We cannot sleep peacefully while babies are dying of hunger and the elderly are without medical assistance

In our families we learn to love and to recognise the dignity of all, especially of the elderly

The one thing that the Catholic Church desires, and that I seek as Bishop of Rome, “the Church which presides in charity”, is communion with the Orthodox Churches.

Let us pray for the many Christians in the world who still suffer persecution and violence. May God grant them the courage of fidelity.

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

We have, in a sense, lorded it over nature, over Sister Earth, over Mother Earth, i think man has gone too far.

Every religion has its dignity ... in freedom of expression there are limits.