us to set out and get involved in our world, to dirty our hands and to do some good,” Pope Francis said.

Just two minutes, but it will do you good, I promise,” the pope told visitors at his weekly general audience Nov. 30.

“We need to read our lives” ... and “see the things that are not good but also the good things that God sows in us.” - Pope Francis

Pope Francis continued his talks on discernment, saying that knowing oneself requires patience and awareness of self, distinguishing between feelings and spiritual faculties.

Kazakhstan – home to 150 ethnic groups and more than 80 languages – has a “vocation of being a country of encounter, of culture, of language,” the pope said.

Pope Francis called on all Christians to “hope for this fullness of life that awaits us all...”

Pope Francis encouraged Christians, especially the elderly, to live their final years of life “in the expectation of the Lord” because in old age, Jesus’ promise becomes “transparent..."