Today one can read the Gospel also on so many technological instruments. You can carry the whole Bible on your mobile phone, on your tablet. It is important to read the Word of God, by any means, but by reading the Word of God: Jesus speaks to us there! And welcome it with an open heart. Then the good seed will bear fruit!

An authentic faith always implies a deep desire to change the world.

Division within a Christian community is a very grave sin; it is the work of the devil.

I join the March for Life in Washington with my prayers. May God help us respect all life, especially the most vulnerable.

These days there is a lot of poverty in the world, and that's a scandal when we have so many riches and resources to give to everyone. We all have to think about how we can become a little poorer.

Yes, hypothetically, western Catholicism could revise the theme of celibacy. ... But for the moment, I am in favor of maintaining celibacy, with the pros and the cons it has, because we have ten centuries of more good experiences than bad ones.

Help one another: this is what Jesus teaches us and this what I am doing, and doing with all my heart.