It is better to have a Church that is wounded but out in the streets than a Church that is sick because it is closed in on itself.

As your captain, I'm going to push you to not fall back on defense, but to play offense, and to play our match -- the Gospel, together.

Let's not forget that God never gets tired of forgiving so let's never get tired of asking for forgiveness.

Life gradually becomes a surrender to situations conditioned by technology.

Each of us has a vision of good and of evil. We have to encourage people to move towards what they think is good... Everyone has his own idea of good and evil and must choose to follow the good and fight evil as he conceives them. That would be enough to make the world a better place.

In our families we learn to love and to recognise the dignity of all, especially of the elderly

Together with a culture of work, there must be a culture of leisure as gratification. To put it another way: people who work must take the time to relax, to be with their families, to enjoy themselves, read, listen to music, play a sport.