One who has hope lives differently.

Islam has a total organization of life that is completely different from ours; it embraces simply everything,...There is a very marked subordination of woman to man; there is a very tightly knit criminal law, indeed, a law regulating all areas of life, that is opposed to our modern ideas about society. One has to have a clear understanding that it is not simply a denomination that can be included in the free realm of a pluralistic society.

Experience shows that disregard for the environment always harms human coexistence, and vice versa. It becomes more and more evident that there is an inseparable link between peace with creation and peace among men.

An authentic updating of sacred music can take place only in the lineage of the great tradition of the past, of Gregorian chant and of sacred polyphony.

I am convinced that music really is the universal language of beauty which can bring together all people of good will on earth

The Catechism was not written to please you. It will not make life easy for you, because it demands of you a new life.

God of peace, bring your peace to our violent world: peace in the hearts of all men and women and peace among the nations of the Earth.