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.

Nature expresses a design of love and truth.

God's heart calls to our hearts, inviting us to come out of ourselves, to forsake our human certainties, to trust in him and, by following his example, to make ourselves a gift of unbounded love.

Young people in particular, I appeal to you: bear witness to your faith through the digital world!....Employ these new technologies to make the Gospel known, so that the Good News of God's infinite love for all people, will resound in new ways across our increasingly technological world!

Celibacy is not a matter of compulsion. Someone is accepted as a priest only when he does it of his own accord.

The horizon of love is truly boundless: it is the whole world!

A good school provides a rounded education for the whole person. And a good Catholic school, over and above this, should help all its students to become saints.