It makes me sad when I find sisters who aren't joyful. They might smile, but with just a smile they could be flight attendants!

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.

The Mexican people, you cannot explain this wealth, this history, this joy, the capacity to celebrate amid these tragedies that you have asked about. I can say another thing, that this unity, that this people has managed not to fail, not to end with so many wars, things, things that are happening now.

Right now, we don't have a very good relation with creation.

I think the church has to apologize not only to the gay person it has offended, but also to the poor, to women who are exploited, to children forced into labor and for having blessed so many weapons in the past.

It is important to integrate immigrants into society and to welcome them in the church community

Solidarity...is a structural value of the social doctrine, as Blessed John Paul II reminded us.