Take good care of creation. St. Francis wanted that. People occasionally forgive, but nature never does. If we don't take care of the environment, there's no way of getting around it.

There is no cross, big or small, in our life which the Lord does not share with us.

Dear Young People, do not be mediocre; the Christian life challenges us with great ideals!

Human rights are not only violated by terrorism, repression or assassination, but also by unfair economic structures that creates huge inequalities.

Every time we judge our brother in our hearts or worse when we speak badly of them with others, we are murdering Christians.

Humility saves man: pride makes him lose his way.

I do not know what might be the most fitting description.... I am a sinner. This is the most accurate definition. It is not a figure of speech, a literary genre. I am a sinner. And this is what I said when they asked me if I would accept my election as pontiff: I am a sinner, but I trust in the infinite mercy and patience of our Lord Jesus Christ, and I accept in a spirit of penance.