A Future of Faith Quotes

“But can you speak of a “just war”? Or even a “defensive war”? Because the only just thing is peace.”
― Pope Francis, A Future of Faith: The Path of Change in Politics and Society

“Morality is a consequence of the encounter with Jesus Christ.”
― Pope Francis, A Future of Faith: The Path of Change in Politics and Society

“there cannot be a Church of Jesus Christ that is far from the people.”
― Pope Francis, A Future of Faith: The Path of Change in Politics and Society

“there is no true communication without selflessness.”
― Pope Francis, A Future of Faith: The Path of Change in Politics and Society

“It’s in silence that the capacity for listening is born, the capacity for understanding, trying to understand, suffering when you can’t understand.”
― Pope Francis, A Future of Faith: The Path of Change in Politics and Society

“The Church preaches more with its hands than with its words.”
― Pope Francis, A Future of Faith: The Path of Change in Politics and Society

“The Church has to enter into the people, it must be the people, make the people grow, and the culture of the people.”
― Pope Francis, A Future of Faith: The Path of Change in Politics and Society

“Fundamentalists lock themselves up in their own identity and don’t want to hear anything else.”
― Pope Francis, A Future of Faith: The Path of Change in Politics and Society

“Proselytism destroys unity. And that’s why interreligious dialogue does not mean making everyone agree, it means walking together, each with his or her own identity.”
― Pope Francis, A Future of Faith: The Path of Change in Politics and Society

“In tense situations, then, we must not seek synthesis, because synthesis can destroy everything; we must tend toward the polyhedron, toward the unity that preserves all diversities, all identities.”
― Pope Francis, A Future of Faith: The Path of Change in Politics and Society

“Those who have stood up for centuries to denounce injustice and inequality have often established a direct connection between the political message and spirituality.”
― Pope Francis, A Future of Faith: The Path of Change in Politics and Society