"The economy should be at the service of mankind, not mankind at the service of the economy."

"The family is threatened by growing efforts on the part of some to redefine the very institution of marriage, by relativism, by the culture of the ephemeral, by a lack of openness to life."

"I would like to go to Moscow. And not only Moscow. To all of Russia. But you need two to tango."

"The Lord asks us to be shepherds, not to be sheep dogs, but shepherds."

"If someone is gay and he searches for the Lord and has good will, who am I to judge? We shouldn’t marginalize people for this. They must be integrated into society."