I would like to say something just about the Mexican people. It is a population that has a wealth, such great wealth, a people that surprises.

It is God who gives life. Let us respect and love human life, especially vulnerable life in a mother's womb.

We cannot sleep peacefully while babies are dying of hunger and the elderly are without medical assistance

Sometimes it is possible to live without knowing our neighbours: this is not Christian

I see the church as a field hospital after battle. It is useless to ask a seriously injured person if he has high cholesterol and about the level of his blood sugars. You have to heal his wounds. Then we can talk about everything else.

It is not possible to go backwards. We must go forward. Always forward.

Brothers and sisters, good evening. You all know that the duty of the conclave was to give a bishop to Rome. It seems that my brother cardinals have gone almost to the ends of the earth to get him... but here we are.