Inequality is the root of social evil.

It also happens to me that when I meet a clericalist, I suddenly become anti-clerical. Clericalism should not have anything to do with Christianity. St. Paul, who was the first to speak to the Gentiles, the pagans, to believers in other religions, was the first to teach us that.

We must not reduce the bosom of the universal church to a nest protecting our mediocrity.

This is God's way, the way of humility. It is the way of Jesus; there is no other. And there can be no humility without humiliation.

How precious is the family as the privileged place for transmitting the faith.

Let us pray for the many Christians in the world who still suffer persecution and violence. May God grant them the courage of fidelity.

Imagine, to become a priest there are eight years of study and preparation, and then if after a while you can't do it, you can ask for a dispensation, you leave, and everything is OK. On the other hand, to make a sacrament (marriage), which is for your whole life, three to four conferences...Preparation for marriage is very important. It's very, very important because I believe it is something that in the Church, in common pastoral ministry, at least in my country, in South America, the Church has not valued much.