When I had to say something that I didn't like to Turkey, but of which I was sure, I said it, with the consequences that you all know [Editor's note: a reference to his comments on the Armenian Genocide]. I said these words ... I was sure

God does not reveal himself in strength or power, but in the weakness and fragility of a newborn babe.

Let us not close our hearts, let us not lose confidence, let us never give up: there are no situations which God cannot change, there is no sin which he cannot forgive if only we open ourselves to him.

How many solutions are found to family problems if we take time to reflect? If we think of a husband or wife and we dream about their good qualities that they have? Don’t ever lose the illusion of when you were boyfriend and girlfriend!

We have to state, without mincing words, that there is an inseparable bond between our faith and the poor. May we never abandon them.

Let those desert places in our hearts bloom.

You cannot insult the faith of others.