In the pulpit, were supposed to present the teaching with all of its unvarnished clarity, but when you step out of the pulpit, you have to meet people where they are and try to walk with them.

People of faith should be able to have confidence in their right to freely express and live their beliefs.

Confession has been my habitual homecoming since I was a child. It is a consolation and a joy, and such joy, our faith teaches us, is meant for everyone. It is our vocation to bring it to as many people as possible.

Everything we see in a Catholic church is there for a single purpose: to tell a love story.

What the church is really concerned about is what endures.

In the pulpit, were supposed to present the teaching with all of its unvarnished clarity, but when you step out of the pulpit, you have to meet people where they are and try to walk with them.

I can say with total conviction that it was the Holy Spirit that chose, guided the election of Pope Francis.