I already knew about this friendship between St. John Paul II and this philosopher [Ana Teresa Tymieniecka] when I was in Buenos Aires. It was known. Also her books are known.

A man who does not know how to have a relationship of friendship with a woman - I'm not talking about misogynists, who are sick - well, he's a man who is missing something.

You pray for the hungry. Then you feed them. That's how prayer works.

I want to express my closeness to the people of the Philippines who have been struck by a strong earthquake, and I invite you to pray for that dear nation, which in recent days has suffered different calamities.

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!

I will be praying with my best wishes that the Orthodox move ahead because they are brothers and their bishops are bishops like us.

Miracles happen. But prayer is needed! Prayer that is courageous, struggling and persevering, not prayer that is a mere formality.