"Slander is worse than murder. Slander kills the reputation of a person. It is worse than murder because even if you kill, you can repent and go to heaven. But slander kills the soul of the person."

"A little bit of mercy makes the world less cold and more just."

"The globalized technological paradigm has inverted the order of priorities: the useful is now the criterion of truth."

"We have to state, without mincing words, that there is an inseparable bond between our faith and the poor."

"The devil exists. He is not a myth, nor a concept, nor an idea. He is a person."