People in every nation enhance the social dimension of their lives by acting as committed and responsible citizens.

It is the attitude of some leaders of God's people; they continually scold others, hurl reproaches at them, tell them to be quiet. ... 'Madam, take your crying child out of the church as I am preaching.' As if the cries of a child were not a sublime homily.

One form of prayer moves us particularly to take up the task of evangelization and to seek the good of others: it is the prayer of intercession. Let us peer for a moment into the heart of Saint Paul, to see what his prayer was like. It was full of people: "...I constantly pray with you in every one of my prayers for all of you... because I hold you in my heart" (Phil 1:4, 7). Here we see that intercessory prayer does not divert us from true contemplation, since authentic contemplation always has a place for others.

I believe that Catholics involved in politics carry the values of their religion within them, but have the mature awareness and expertise to implement them. The Church will never go beyond its task of expressing and disseminating its values, at least as long as I'm here.

It's true, harm to Catholics must always be avoided, and all of us do this...but not at the price of the truth!

For the sake of peace, religious beliefs must never be allowed to be abused in the cause of violence and war.

The people that does not care for its children or grandparents is a people that has not future. Because it doesn't have the strength or the memory to go forward.