Where there is no work, there is no dignity.

Be sanctuaries of respect for life, proclaiming the sacredness of every human life from conception to natural death

A person who thinks only about building walls, wherever they may be - and not building bridges - is not Christian.

No one can remain insensitive to the inequalities that persist in the world ... the Brazilian people, particularly the humblest among you, can offer the world a valuable lesson in solidarity, a word that is too often forgotten or silenced because it is uncomfortable ... I would like to make an appeal to those in possession of greater resources, to public authorities and to all people of good will who are working for social justice: never tire of working for a more just world, marked by greater solidarity

The Christian who does not feel that the Virgin Mary is his or her mother is an orphan.

Please do not lose the ability to dream

If, hypothetically, Western Catholicism were to review the issue of celibacy, I think it would do so for cultural reasons, not so much as a universal option.