Faith is not a light which scatters all our darkness, but a lamp which guides our steps in the night and suffices for the journey. To those who suffer, God does not provide arguments which explain everything; rather, his response is that of an accompanying presence, a history of goodness which touches every story of suffering and opens up a ray of light.

Drug addiction is an evil, and with evil there can be no yielding or compromise.

Every threat to the family is a threat to society itself.

Money must serve, not rule! The Pope loves everyone, rich and poor alike, but he is obliged in the name of Christ to remind all that the rich must help, respect and promote the poor. I exhort you to generous solidarity and a return of economics and finance to an ethical approach which favours human beings.

[Orthodox] are brothers, but I must respect them.

It is important to have friends we can trust. But it is essential to trust the Lord, who never lets us down.

Let us seek to live in a way that is always worthy of our Christian vocation