As Christians, we have an additional reason to love and serve the poor; for in them we see the face and the flesh of Christ, who made himself poor so to enrich us with his poverty.

Every expression of true beauty can be acknowledged as a path leading to an encounter with the Lord Jesus.

Life rejuvenates and acquires energy when it multiplies: It is enriched, not impoverished.

How many young people, how many young people of our Europe, whom we have left empty of ideals, who do not have work... they take drugs, alcohol, or go there to enlist in fundamentalist groups.

Avoiding pregnancy is not an absolute evil.

A way has to be found to enable everyone to benefit from the fruits of the earth, and not simply to close the gap between the affluent and those who must be satisfied with the crumbs falling from the table, but above all to satisfy the demands of justice, fairness and respect for every human being.

Sometimes it is possible to live without knowing our neighbours: this is not Christian