The Church of Rome, the Pope has always said, 'Seek peace.'

The process of healing also needs to include the pursuit of truth, not for the sake of opening old wounds, but rather as a necessary means of promoting justice, healing and unity.

A fundamental role in the renewal of society is played, of course, by the family and especially by young people.

You can't govern without loving the people and without humility!

Before God and his people I express my sorrow for the sins and grave crimes of clerical sexual abuse committed against you. And I humbly ask forgiveness.

Division within a Christian community is a very grave sin; it is the work of the devil.

An authentic faith-which is never comfortable or completely personal-always involves a deep desire to change the world, to transmit values, to leave this earth somehow better than we found it.