It grieves me when I see a priest or a nun with the latest model car.

Only by becoming poor ourselves, by stripping away our complacency, will we be able to identify with the least of our brothers and sisters.

I like to speak with the youth, and I like to hear the youth. They always put me in difficulty. They tell me things that I haven't thought of, or that I've partly thought of. The restless youth, the creative youth, I like them!

Wretched are those who are vindictive and spiteful.

It is God who gives life. Let us respect and love human life, especially vulnerable life in a mother's womb.

I recognize that globalization has helped many people rise out of poverty, but it has also damned many others to starve to death. It is true that global wealth is growing in absolute terms, but inequalities have also grown and new poverty arisen.

In the roughest moments, remember: God is our Father; God does not abandon his children.