Play the Pope says game. Below are 10 quotes attributed to Pope Francis? Six of them are direct quotes from Pope Francis and four of them are not. Can you tell the difference? Answers below.

1) Pope says: “A person who thinks only about building walls, wherever they may be, and not building bridges, is not Christian. This is not the gospel,”
2) Pope says: “People who manufacture weapons or invest in weapons industries are hypocrites if they call themselves Christian”.
3) Pope says: “People who taken money intended for poor and spend it on investment that do not benefit the poor are not living according to Gospel.”
4) Pope says: “The true strength of the Christian is the power of truth and love, which leads to the renunciation of all violence. Faith and violence are incompatible.”
5) Pope says: “Whatever you do for poor and marginalized you do for Jesus.”
6) Pope says: “Among our tasks as witnesses to the love of Christ is that of giving a voice to the cry of the poor.”
7) Pope says: “Why are deadly weapons being sold to those who plan to inflict untold suffering on individuals and society? Sadly, the answer, as we all know, is simply for money: money that is drenched in blood, often innocent blood. In the face of this shameful and culpable silence, it is our duty to confront the problem and to stop the arms trade.”
8) Pope says: “Catholic Universities should not teach war and killing on campus”.
9) Pope says: “… War is madness. Whereas God carries forward the work of creation, and we men and women are called to participate in his work, war destroys. It also ruins the most beautiful work of his hands: human beings. War ruins everything, even the bonds between brothers. War is irrational; its only plan is to bring destruction; it seeks to grow by destroying.”
10) Pope says: “God will judge nations on how they care for poor, weak, ill and marginalized.”

Answers:
1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 9 are direct quotes of Pope Francis
3, 5, 8, 10 are not.
The point of this game is to show how consistent the Pope is about following the Gospel. All quotes are in the spirit of the Gospel of Jesus Christ and could have been quotes of the Pope.

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