The one thing that the Catholic Church desires, and that I seek as Bishop of Rome, “the Church which presides in charity”, is communion with the Orthodox Churches.

The fact is that woman was taken from a rib.

It is better to have a Church that is wounded but out in the streets than a Church that is sick because it is closed in on itself.

This is ideological colonization. They colonize people with ideas that try to change mentalities or structures, but this is not new. This was done by the dictatorships of the last century.

Praise is the 'breath' which gives us life, because it is intimacy with God, an intimacy that grows through daily praise.

Where there is truth, there is also light, but don't confuse light with the flash.

For the sake of peace, religious beliefs must never be allowed to be abused in the cause of violence and war.