- Pope Francis: I ask forgiveness for the ways in which unfortunately many Christians upheld the colonial mentality of the powers that oppressed indigenous peoples. I am aggrieved. I ask forgiveness above all for the way many members of the Church and the religious communities cooperated, also through indifference, with those projects of cultural destruction and forced assimilation of the governments of the time that culminated in the residential school system.
- Pope Francis: We are a society that has forgotten how to weep, how to share suffering. The globalization of indifference has taken from us the ability to weep!
- Pope Francis: War is madness. War overturns everything, even bonds between brothers. Its development plan is destruction. Greed, intolerance, ambition for power are the motives that drive the decision to go to war. And these motives are often justified by ideology. Ideology is a justification and when there is no ideology, there is the response of Cain, "What do I care about my brother!" These planners of terror, as well as arms dealers, have "What do I care!" written in their hearts.
- Pope Francis: The one who has suffered the greatest pain and who has experienced hell, can become a prophet in society. We must work so that this society, which uses people and disposes of them, will not go on claiming victims.
- Pope Francis: The chill wind of war swooped down with a vengeance on everyone's daily life. And while some of the powerful, still sadly entrenched in the anachronistic demands of nationalistic interests, provoke and stir up conflicts, ordinary people feel the need to build a future. Either it will be together... or not at all.
- Pope Francis: [...] And above all, hold on to your dreams. Do not be afraid to dream. Dream of a world that cannot be seen yet, but which will certainly come.
- Pope Francis: Losing freedom does not mean losing our dreams and hopes.
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- Pope Francis: Losing our freedom is not the same as losing our dignity. No, it is not the same. No one's dignity must ever be touched, it must be nurtured, protected and shown tenderness.
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- Pope Francis: Dignity is contagious, more than the flu.
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- Pope Francis: Dignity generates dignity.
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