We can not communicate with the Lord if we do not communicate with each other. If we want to present ourselves to him, we must take a step towards meeting one another. To do this we must learn the great lesson of forgiveness: we must not let the gnawings of resentment work in our soul but must open our hearts to the magnanimity of listening to others, open our hearts to understanding them, eventually to accepting their apologies, to generously offering our own.

Standards of conduct appropriate to civil society or the workings of a democracy cannot be purely and simply applied to the Church.

Est autem fides sperandarum substantia rerum, argumentum non apparentium. – Faith is the hypostasis of things hoped for; the proof of things not seen.

Christ had a specific evangelizing goal in mind when he prayed at the Last Supper that all his disciples 'be one...'The Church's evangelizing mission, therefore, moves along the path of ecumenism, the path of unity of faith, of evangelical witness and authentic fraternity.

Enough with the slaughters. Enough with the violence. Enough with the hatred in Iraq!

The world needs transparent lives, clear souls, pure minds that refuse to be perceived as mere objects of pleasure.

Anyone who has discovered Christ must lead others to him. A great joy cannot be kept to oneself. It has to be passed on.