Remembrance saves a people's soul from whatever or whoever would attempt to dominate it or use it for their interests.

I don't live in the papal residence. I live in a simple apartment behind the Vatican gas station.

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

Do not be afraid of Confession! One who is in line to confess himself feels all these things - even shame - but then, when he finishes confessing, he leaves free, great, beautiful, forgiven, [...] happy. And this is the beauty of Confession... Jesus is there...and He receives you with so much love.

War is the suicide of humanity because it kills the heart and kills love.

Let us always pray for one another.

I see clearly that the thing the church needs most today is the ability to heal wounds and to warm the hearts of the faithful; it needs nearness, proximity. I see the church as a field hospital after battle... The church sometimes has locked itself up in small things, in small-minded rules. The most important thing is the first proclamation: Jesus Christ has saved you.