I entrust this Twenty-second World Day of the Sick to the intercession of Mary. I ask her to help the sick to bear their sufferings in fellowship with Jesus Christ and to support all those who care for them. To all the ill, and to all the health-care workers and volunteers who assist them, I cordially impart my Apostolic Blessing.

God never closes off horizons; He is never unconcerned about the lives and sufferings of His children. God never allows Himself to be outdone in generosity.

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

Mary is more important than the apostles.

The 'Church' is ... catholic because her communion embraces the whole human race.

I invite [journalists] to seriously study the facts of Guadalupe. The Madonna is there. I cannot find another explanation.

Let us learn from the Virgin Mary how to be bolder in obeying the word of God.