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 see that there are two worms that eat the fabric of the Church, weakening Her. Rivalry and vainglory go against this harmony, this agreement.

Charity, patience and tenderness are very beautiful gifts. If you have them, you want to share them with others.

Abortion is not the lesser of two evils. It is a crime. It is to throw someone out in order to save another.

The Church in the Philippines is called to acknowledge and combat the causes of the deeply rooted inequality and injustice which mar the face of Filipino society, plainly contradicting the teaching of Christ.

You cannot be a conscious Christian without St. Paul. He translated the teachings of Christ into a doctrinal structure that, even with the additions of a vast number of thinkers, theologians and pastors, has resisted and still exists after two thousand years.

The charismatics confused the holy liturgy with a school of samba, but than I was converted when I got to know them better and saw the good they do.