Above all I ask leaders and legislators and the entire international community above all to confront the reality of those who have been displaced by force, with effective projects and new approaches in order to protect their dignity, to improve the quality of their life and to face the challenges that are emerging from modern forms of persecution, oppression and slavery.

Every conflict is emblematic of the throwaway culture.

God asks everything of us, yet at the same time he offers everything to us.

Joy cannot be held at heel: it must be let go. Joy is a pilgrim virtue. It is a gift that walks, walks on the path of life, that walks with Jesus: preaching, proclaiming Jesus, proclaiming joy, lengthens and widens that path.

Proceed calmly in life.

Wherever there are men and women who have consecrated their lives to God, there you find joy.

Some people believe that - pardon my language - in order to be good Catholics, we should be like rabbits. No.