The more administrative machinery we construct, be it the most modern, the less place there is for the Spirit, the less place there is for the Lord, and the less freedom there is. It is my opinion that we ought to begin an unsparing examination of conscience on this point at all levels in the Church.

Forgiveness is not substitute for justice.

Poverty is a plague against which humanity must fight without cease.

From the point of view of the Christian faith, man comes in the profoundest sense to himself not through what he does but through what he accepts. He must wait for the gift of love, and love can only be received as a gift... One must wait for it, let it be given to one. And one cannot become wholly man in any other way than by being loved, by letting oneself be loved... If he declines to let himself be presented with the gift, then he destroys himself.

God came into the world to reawaken the thirst for great things in us.

The missionary experience is part of Christian formation and it is important for adolescents and young people to be able to live it personally.

Reason always stands in need of being purified by faith