"We are living in a culture of waste. This culture of waste has made us insensitive even to the waste of food, which is even more despicable when many men and women, children and elderly, still suffer …"

"The globalization of indifference has taken from us the ability to weep."

"The Roman Curia is the leprosy of the papacy."

"Money must serve, not rule."

"The greatest danger is not sin, but rather spiritual comfort, the temptation to live a comfortable life, a tranquil life, a life where everything is in order."