Habemus quotes

A window to Pope Franci's mindset

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I prefer a church that is bruised, hungry and dirty

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You must not teach just content, but the values and customs of life. A computer can teach content.

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I think the devil is punishing Mexico with great fury.

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In Buenos Aires, I was a rover.

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God is not afraid of new things.

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Evolution in nature is not inconsistent with the notion of creation, because evolution requires the creation of beings that evolve.

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Corruption stinks.

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I must say, sometimes I have felt used by the [argentinian] politics.

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I ask the Lord (...) that this persecution against Christians, which the world tries to hide, might end, and that there may be peace.

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Do you know how an Argentinian commits suicide? He climbs up his ego and then jumps off.

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The only thing I would like is to go out one day, without being recognised, and go to a pizzeria for a pizza.

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One time I heard a father say ‘At times I have to hit my children a bit, but never in the face so as not to humiliate them'. That’s great. He had a sense of dignity.

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Sometimes I doze off, the fatigue of the day makes you fall asleep. But God understands.

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I didn’t want to be pope.

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From the start [of my papacy] I said to myself: ‘Jorge, don´t change, just keep on being yourself’.

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How I would like a church that is poor and for the poor.

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I am a sinner.