The Christian life is not limited to prayer, but requires an ongoing dedication and courage born of prayer.

While all too many people live in dire poverty, others are caught up in materialism and lifestyles which are destructive of family life and the most basic demands of Christian morality.

I do not know what might be the most fitting description.... I am a sinner. This is the most accurate definition. It is not a figure of speech, a literary genre. I am a sinner. And this is what I said when they asked me if I would accept my election as pontiff: I am a sinner, but I trust in the infinite mercy and patience of our Lord Jesus Christ, and I accept in a spirit of penance.

We need to reflect with great seriousness about why many young people don't feel like getting married... For fear of failure, many do not want to even think about it... Many people believe the change that has taken place in recent decades was set in motion by the emancipation of women. But this argument is not valid, it is an insult, a form of misogyny.

We must always walk in the presence of the Lord, in the light of the Lord, always trying to live in an irreprehensible way.

The joy of the Gospel is for all people: no one can be excluded.

Christian love is loving without counting the cost. This is the lesson of the Good Samaritan; this is the lesson of Jesus.