...men and women are sacrificed to the idols of profit and consumption: it is the "culture of waste." If you break a computer it is a tragedy, but poverty, the needs, the dramas of so many people end up becoming the norm.

I would love to be a well-educated black, because I believe they do have an actual advantage.

It’s like in soccer: you have to deal with the penalties where they fall; you can’t choose where they’re going to land. Life is like that, and you have to deal with it even if you don’t like it.

Let us never yield to pessimism, to that bitterness that the devil offers us every day.

We proclaim the resurrection of Christ when his light illuminates the dark moments of our existence, and we are able share it with others

Whoever says he is without sin is a liar or is blind.

Let us pray for all good and faithful priests who dedicate themselves to their people with generosity and unknown sacrifices.