[Speaking of marriage and family] In this entire world there is not a more perfect, more complete image of God, Unity and Community. There is no other human reality which corresponds more, humanly speaking, to that divine mystery.

From now on it is only through a conscious choice and through a deliberate policy that humanity can survive.

The 25th anniversary of the decision ... is a call to people of good will to reflect. Now is the time for recommitment to the building of a culture of absolute respect for life.

Each man, in his suffering, can also become a sharer in the redemptive suffering of Christ.

The Rosary is my favorite prayer.

The Church has a special duty to safeguard and strengthen the sacredness of the Eucharist. In our pluralistic and often deliberately secularized society, the living faith of the Christian community - a faith always aware of its rights vis-a-vis those who do not share the faith - ensures respect for this sacredness

By dialogue, we let God be present in our midst, for as we open ourselves to one another, we open ourselves to God.