"A person once asked me, in a provocative manner, if I approved of homosexuality. I replied with another question: 'Tell me: when God looks at a gay person, does he endorse the existence of this person…"

"I am not a spiritual director, I am a Pope."

"I don't think much about death, but I think about old age."

"We have created new idols. The worship of the ancient golden calf has returned in a new and ruthless guise in the idolatry of money and the dictatorship of an impersonal economy lacking a truly human …"

"The future of humanity lies in the hands of those who are capable of transmitting to the coming generations reasons for life and hope."