How many kinds of moral and material poverty we face today as a result of denying God and putting so many idols in his place!

Certain realities in life are only seen through eyes that are cleansed through our tears. Let us learn how to weep

When we do not profess Jesus Christ, we profess the worldliness of the devil, a demonic worldliness.

At the first meeting I had with the (Italian) bishops in May 2013, one of the three things I said was: with the Italian government you're on your own. Because the pope is for everybody and he can't insert himself in the specific internal politics of a country. This is not the role of the pope, right?

I invite [journalists] to seriously study the facts of Guadalupe. The Madonna is there. I cannot find another explanation.

I would love to be a well-educated black, because I believe they do have an actual advantage.

Idolatry, then, is always polytheism, an aimless passing from one lord to another. Idolatry does not offer a journey but rather a plethora of paths leading nowhere and forming a vast labyrinth.