Reject every form of corruption.

We have so many priests who have gone half way … it’s sad that they did not manage to go the whole way; they have something of the employee in them, something of the bureaucrat in them and this is not good for the Church. Please be careful you don’t fall into this! You are becoming pastors in the image of Jesus, the good pastor. Your aim is to resemble him and act on behalf of him amidst his flock, letting his sheep graze.

May God welcome the dead into his peace, comfort the families and convert the hearts of the violent ones, who do not even stop before children.

When the Lord wants to give us a mission, wants to give us a task, He prepares us. He prepares us to do it well...What is important is the whole journey by which we arrive at the mission the Lord entrusts to us...when the Lord gives a mission, He always has us enter into a process, a process of purification, a process of discernment, a process of obedience, a process of prayer.

Those called to the service of governance in the church need to have a strong sense of justice, so that any form of injustice becomes unacceptable.

I believe that in pretty much every religion there is always a small group of fundamentalists.

Prayer, humility, and charity toward all are essential in the Christian life: they are the way to holiness.