If I speak of Islamic violence, I must speak of Catholic violence.

In these times of suffering prayer is of even more help.

The alliance of love between a man and a woman, an alliance for life, cannot be improvised, and is not made in a day.

If someone is gay and is searching for the Lord and has good will, then who am I to judge him?... No one should marginalize these people for this, they must be integrated into society.

Total openness to serving others is our hallmark, it alone is our title of honour!

The great biblical tradition enjoins on all peoples the duty to hear the voice of the poor. It bids us break the bonds of injustice and oppression which give rise to glaring, and indeed scandalous, social inequalities.

I address a strong appeal from my heart that the dignity and safety of the worker always be protected.