Let us pray that the Church be holier and more humble, loving God by serving the poor, the lonely and the sick.

I would like especially to mention you, the women, wives and mothers of Paraguay, who at great cost and sacrifice were able to lift up a country defeated, devastated and laid low by an abominable war. God bless your perseverance, God bless and encourage your faith, God bless the women of Paraguay, the most glorious women of America.

First, we can pray in communion with the Church on earth and in heaven. Let us not underestimate the power of so many voices united in prayer!

We cannot be part-time Christians! We should seek to live our faith at every moment of every day.

The question of truth is really a question of memory, deep memory, for it deals with something prior to ourselves and can succeed in uniting us in a way that transcends our petty and limited individual consciousness. It is a question about the origin of all that is, in whose light we can glimpse the goal and thus the meaning of our common path.

Jesus’ Cross shows the full force of evil, but also the full power of God’s mercy.

Every religion has its dignity ... in freedom of expression there are limits.