That is why the center of our faith isn't just a book, but a history of Salvation, and above all, it's about a person: Jesus Christ, the Word of God made flesh.

There is never a reason to lose hope. Jesus says: “I am with you until the end of the world.

Peacemaking calls for courage, much more so than warfare.

You cannot be in a position of power and destroy the life of another person.

I wish to make add my voice to the cry which rises up with increasing anguish from every part of the world, from every people, from the heart of each person, from the one great family which is humanity: it is the cry for peace!

And with a little sense of humor we can say that there are Christian bats who prefer the shadows to the light of the presence of the Lord.

To all of you, I repeat: Do not let yourselves be robbed of hope! Do not let yourselves be robbed of hope! And not only that, but I say to us all: let us not rob others of hope, let us become bearers of hope!