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

Christmas celebrations are often full of sound. It would be good for us to make room for silence, to hear the voice of Love.

Do not be afraid of what God asks of you! It is worth saying 'yes' to God. In him we find joy.

I believe that Catholics involved in politics carry the values of their religion within them, but have the mature awareness and expertise to implement them. The Church will never go beyond its task of expressing and disseminating its values, at least as long as I'm here.

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.

You cannot be a conscious Christian without St. Paul. He translated the teachings of Christ into a doctrinal structure that, even with the additions of a vast number of thinkers, theologians and pastors, has resisted and still exists after two thousand years.

It is necessary to broaden the opportunities for a stronger presence of women in the church.