Be missionaries of God's tenderness!

The whole journey of life is a journey of preparation... to see, to feel, to understand the beauty of what lies ahead, of the homeland towards which we walk.

Christian hope is not a ghost and it does not deceive. It is a theological virtue and therefore, ultimately, a gift from God that cannot be reduced to optimism, which is only human. God does not mislead hope; God cannot deny himself. God is all promise.

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.

There can be no renewal of our relationship with nature without a renewal of humanity itself.

I will be praying with my best wishes that the Orthodox move ahead because they are brothers and their bishops are bishops like us.

Dear young people, don't be afraid to marry. A faithful and fruitful marriage will bring you happiness.