The Church is called to draw near to every person, beginning with the poorest and those who suffer.

The Eucharist is essential for us: it is Christ who wishes to enter our lives and fill us with his grace.

From the way children are treated society can be judged.

Forgiveness is not a result of our efforts, but is a gift. It is a gift of the Holy Spirit who showers us with mercy and grace that pours forth unceasingly from the open heart of Christ crucified and risen.

This is important: to get to know people, listen, expand the circle of ideas. The world is crisscrossed by roads that come closer together and move apart, but the important thing is that they lead towards the Good.

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.

You can't have Christ without the Church.