Grant that we may be one flock and one shepherd! Do not allow your net to be torn, help us to be servants of unity!

God is not solitude, but perfect communion. For this reason the human person, the image of God, realizes himself or herself in love, which is a sincere gift of self.

Love in truth-caritas in veritate-is a great challenge for the Church in a world that is becoming progressively and pervasively globalized. The risk for our time is that the de facto interdependence of people and nations is not matched by ethical interaction of consciences and minds that would give rise to truly human development. Only in charity, illumined by the light of reason and faith, is it possible to pursue development goals that possess a more humane and humanizing value.

The life of the community, both domestically and internationally, clearly demonstrates that respect for rights, and the guarantees that follow from them, are measures of the common good that serve to evaluate the relationship between justice and injustice, development and poverty, security and conflict.

Men and women were created for something great, for infinity. Nothing else will ever be enough.

Being a Christian means having love. That is unbelievably difficult and, at the same time, incredibly simple.

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.