If a person has done wrong, is conscious of what he has done and does not say sorry, I ask God to take him into account. I forgive him, but he does not receive that forgiveness, he is closed to forgiveness. We must forgive, because we were all forgiven. It is another thing to receive that forgiveness.

A friendship with a woman is not a sin. (It's) a friendship. A romantic relationship with a woman who is not your wife, that is a sin.

So many of you have lost everything. I do not know what to tell you. But surely he knows what to tell you! So many of you have lost members of your family. I can only be silent; I accompany you silently, with my heart...

Lent is a time of grace, a time to convert and live out our baptism fully.

The cross is the price of true love. Lord, give us the strength to accept and carry our crosses!

Negative feelings choke the Lord’s word in us.

You can't govern without loving the people and without humility!