Pope Francis: “To be Christian isn’t about appearances or social conduct, it isn’t putting a bit of makeup on the soul so that it’s a little more beautiful.”

Pope Francis: “The choice is between God and other gods who do not have the power to give us anything other than trivial, pithy little things that pass.”

Pope Francis: “The little ones, the weak, the poor must provoke our tenderness.”

Pope Francis: “Lord, help us to live the virtue of generosity, to love without limits.”

Pope Francis: “Indifferent individualism leads to the cult of opulence reflected in the throwaway culture all around us. We have a surfeit of unnecessary things, but we no longer have the capacity to build authentic human relationships marked by truth and mutual respect.”

Bishop Robert McElroy: “All forms of marginalization which deny the dignity of the human person are antithetical to the Gospel and repugnant to God.”

Pope Francis: “Never refuse baptism to those who request it.”