Argentinian - Clergyman | December 17, 1936 -
We just cannot worry about ourselves.
Pope Francis
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I am always wary of decisions made hastily. I am always wary of the first decision, that is, the first thing that comes to my mind if I have to make a decision. This is usually the wrong thing. I have to wait and assess, looking deep into myself, taking the necessary time.
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We must not reduce the bosom of the universal church to a nest protecting our mediocrity.
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My authoritarian and quick manner of making decisions led me to have serious problems and to be accused of being ultraconservative. I have never been a right-winger. It was my authoritarian way of making decisions that created problems.
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Every child that isn't born, but is unjustly condemned to be aborted, has the face of Jesus Christ, has the face of the Lord.
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The confessional is not a torture chamber, but the place in which the Lord's mercy motivates us to do better.
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We have to work harder to develop a profound theology of women within the church. The feminine genius is needed wherever we make important decisions.
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Politics is the most important of the civil activities and has its own field of action, which is not that of religion.
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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?... It is necessary to accompany them with mercy.
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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.
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You cannot be a conscious Christian without St. Paul. He translated the teachings of Christ into a doctrinal structure that, even with the additions of a vast number of thinkers, theologians and pastors, has resisted and still exists after two thousand years.
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Anyone who wants to be pope doesn't care much for themselves, God doesn't bless them. I didn't want to be pope.
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