"It is not true that the poor are a burden. The poor are a resource."

"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 …"

"A closed heart is a sick heart."

"The Lord has redeemed all of us, all of us, with the Blood of Christ: all of us, not just Catholics. Everyone!"

"Hypocrisy is the devil's preferred language."