By Sakshi Sah
Published Apr 22, 2025

Hindustan Times
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5 inspiring quotes by Pope Francis

Pope Francis died on Monday at the age of 88 after a prolonged health battle.

He became the first Latin American pope and was loved for standing with the poor and the weak.

Here are some powerful quotes by Pope Francis.

A selfish and boundless thirst for power and material prosperity leads to the misuse of available natural resources and the exclusion of the weak and disadvantaged.

On Environment

Hostility, extremism, and violence are not born of a religious heart; they are betrayals of religion.

On War

If a person is gay and seeks God and has good will, who am I to judge him?

On LGBTQ Rights

We must not be taken aback by their numbers, but rather view them as persons, seeing their faces and listening to their stories.

On Immigration

To depict the Pope as a sort of superman, a sort of star, seems offensive to me. The Pope is a man who laughs, cries, sleeps tranquilly and has friends like everyone else, a normal person.

On His Global Fame

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