2019-10-30 - The protagonist of the Church's mission, is the Holy Spirit, Who guides the path of evangelizers, showing them the way to follow. Let us ask the Holy Spirit for an open heart, sensitive to God and hospitable towards our brothers and sisters. #GeneralAudience #MissionaryOctober
2019-09-14 - Today the Church asks us to contemplate the glorious Cross of Our Lord. Though He was God, Christ humbled Himself by becoming a servant. This is the glory of the Cross of Jesus!
2019-09-08 - Happy are you, happy is the Church of the poor and for the poor, for she lives imbued with the fragrance of her Lord, she lives joyfully proclaiming the Good News to the throw-aways of the earth, to those who are God's favorites. #ApostolicJourney #Madagascar
2019-06-24 - The example of Saint John the Baptist invites us to be a Church that is always at the service of the Word of God; a Church that does not want to draw attention to itself, but to Jesus Christ.
2019-04-02 - The Church is young when she receives ever anew the strength born of God’s Word, the Eucharist, and the daily presence of Christ and the power of His Spirit in our lives. The Church is young when she shows herself capable of constantly returning to her source. #ChristusVivit
2019-01-05 - The Church grows in silence, in prayer, and with the good works that give witness.
2018-12-26 - The Church grows with the blood of the martyrs, men and women who give their lives for Jesus. Today there are many, even if they do not make the headlines.
2018-11-27 - This week the Church invites us to ask ourselves: what state do I want the Lord to find me in when He calls? #SantaMarta
2018-10-24 - This Synod is intended to be a sign of the Church that truly listens and that doesn’t always have a ready-made answer. #Synod2018
2018-10-21 - The transmission of the faith, heart of the Church's mission, comes about by the "infectiousness" of love. #Missio https://w2.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/messages/missions/documents/papa-francesco_20180520_giornata-missionaria2018.html
2018-10-01 - We fly to Thy protection, O Holy Mother of God. Do not despise our petitions in our necessities, but deliver us always from all dangers, O Glorious and Blessed Virgin. #PrayForTheChurch
2018-09-20 - We ask that Jesus protect our Church always, that He protect Her with His mercy, granting each one of us His forgiveness. #SantaMarta
2018-08-14 - Still today there are so many martyrs, so many who are persecuted for the love of Christ. They are the real strength of the Church!
2018-08-01 - Every Church member has a responsibility to become holy, by taking care of others.
2018-06-09 - Mary is exactly what God wants His Church to be: a loving and humble Mother, poor in possessions but rich in love.
2018-05-23 - A Church that loves the poor is always tuned to the God Channel. It never loses the Gospel signal.
2018-05-20 - Holy Spirit, you who sustain the Church, come down upon us again, teach us unity, renew our hearts, and help us to love as Jesus taught us.
2018-04-15 - The Church is young because the Gospel is its lifeblood and regenerates it constantly.
2018-04-11 - Holiness is the most attractive face of the Church. #SaintsToday
2017-11-19 - On this day, I invite the entire Church to keep its gaze fixed on those who hold out their hands asking for our solidarity.
2017-11-04 - The Church needs faithful people who proclaim the Gospel with enthusiasm and wisdom, instilling hope and faith.
2017-10-22 - On this day, let us remember that the Church is missionary by nature: mission is at the heart of Christian faith. #Missio
2017-10-21 - The Church is truly alive if it is maternal and missionary and goes out to meet others.
2017-08-25 - Being men and women of the Church means being men and women of communion.
2017-08-07 - Forgiveness sets our hearts free and allows us to start anew. Forgiveness gives hope. Without forgiveness, the Church is not built up.
2017-06-23 - Go forth and reach out to all people at the margins of society! Go there and be the Church, with the strength of the Holy Spirit.
2017-06-13 - In his passion, Jesus took upon himself all our suffering. He knows the meaning of pain, he understands and comforts us, giving us strength.
2017-06-12 - The Church shines forth when she is missionary, welcoming, free, faithful, poor in means and rich in love.
2017-06-11 - The Feast of the Most Holy Trinity invites us to be a leaven of communion, consolation and mercy.
2017-06-09 - Each one of us, as a living member of the Body of Christ, is called to work for unity and peace.
2017-06-07 - The Church needs everyday saints, those of ordinary life carried out with coherence.
2017-03-16 - The Church wishes to be close to each person with the love, compassion and consolation that come from Christ.
2016-12-07 - The Church does not grow through proselytism, but by attraction. (EG 14).
2016-11-20 - We entrust the life of the Church, all humanity, and the entire cosmos to the Lord, asking him to pour out his mercy upon us.
2016-09-15 - The Church is called to walk with Jesus on the roads of the world, in order to meet the humanity of today.
2016-09-14 - The Church’s forgiveness must be every bit as broad as that offered by Jesus on the Cross and by Mary at his feet.
2016-04-17 - Each vocation in the Church has its origin in the compassionate gaze of Jesus, who forgives us and calls us to follow Him.
2016-04-12 - The way of the Church is not to condemn anyone for ever, it is to pour out the balm of God’s mercy.
2016-04-12 - The Church must pattern her behavior after the Son of God who went out to everyone without exception.
2016-04-12 - To understand, forgive, accompany and integrate. That is the mindset which should prevail in the Church.
2016-04-11 - The divorced who have entered a new union should be made to feel part of the Church. They are not excommunicated.
2016-04-08 - The Joy of Love experienced by families is also the joy of the Church.
2016-03-18 - The greater the sin, the greater the love that must be shown by the Church to those who repent.
2016-03-17 - No one can be excluded from the mercy of God. The Church is the house where everyone is welcomed and no one is rejected.
2015-07-21 - The Church is called to be ever more attentive and caring toward the weak.
2015-06-27 - The Church is a mother with an open heart, ready to help all people, especially those who try the hardest.
2015-06-13 - Today the Church is a Church of martyrs, so many heroic witnesses. May we learn from their courage.
2015-05-16 - It is better to have a Church that is wounded but out in the streets than a Church that is sick because it is closed in on itself.
2015-01-16 - The Philippines bear witness to the youthfulness and vitality of the Church.
2014-12-02 - The Church is called to draw near to every person, beginning with the poorest and those who suffer.
2014-11-08 - The Church is ever on a journey, seeking new ways to announce the Gospel.
2014-10-30 - The principal mission of the Church is evangelization, bringing the Good News to everyone.
2014-08-17 - Let us pray that the Church be holier and more humble, loving God by serving the poor, the lonely and the sick.
2013-11-26 - The Church is missionary. Christ sends us forth to bring the joy of the Gospel to the whole world.