[Mexican people] have a culture, a culture that goes back millennia.

I distrust a charity that costs nothing and does not hurt.

There's only a very small representation of girls among you. Too little. Women have much to tell us in today’s society. Sometimes we are too machistas and we don't allow enough space to women. But women can see things from a different angle to us, with a different eye. Women are able to pose questions we men are unable to understand. Look out for this fact: she is the only one who has put a question for which there is no answer. She couldn't put it into words but expressed it with tears.

An example I often use to illustrate the reality of vanity, is this: look at the peacock; it's beautiful if you look at it from the front. But if you look at it from behind, you discover the truth... Whoever gives in to such self-absorbed vanity has huge misery hiding inside them.

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

Dear young people, do not be afraid of making decisive choices in life. Have faith; the Lord will not abandon you!

When it comes to the care of our common home, we are living at a critical moment of history.