I don't live in the papal residence. I live in a simple apartment behind the Vatican gas station.

The one who listens attentively to the Word of God and truly prays, always asks the Lord: what is your will for me?

The cross of Christ, embraced with love, never brings sadness with it, but joy, the joy of being saved and of doing a little of what he did on the day of his death.

God never gives someone a gift they are not capable of receiving. If he gives us the gift of Christmas, it is because we all have the ability to understand and receive it.

The crucifix does not signify defeat or failure. It reveals to us the Love that overcomes evil and sin.

We cannot keep ourselves shut up in parishes, in our communities, when so many people are waiting for the Gospel!

The Cross of Christ bears the suffering and the sin of mankind, including our own. Jesus accepts all this with open arms, bearing on His shoulders our crosses and saying to us: 'Have courage! You do not carry your cross alone! I carry it with you. I have overcome death and I have come to give you hope, to give you life' (John 3:16).