When you lose the capacity to dream, you lose the capacity to love, and the energy to love is lost.

[Joseph Ratzinger] is a man who as the prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith had everything in his hands. He conducted all the investigations, and went on, went on, went on, until he couldn't go any further in the execution.

My authoritarian and quick manner of making decisions led me to have serious problems and to be accused of being ultraconservative. I have never been a right-winger. It was my authoritarian way of making decisions that created problems.

May all people here find inspiration and strength to build a future of reconciliation, justice and peace for all the children of this beloved land.

The world is polarized. The middle class becomes smaller. The polarization makes the difference between rich and the poor big. This is true.

Division within a Christian community is a very grave sin; it is the work of the devil.

That is why the center of our faith isn't just a book, but a history of Salvation, and above all, it's about a person: Jesus Christ, the Word of God made flesh.