We must restore hope to young people, help the old, be open to the future, spread love. Be poor among the poor. We need to include the excluded and preach peace.

The dying, the cripple, the mental, the unwanted, the unloved-- they are Jesus in disguise.

Who feeds a hungry animal feeds his own soul.

The Church is a mother, and her motherly attention is expressed with special tenderness and closeness to those who are obliged to flee their own country and exist between rootlessness and integration.

The openness of our hearts and minds can be measured by how wide we draw the circle of what we call family.

If you don't know the guy on the other side of the world, love him anyway because he's just like you. He has the same dreams, the same hopes and fears. It's one world, pal. We're all neighbors.