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

None of us can think we are exempt from concerns for the poor and for social justice.

I entered the diocesan seminary. I liked the Dominicans, and I had Dominican friends. But then I chose the Society of Jesus, which I knew well because the seminary was entrusted to the Jesuits. Three things in particular struck me about the Society: the missionary spirit, community and discipline.

I think of the difficulties which, in various countries, today afflicts the world of work and business; I think of how many, and not just young people, are unemployed, many times due to a purely economic conception of society, which seeks selfish profit, beyond the parameters of social justice.

Dear young people, don't be afraid to marry. A faithful and fruitful marriage will bring you happiness.

A person who thinks only about building walls, wherever they may be, and not building bridges, is not Christian. This is not in the Gospel.

The search for God means having the courage to set out on a risky path, it means following our restless hearts.