To imitate the hatred and violence of tyrants and murderers is the best way to take their place.

We cannot keep ourselves shut up in parishes, in our communities, when so many people are waiting for the Gospel!

There is a danger that threatens everyone in the church, all of us. The danger of worldliness. It leads us to vanity, arrogance and pride.

We have, in a sense, lorded it over nature, over Sister Earth, over Mother Earth, i think man has gone too far.

War destroys, kills, impoverishes. Lord, give us your peace!

When it comes to the care of our common home, we are living at a critical moment of history.

Sin is not a stain that I must wash out. What I need to do is ask forgiveness and reconcile myself, not go to the drycleaners. I have to go encounter Jesus who gave his life for me.