The real 'action' in the liturgy in which we are all supposed to participate is the action of God himself. This is what is new and distinctive about the Christian liturgy: God himself acts and does what is essential.

The freedom to kill is not a true freedom, but a tyranny that reduces human beings to slavery.

The essence of Christianity...is an ever-new encounter with... the God who speaks to us, who approaches us and who befriends us!

You must know your faith with the same precision with which a specialist in information technology knows the operating system of a computer.

The evangelization of the person and of human communities depends totally on this encounter with Jesus Christ.

We celebrate [Easter] because now, thanks to the risen Lord, it is definitively established that reason is stronger than unreason, truth stronger than lies, love stronger than death.

Our faith is well founded; but it is necessary that this faith become part of our lives. A great effort must therefore be made in order for all Christians to transform themselves into 'witnesses,' ready and able to shoulder the commitment of testifying - always and to everyone - to the hope that animates them.