If we, each doing our own part, if we do good to others, if we meet there, doing good, and we go slowly, gently, little by little, we will make that culture of encounter: we need that so much. We must meet one another doing good.

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

Dear young people, do not give up your dreams of a more just world!

Profound peace, spiritual consolation, love of God and love of all things in God - this is the sign that you are on this right path.

God's word is unpredictable in its power... The Church has to accept this unruly freedom of the word, which accomplishes what it wills in ways that surpass our calculations and ways of thinking.

The Bishops of the Philippines have asked that this year be set aside as the ‘Year of the Poor.’ I hope that this prophetic summons will challenge everyone, at all levels of society, to reject every form of corruption which diverts resources from the poor, and to make concerted efforts to ensure the inclusion of every man and woman and child in the life of the community.

Drug addiction is an evil, and with evil there can be no yielding or compromise.