The Argentine Jesuit, leader of the Catholic Church since 2013, had spent 38 days hospitalized for serious pneumonia and after being discharged on March 23, it seemed weakened, although he participated on Sunday, April 20 in the celebration of Easter.
Pope Francis used to use a simple and direct language to send his messages to Catholics and the world.
Are They are some of his most remembered phrases during his pontificate years.
Poverty
“How I would like a poor church for the poor!”
(March 16, 2013, three days after your choice)
Women
“Theologian women in the church are like strawberries in the cake, they need more (…), they offer new contributions to theological reflection.”
(December 5, 2014 against women theologians)
Soporiferous prayer
“I also pray, sometimes I fall asleep.”
(October 31, 2017 during a television interview)
Amazon
“The shout of the poor, along with that of the earth, came from the Amazon. After these three weeks we cannot pretend that we have not heard it.”
(October 27, 2019 during the Synod on the Amazon, in the Vatican)
Coprophilia from the media
“I think that the media must be very clear, very transparent, and, without the intention of offending, not falling into the disease of coprophilia, which is always wanting to cover scandals and unpleasant things, even if they are true.”
(December 7, 2016 during an interview – co -ophilia designates attraction to fecal materials)
Mass without cell phone
“It gives me so much sadness when I celebrate here in the square or in the Basilica and I see so many mobile phones raised. Not only of faithful, but also of priests and even bishops. Please! Mass is not a show.”
(Audience of November 8, 2017 in the Plaza de San Pedro)
“Diseases” of curia
The Pope presented a list of fifteen “diseases” that threaten the prelates of the curia (the governing bodies of the Church), such as the “spiritual Alzheimer of the “indifference towards others” and that of the “funeral face.”
(December 22, 2014 in your Christmas message to the Curia)
Old Europe
“From many parts, a general impression of fatigue and aging, from an old Europe that is no longer fertile or alive.”
(November 25, 2014 before the MEPs in Strasbourg, France)
Temptations
Referring to the “quarantine”, the Argentine term to talk about the crisis of those who turn 40, the Pope admitted: “We have bad temptations at that time, temptations that we would never have thought to have before.” “You don’t have to be ashamed, but you have to eradicate them right away,” he said.
(February 17, 2018 during a meeting with the clergy)
Like rabbits
“Some believe, forgive the expression, that to be good and Catholic, we have to be like rabbits.”
(January 19, 2015 on the plane that took him to Rome from the Philippines)
Punch
“If my mother speaks badly, a pista can be expected (…) it cannot be caused, you cannot insult the faith of others. You cannot make fun of faith.”
(January 15, 2015, when asked about the freedom of expression of the cartoonists, on the plane that transported him to Manila, days after the jihadist attack against the writing of the satirical weekly ‘Charlie Hebdo’ in Paris)
Hitman
“Is it fair to hire a hitman to solve a problem? You can’t. It is not fair to eliminate a human life, however small, to solve a problem. It’s like hiring a hitman to solve a problem,” he stressed during a homily dedicated to the commandment “You will not kill”, in which he alluded to abortion.
(October 10, 2018 in the Plaza de San Pedro del Vaticano)
White glove eugenics
“In the last century, everyone was scandalized by what the Nazis did to preserve the purity of the race. Today, we do the same with white glove,” said the Pope when talking about abortion in case of malformation of the fetus.
(June 16, 2018, upon receiving representatives of family associations in the Vatican)
Tinder
“Young people have that desire to meet and that is very good,” Francisco replied to a young Spanish -speaking in a documentary, in which he asked about the application of Tinder contacts, which the pontiff seemed to discover.