Domus Sanctae Marthae Archives

God loves, chooses, is faithful to those who are meek, pope says
- Catholic News Service, Vatican
- June 23, 2017
“You did not choose. It was he who chose you, he called you and he bound himself to you and this is our faith,” Pope Francis said in his homily during Mass at Domus Sanctae Marthae where he lives. “He chooses the smallest, not the greatest, the smallest, and reveals himself to the little ones.”
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Hypocrisy kills the Christian community, pope says at morning Mass
- Catholic News Service, Vatican
- June 6, 2017
“Hypocrisy is not the language of Jesus. Hypocrisy is not the language of Christians. A Christian cannot be a hypocrite and a hypocrite cannot be a Christian. This is very clear,” Pope Francis said in his homily during morning Mass. “Hypocrisy can kill a community.”
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Mercy toward others implies taking risks, suffering, pope says
- Catholic News Service, Vatican
- June 5, 2017
“How many, beginning with Pius XII, took risks to hide Jews so that they wouldn’t be killed, so that they wouldn’t be deported!” Pope Francis said during morning Mass in the Domus Sanctae Marthae. “They risked their skin! But it was a work of mercy to save the lives of those people!”
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Ideological fanatics divide the Christian community, pope says

During his homily at Domus Sanctae Marthae, Pope Francis warned of the dangers of when “doctrine becomes ideology.” Those who “divide the Christian community,” the pope added, do so because their “hearts are closed to the work of the Holy Spirit.”

Pope Francis: Death penalty is inadmissible

“Today, we say that the death penalty is inadmissible,” Pope Francis said during his morning Mass at Domus Sanctae Marthae where he lives. Slavery “is a mortal sin; today we say this. Back then, some would say that this could be done because these people did not have a soul!”

God’s tenderness can soften the hardest hearts, pope says

A person with a pagan heart does “not know that the Word became flesh, that the Word is a witness to obedience,” Pope Francis said during his morning Mass. “They do not know that God’s tenderness is able to take out a heart of stone and put in its place a heart of flesh.”