Dear young people, do not be afraid of making decisive choices in life. Have faith; the Lord will not abandon you!

Lord, teach us to step outside ourselves. Teach us to go out into the streets and manifest your love.

We also must learn to listen more to our conscience. Be careful, however: this does not mean we ought to follow our ego, do whatever interests us, whatever suits us, whatever pleases us. That is not conscience.

Who am I to judge a gay person?

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

The people of America, are not fearful of foreigners, because most of us were once foreigners.

I believe that it is truly important for everyone to confront in dialogue the historical reality of the Reformation, its consequences and the responses it elicited. Catholics and Lutherans can ask forgiveness for the harm they have caused one another and for their offenses committed in the sight of God. Together we can rejoice in the longing for unity which the Lord has awakened in our hearts, and which makes us look with hope to the future.