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

Apart from the mercy of God, there is no other source of hope for mankind.

The world [is] tired of ideology [and] is opening itself to the truth. The time has come when the splendor of this truth has begun anew to illuminate the darkness of human existence.

Every effort to make society sensitive to the importance of the family, is a great service to humanity.

We cannot interfere in one area of the ecosystem without paying due attention to both the consequences of such interference in other areas and to the well-being of future generations.

The Gospel of life must be proclaimed and human life defended in all places and all times.

The world designed by God cannot be a world in which some hoard immoderate wealth in their hands, while others suffer from destitution and poverty, and die of hunger. Love must inspire justice and the struggle for justice