I don't like it when I hear it said: 'but these youth say stupid things!'

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

The Book of Genesis tells us that God created man and woman entrusting them with the task of filling the earth and subduing it, which does not mean exploiting it but nurturing and protecting it, caring for it through their work.

We can coexist well [with Muslims]. But there are fundamentalist groups.

Dear young people, don't be afraid to marry. A faithful and fruitful marriage will bring you happiness.

The confessional is not a torture chamber, but the place in which the Lord's mercy motivates us to do better.

You may be asking yourselves, 'Who is this man standing before us?' i would like to reply to that question with something absolutely certain about my own life: The man standing before you is a man who has been forgiven. A man who was, and is, saved from his many sins.