The Eucharist, although it is the fullness of sacramental life, is not a prize for the perfect but a powerful medicine and nourishment for the weak.

Soccer must play a socio-cultural role. We reach 1.6 billion people, thanks to the positive emotions that soccer triggers, FIFA is more influential than any country on Earth and any religion. We move masses. We want to use that to create more peace, justice and health in the world.

This visit is meant to express my closeness to our brothers and sisters who endured the suffering, loss and devastation caused by Typhoon Yolanda. Together with many people throughout the world, I have admired the heroic strength, faith and resilience demonstrated by so many Filipinos in the face of this natural disaster, and so many others.

Sometimes tears are the glasses that we need to see Jesus.

From the Cross, Christ teaches us to love even those who do not love us.

The measure of the greatness of a society is found in the way it treats those most in need, those who have nothing apart from their poverty!

We cannot be part-time Christians! We should seek to live our faith at every moment of every day.