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

I have neither silver nor gold, but I bring with me the most precious thing given to me: Jesus Christ.

Patriarch Kirill. I would prefer - because if I say one thing, I have to say another and another and another. I would prefer that what we spoke about, us, alone, will remain only what we said in public.

Please pray with me for everyone in Sri Lanka and the Philippines as I begin my trip.

A poverty learned with the humble, the poor, the sick and all those who are on the existential outskirts of life. A theoretical poverty is no use to us. Poverty is learned by touching the flesh of the poor Christ, in the humble, in the poor, in the sick and in children.

True love does not pay attention to the evil it suffers. It rejoices in doing good.

May the Lord bless the family and strengthen it in this moment of crisis