Human dignity is the same for all human beings: when I trample on the dignity of another, I am trampling on my own.

God asks everything of us, yet at the same time he offers everything to us.

The Pope is a man. The Pope needs the input of women, too. And the Pope, too, has a heart that can have a healthy, holy friendship with a woman.

We have to state, without mincing words, that there is an inseparable bond between our faith and the poor. May we never abandon them.

When a child has a bad dream and wakes up crying, Dad goes and says, 'Don't be afraid, don't be scared. I'm here.' The Lord speaks this way, too... Usually, Christmas seems like a very noisy feast, but we can use a bit of silence to hear these words of love, closeness and tenderness.

The Corrupt should be tied to a rock & thrown into the sea

Have the courage "to swim against the tide". Have the courage to be happy.