Do not be afraid to go and to bring Christ into every area of life, to the fringes of society, even to those who seem farthest away, most indifferent.

Those called to the service of governance in the church need to have a strong sense of justice, so that any form of injustice becomes unacceptable.

When one lives attached to money, pride or power, it is impossible to be truly happy.

Christian hope is not a ghost and it does not deceive. It is a theological virtue and therefore, ultimately, a gift from God that cannot be reduced to optimism, which is only human. God does not mislead hope; God cannot deny himself. God is all promise.

As the son of an immigrant family, I am happy to be a guest in U.S, which was largely built by such families.

All walls fall. Today, tomorrow or in 100 years, they will fall. It's not a solution. The wall isn't a solution. In this moment, Europe is in difficult, it's true. We have to be intelligent, and whoever comes...that migrant flow. It's not easy to find solutions, but with dialogue between nations they should be found. Walls are never solutions. But bridges are, always, always.

The victims of problems of the family are the children. The children. Even of problems that neither husband nor wife have a say in.