We must overcome...all forms of racism. The problem of intolerance should be dealt with as a whole: every time a minority is persecuted and marginalized...the good of the whole society is in danger.

I pray every day for all who are suffering in Iraq. Please join me.

Take care of God’s creation. But above all, take care of people in need.

If we, each doing our own part, if we do good to others, if we meet there, doing good, and we go slowly, gently, little by little, we will make that culture of encounter: we need that so much. We must meet one another doing good.

It is difficult to judge the past by the criteria of the present.

Our Christian witness is authentic when it is faithful and unconditional.

I invite [journalists] to seriously study the facts of Guadalupe. The Madonna is there. I cannot find another explanation.