People are needed to take up the challenge, strong people, who proclaim the truth, throw it in people's faces, and do what they can with their own two hands.

My family background was deeply Christian.

I came from a wealthy family. I made over my share of the estate to various charities.

Those seven years in the cloister were the key to my life.

When they are assailed by despair, young people should let universal concerns into their lives.

Illness has always brought me nearer to a state of grace.

The process of my transformation came to a head with my discovery of St. Francis of Assisi during a pilgrimage I went on with a scout troop from my school.