Those called to the service of governance in the church need to have a strong sense of justice, so that any form of injustice becomes unacceptable.

This is the mission of every Christian: lumina pandit - to spread the light and to tell the world of God's love.

We must avoid the spiritual disease of the Church that can become self-referential: when this happens, the Church itself becomes sick. It’s true that accidents can happen when you go out into the street, as can happen to any man or woman. But if the Church remains closed onto itself, self-referential, it grows old. Between a Church that goes into the street and gets into an accident and a Church that is sick with self-referentiality, I have no doubts in preferring the first.

Do not be afraid of what God asks of you! It is worth saying 'yes' to God. In him we find joy.

We cannot take a step in our Christian life without the help of the Lord, because we are weak.

We are not alone. We have many brothers who in this moment of catastrophe came to help. And we too, because of this, we feel more like brothers and sisters because we helped each other.

Because ALWAYS, even in the darkest moments, in moments of sin, in moments of weakness, in moments of failure, I have seen Jesus, and I trusted Him... He has not left me alone.