Mary's greatness consists in the fact that she wants to magnify God, not herself.

I, retired in prayer, will always be with you, and together we will move ahead with the Lord in certainty. The Lord is victorious.

It was easy to know the doctrine. It's much harder to help a billion people live it.

It is true that the Muslim world is not totally mistaken when it reproaches the West of Christian tradition of moral decadence and the manipulation of human life. ... Islam has also had moments of great splendor and decadence in the course of its history.

A theologian who does not love art, poetry, music and nature can be dangerous. Blindness and deafness toward the beautiful are not incidental; they necessarily are reflected in his theology.

Make sure that every person, of whatever background, can find in you a welcoming heart.

The fundamental task of the evangelization of culture is the challenge to make God visible in the human face of Jesus.