Today is [the feast of] Santa Rita, Patron Saint of impossible things - but this seems impossible: let us ask of her this grace, this grace that all, all, all people would do good and that we would encounter one another in this work, which is a work of creation, like the creation of the Father. A work of the family, because we are all children of God, all of us, all of us! And God loves us, all of us! May Santa Rita grant us this grace, which seems almost impossible. Amen.

If we don't learn how to cry, we can't be good Christians. This is a challenge. Don't be frightened of crying.

We forget to remain focused on the things that really matter.

We need to provide an education which teaches crit­ical thinking and encourages the development of mature moral values.

We can coexist well [with Muslims]. But there are fundamentalist groups.

Lithuanian bishops have been heroic!

Not so much anymore but some years ago in my homeland there was a habit, something called 'casamiento de apuro,' a marriage in haste because the baby is coming and to cover socially the honor of the family. There, they weren't free and it happened many times this marriage is null. As a bishop I forbade my priests to do this.