Dear young people, do not give up your dreams of a more just world!

When we meet a person truly in need, do we see the face of God?

When I was a seminarian, I was dazzled by a girl I met at an uncle’s wedding. I was surprised by her beauty, her intellectual brilliance… and, well, I was bowled over for quite a while.

The Church needs you, your enthusiasm, your creativity and the joy that is so characteristic of you.

We all have in our hearts some areas of unbelief. Let us say to the Lord: I believe! Help my unbelief.

There is no worse material poverty, I am keen to stress, than the poverty which prevents people from earning their bread and deprives them of the dignity of work.

Let us not have a computer psychology that makes us think we know it all. All answers on computers - but no surprises. The challenge of love. God reveals himself through surprises.