In the last resort, a love of God without love of humanity is no love at all.

I don't cling to earthly life because I believe in eternal life. That's the big distinction between my point of view and a purely secular position.

Time and again we see leaders and members of religions incite aggression, fanaticism, hate, and xenophobia - even inspire and legitimate violent and bloody conflicts.

As a matter of fact, you have deficiencies in all religions, but you have truth in all religions.

Religion often is misused for purely power-political goals, including war.

Hundreds of millions of human beings on our planet increasingly suffer from unemployment, poverty, hunger, and the destruction of their families.

A human person is infinitely precious and must be unconditionally protected.