The world is polarized. The middle class becomes smaller. The polarization makes the difference between rich and the poor big. This is true.

I had a long conversation with the imam, the Grand Imam of the Al-Azhar University, and I know how they think... They seek peace, encounter.

The family is the greatest treasure of any country. Let us all work to protect and strengthen this, the cornerstone of society.

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.

Working for a just distribution of the fruits of the earth and human labor is not mere philanthropy. It is a moral obligation.

God does not reveal himself in strength or power, but in the weakness and fragility of a newborn babe.

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.