There are people who are afraid to go to confession, forgetting that they will not encounter a severe judge there, but the immensely merciful Father.

Today is my anniversary of ordination to the priesthood. Please pray for me and all priests.

The two key words for the European Union are creativity and fruitfulness. That's the challenge.

A Church without women is like the college of the Apostles without Mary... Our Lady is more important than the Apostles! She is more important! The Church is feminine. She is Church, she is bride, she is mother.

We are all jars of clay, fragile and poor, yet we carry within us an immense treasure.

Jesuits make a vow of obedience to the Pope. But if the Pope is a Jesuit, perhaps he has to make a vow of obedience to the General of the Jesuits! I don’t know how to resolve this … I feel a Jesuit in my spirituality; in the spirituality of the Exercises, the spirituality deep in my heart.

Saints are people who belong fully to God. They are not afraid of being mocked, misunderstood or marginalized.