“In a world dominated by appearances ...," Pope Francis wrote,, people need to cultivate the virtue of prudence to direct their actions toward what is good.

Pope Francis had asked the commission to ensure the compliance of local churches with “Vos Estis Lux Mundi” – his 2019 decree, updated in 2023, which revised and clarified norms and procedures for holding bishops and religious superiors accountable.

Pope Francis said we are invited to listen to the heart in contact with the truth.

The kind of sorrow that leads one to lose hope in God “must be fought resolutely and with every strength...

Continuing a new series of audience talks about vices and virtues, the pope reflected on the vice of gluttony.

“Let’s continue to pray for the serious situation in Israel and Palestine. Peace, please, peace,” the pope said.

The first people who need to be evangelized are Christians themselves, Pope Francis said.

“We ask the Lord for peace, so that people will no longer kill each other in wars” -- Pope Francis

“The first step in evangelizing,” the pope said, is to “fall head over heels” for Jesus ...

“I express my closeness to the families and victims,” Pope Francis said. “I am praying for them and for all who are living hours of terror and anguish.”

Pope Francis stressed that “slavery, like colonialism, is not a thing of the past ...”

"The Catholic Church recognizes God at work in the world and in other people, he said. Its vision, and its heart, is as expansive as the sky over the Mongolian steppe." - Pope Francis

Pope Francis: Our Lady of Guadalupe and other recognized Marian apparitions show clearly how evangelization does not require complicated plans.

Pope Francis’ intention for August is for World Youth Day Aug. 1-6 in Lisbon: We pray the World Youth Day in Lisbon will help young people to live and witness the Gospel in their own lives.

“The childlike are those who, like children, feel needy and not self-sufficient; they are open to God and let themselves be astonished by his works ...” - Pope Francis

“Jesus, however, says not to fear, not because everything will be all right in the world, no, but because we are precious to his Father and nothing that is good will be lost,” (said Pope Francis).

Christians, he said, should ask themselves whether they are living in harmony with what they believe, “Am I consistent, or am I a little ‘so-so’?”

Pope Francis told the young people of today to act on their restlessness by looking to St. Francis Xavier to help so many in the world who need Jesus.

At his weekly general audience May 3, the pope reflected on his visit April 28-30 to Budapest, Hungary.

Pope Francis' April 19 General Audience - also, commemorating 10 years since his election.