Pope Francis
Pope of the Catholic Church from 2013 to 2025 (1936 to 2025), born Jorge Mario Bergoglio in Buenos Aires; the first pope from the Americas.
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Facing so much suffering, the only course is to act as the Good Samaritan did, not to walk by
Their wordsIn the face of so much pain and suffering, our only course is to imitate the Good Samaritan. Any other decision would make us either one of the robbers or one of those who walked by without showing compassion for the sufferings of the man on the roadside.
↗Fratelli tutti, encyclical on fraternity and social friendship (3 October 2020)vatican.va All 2 from this book
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Do not decide who counts as your neighbour: make yourself a neighbour to anyone who suffers
Their wordsIn other words, he challenges us to put aside all differences and, in the face of suffering, to draw near to others with no questions asked. I should no longer say that I have neighbours to help, but that I must myself be a neighbour to others.
↗Fratelli tutti, encyclical on fraternity and social friendship (3 October 2020)vatican.va All 2 from this book
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Faith leads a believer to see in every other person a brother or sister to support and love
Their wordsFaith leads a believer to see in the other a brother or sister to be supported and loved.
↗A Document on Human Fraternity for World Peace and Living Together, signed in Abu Dhabi by Pope Francis and the Grand Imam of al-Azhar (4 February 2019)vatican.va 1st of 6 in this piece
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Their wordsMoreover, we resolutely declare that religions must never incite war, hateful attitudes, hostility and extremism, nor must they incite violence or the shedding of blood. These tragic realities are the consequence of a deviation from religious teachings.
↗A Document on Human Fraternity for World Peace and Living Together, signed in Abu Dhabi by Pope Francis and the Grand Imam of al-Azhar (4 February 2019)vatican.va 3rd of 6 in this piece
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Their wordsThe pluralism and the diversity of religions, colour, sex, race and language are willed by God in His wisdom, through which He created human beings.
↗A Document on Human Fraternity for World Peace and Living Together, signed in Abu Dhabi by Pope Francis and the Grand Imam of al-Azhar (4 February 2019)vatican.va 5th of 6 in this piece