That which gives us true freedom and true happiness is the compassionate love of Christ.

We are far from the so called 'end of history,' since the conditions for a sustainable and peaceful development have not yet been adequately articulated and realized.

Help one another: this is what Jesus teaches us and this what I am doing, and doing with all my heart.

This is God's way, the way of humility. It is the way of Jesus; there is no other. And there can be no humility without humiliation.

Just as we need the courage to be happy, we also need the courage to live simply.

Faith is not a light which scatters all our darkness, but a lamp which guides our steps in the night and suffices for the journey. To those who suffer, God does not provide arguments which explain everything; rather, his response is that of an accompanying presence, a history of goodness which touches every story of suffering and opens up a ray of light.

The times talk to us of so much poverty in the world and this is a scandal. Poverty in the world is a scandal. In a world where there is so much wealth, so many resources to feed everyone, it is unfathomable that there are so many hungry children, that there are so many children without an education, so many poor persons. Poverty today is a cry.