Today in many places we hear a call for greater security. But until exclusion and inequality in society and between peoples is reversed, it will be impossible to eliminate violence.

Right now, we don't have a very good relation with creation.

Being a Christian is not just about following commandments: it is about letting Christ take possession of our lives and transform them.

Jesus fought Satan in 'hand to hand combat' . . . 'you need to protect this victory.'

Our Christian identity is belonging to a people: the Church. Without the Church we are not Christians.

I made reference continuously to the killings, the death, the life taken by all of these narcotrafficking gangs and human smugglers. I spoke of this problem as one of the wounds that Mexico suffers. It's a great pain that I'm taking, because this nation [Mexicans] doesn't deserve a drama like this one.

Auschwitz cries out with the pain of immense suffering and pleads for a future of respect, peace and encounter among peoples.