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I always felt my motto, Miserando atque Eligendo [By Having Mercy and by Choosing Him], was very true for me.... I think the Latin gerund miserando is impossible to translate in both Italian and Spanish. I like to translate it with another gerund that does not exist: misericordiando [“mercy-ing”].
Pope Francis, in an interview published September 19, 2013
[T]here are particular issues, like the liturgy according to the Vetus Ordo. I think the decision of Pope Benedict [his decision of July 7, 2007, to allow a wider use of the Tridentine Mass] was prudent and motivated by the desire to help people who have this sensitivity. What is worrying, though, is the risk of the ideologization of the Vetus Ordo, its exploitation.
Pope Francis, in an interview published September 19, 2013
Vatican II produced a renewal movement that simply comes from the same Gospel. Its fruits are enormous.
Pope Francis, in an interview published September 19, 2013
The feminine genius is needed wherever we make important decisions. The challenge today is this: to think about the specific place of women also in those places where the authority of the church is exercised for various areas of the church.
Pope Francis, in an interview published September 19, 2013
The woman is essential for the church. Mary, a woman, is more important than the bishops. I say this because we must not confuse the function with the dignity. We must therefore investigate further the role of women in the church. We have to work harder to develop a profound theology of the woman.
Pope Francis, in an interview published September 19, 2013
Women are asking deep questions that must be addressed.
Pope Francis, in an interview published September 19, 2013
I am wary of a solution that can be reduced to a kind of ‘female machismo,’ because a woman has a different make-up than a man.
Pope Francis, in an interview published September 19, 2013
We must walk united with our differences: there is no other way to become one. This is the way of Jesus.
Pope Francis, in an interview published September 19, 2013
