Among us, who is above must be in service of the others. This doesn't mean we have to wash each other's feet every day, but we must help one another.

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

Soccer must play a socio-cultural role. We reach 1.6 billion people, thanks to the positive emotions that soccer triggers, FIFA is more influential than any country on Earth and any religion. We move masses. We want to use that to create more peace, justice and health in the world.

We have so many priests who have gone half way … it’s sad that they did not manage to go the whole way; they have something of the employee in them, something of the bureaucrat in them and this is not good for the Church. Please be careful you don’t fall into this! You are becoming pastors in the image of Jesus, the good pastor. Your aim is to resemble him and act on behalf of him amidst his flock, letting his sheep graze.

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

Wars shatter so many lives. I think especially of children robbed of their childhood.

Every religion has its dignity ... in freedom of expression there are limits.