One cannot offend, make war, kill in the name of one's own religion, that is, in the name of God.

The worldwide financial and economic crisis seems to highlight their distortions and above all the gravely deficient human perspective, which reduces man to one of his needs alone, namely, consumption. Worse yet, human beings themselves are nowadays considered as consumer goods which can be used and thrown away.

Whenever we take a step towards Jesus, we come to realize that he is already there, waiting for us with open arms.

Let yourselves be led by the Holy Spirit, with freedom and, please, do not cage the Holy Spirit

Every people deserves to conserve its identity without being ideologically colonised.

I have decided to proclaim for the whole Church... a day of fasting and prayer for peace in Syria, the Middle East, and throughout the world, and I also invite each person, including our fellow Christians, followers of other religions and all men of good will, to participate, in whatever way they can, in this initiative.

Leaders of the Church have often been Narcissus, flattered and sickeningly excited by their courtiers. The court is the leprosy of the papacy.