We now live in a culture of the temporary, in which more and more people are simply giving up on marriage as a public commitment.

Ours is not a joy born of having many possessions, but of having encountered a person: Jesus in our midst.

Press on! Don't let yourselves be robbed of hope. Understood?

...these things become the norm: that some homeless people die of cold on the streets is not news. In contrast, a ten point drop on the stock markets of some cities, is a tragedy. A person dying is not news, but if the stock markets drop ten points it is a tragedy! Thus people are disposed of, as if they were trash.

Human life must always be defended from its beginning in the womb and must be recognised as a gift of God that guarantees the future of humanity.

I make a forceful and urgent call to the entire Catholic Church, and also to every Christian of other confessions, as well as to followers of every religion and to those brothers and sisters who do not believe: peace is a good which overcomes every barrier, because it belongs to all of humanity!

Anyone who wants to be pope doesn't care much for themselves, God doesn't bless them. I didn't want to be pope.