The family is the first essential cell of human society.

It is now for the Catholic Church to bend herself to her work with calmness and generosity. It is for you to observe her with renewed and friendly attention.

It often happens that I wake up at night and begin to think about a serious problem and decide I must tell the Pope about it. Then I wake up completely and remember that I am the Pope.

Listen to everything, forget much, correct little.

Italians come to ruin most generally in three ways, women, gambling, and farming. My family chose the slowest one.

The social progress, order, security and peace of each country are necessarily connected with the social progress, order, security and peace of all other countries.

I want to throw open the windows of the Church so that we can see out and the people can see in.