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.

The Holy Spirit truly transforms us. With our cooperation, he also wants to transform the world we live in.

It grieves me when I see a priest or a nun with the latest model car.

Dear young people, always be missionaries of the Gospel, every day and in every place.

[Sviatoslav] Schevchuk, in the dogmatic part declares himself to be a son of the Church and in communion with the bishop of Rome and the Church. He speaks of the Pope and his closeness of the Pope and of himself, his faith, and also of the Orthodox people there. The dogmatic part, there's no difficulty. He's Orthodox in the good sense of the word, that is in Catholic doctrine, no.

Fraternal love is the nearest testimony that we can give that Jesus is alive among us.

I don't live in the papal residence. I live in a simple apartment behind the Vatican gas station.