If globalization is a sphere, where each point is equidistant from the centre, then it isn't good because it annuls each of us. But if globalization joins us as a polyhedron where we're all together but conserves the dignity of each ... that's good.

More than by fear of going astray, my hope is that we will be moved by the fear of remaining shut up within structures which give us a false sense of security, within rules which make us harsh judges, within habits which make us feel safe, while at our door people are starving and Jesus does not tire of saying to us: 'Give them something to eat.'

Christians are those who let God clothe them with goodness and mercy, with Christ, so as to become, like Christ, servants of God and others.

All of us benefit from remembering our past. A people which remembers does not repeat past errors; instead, it looks with confidence to the challenges of the present and the future.

A population that does not take care of the elderly and of children and the young has no future, because it abuses both its memory and its promise.

Let us pray that the Church be holier and more humble, loving God by serving the poor, the lonely and the sick.

Defend the unborn against abortion even if they persecute you, calumniate you, set traps for you, take you to court or kill you.