It also happens to me that when I meet a clericalist, I suddenly become anti-clerical. Clericalism should not have anything to do with Christianity. St. Paul, who was the first to speak to the Gentiles, the pagans, to believers in other religions, was the first to teach us that.

Let us learn to live with kindness, to love everyone, even when they do not love us.

You might say, 'Can't we have a more human Christianity, without the cross, without Jesus, without stripping ourselves?' In this way we'd become pastry-shop Christians, like a pretty cake and nice sweet things. Pretty, but not true Christians.

Let us leave a spare place at our table: a place for those who lack the basics, who are alone.

A fundamental role in the renewal of society is played, of course, by the family and especially by young people.

Jesus is more than a friend. He is a teacher of truth and life who shows us the way that leads to happiness.

It is not enough to say we are Christians. We must live the faith, not only with our words, but with our actions.