[Pope Francis ] is taken a selfie!He's a tremendous breath of fresh air.

I've often been a little concerned by people who say they are color-blind, people who claim, in some ways, not to be aware of race, and I hope that those who will be looking for a vision of the future will be a little more honest, and say race actually does matter.

I wonder whether they have rum and Coke in Heaven? Maybe it's too mundane a pleasure, but I hope so -- as a sundowner. Except, of course, the sun never goes down there. Oh, man, this heaven is going to take some getting used to.

There comes a point where we need to stop just pulling people out of the river. We need to go upstream and find out why they're falling in.

We are each made for goodness, love and compassion. Our lives are transformed as much as the world is when we live with these truths.

I am because other people are.

Our lives are a response to a love that we already have received.