Brothers and sisters, good evening. You all know that the duty of the conclave was to give a bishop to Rome. It seems that my brother cardinals have gone almost to the ends of the earth to get him... but here we are.

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.

Every Christian is a missionary to the extent that he or she bears witness to God’s love. Be missionaries of God’s tenderness!

God’s love is free. He asks for nothing in return; all he wants is for his love to be accepted.

You pray for the hungry. Then you feed them. That's how prayer works.

It is through an unbroken chain of witnesses that we come to see the face of Jesus.

The only war that we must all fight is the one against evil.