HOLY FATHER POPE FRANCIS IN MEMORIAM

Pope Francis

“Each day we have to decide whether to be Good Samaritans or indifferent bystanders.”

POPE FRANCIS 1936 - 2025

“Charity – caritas – is our very life; it is what makes us ‘be’ what we are.”

POPE FRANCIS 1936 - 2025

“We must restore hope to young people, help the old, be open to the future, spread love. Be poor among the poor.”

POPE FRANCIS 1936 - 2025

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