The imbalance results from ideologies which uphold the absolute autonomy of markets and financial speculation, and thus deny the right of control to States, which are themselves charged with providing for the common good.

They (the consecrated) are men and woman who can awaken the world. Consecrated life is prophecy. God asks us to fly the nest and to be sent to the frontiers of the world, avoiding the temptation to 'domesticate' them. This is the most concrete way of imitating the Lord.

He who doesn't pray to the Lord prays to the devil.

Maybe it's a little crazy, but it's good to have it, but I just don't like [prizes or honors].

The imposition of anomalous models and lifestyles are alien to people's identity and, in the end, are irresponsible.

Faith is not a light which scatters all our darkness, but a lamp which guides our steps in the night and suffices for the journey.

If I speak of Islamic violence, I must speak of Catholic violence.