To protect creation, to protect every man and every woman, to look upon them with tenderness and love is to open up a horizon of hope.

We hear many offers from the world around us; but let us take up God's offer instead: his is a caress of love. For God, we are not numbers, we are important, indeed we are the most important thing to him; even if we are sinners, we are what is closest to his heart.

A good teacher does not get lost in the details, but points to what is essential so that the child or student can find meaning and joy in life.

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

I pray every day for all who are suffering in Iraq. Please join me.

I made reference continuously to the killings, the death, the life taken by all of these narcotrafficking gangs and human smugglers. I spoke of this problem as one of the wounds that Mexico suffers. It's a great pain that I'm taking, because this nation [Mexicans] doesn't deserve a drama like this one.

Religious life ought to promote growth in the Church by way of attraction. The Church must be attractive. Wake up the world! Be witnesses of a different way of doing things, of acting, of living! It is possible to live differently in this world.