A united humanity will be able to confront the many troubling problems of the present time: from the menace of terrorism to the humiliating poverty in which millions of human beings live, from the proliferation of weapons to the pandemics and the environmental destruction which threatens the future of our planet.

If a Pope clearly realizes that he is no longer physically, psychologically, and spiritually capable of handling the duties of his office, then he has a right and, under some circumstances, also an obligation to resign.

God is always faithful to His promises, but He often surprises us in the way He fulfills them.

We are moving toward a dictatorship of relativism which does not recognize anything as for certain and which has as its highest goal one's own ego and one's own desires.

The new Pope knows that his task is to make the light of Christ shine before men and women of world - not his own light, but that of Christ.

Ultimately, in the battle against lies and violence, truth and love have no other weapon than the witness of suffering.

Truth is not determined by a majority vote.