Quotes From Pope Francis

Quotes From

Pope Francis

(from “America” magazine)

September 30, 2013

          

           “We must not reduce the bosom of the universal church to a nest protecting mediocrity.”

“We should not even think, therefore, that ‘thinking with the church’ means only thinking with the hierarchy of the church.”

“The church sometimes has locked itself up in small things, in small-minded rules.”

“The people of God want pastors, not clergy acting like bureaucrats or government officials.”

“The proclamation of the saving love of God comes before moral and religious imperatives.”