True love does not pay attention to the evil it suffers. It rejoices in doing good.

How many people worldwide are victims of this type of slavery, in which the person is at the service of his or her work, while work should offer a service to people so they may have dignity. I ask my brothers and sisters in faith and all men and women of good will for a decisive choice to combat trafficking in persons, which includes "slave labor."

Grace is not part of consciousness; it is the amount of light in our souls, not knowledge nor reason.

No elderly person should be like an “exile” in our families. The elderly are a treasure for our society.

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.

We need to include the excluded and preach peace.

Man has slapped nature in the face. If you slap it, it will slap you back.