Will the Church Survive the Present Scandal?

"Dear brothers and sisters, whoever reflects on the history of the Church with eyes of love will discover that despite the many faults and shadows, there were and still are men and women everywhere whose lives highlight the credibility of the Gospel."

"To be young! Be a young Church! Did you ever see a 2,000-year-old young person? The Church is one. She is always young, always beautiful, very much alive, always attractive. It is always difficult; many times she is attacked, hindered, but this Church is always herself: what I am saying St. Paul also says!"

"It is very important that the Christian community presents itself as a single body, diversified in functions and services, in groups and movements, but united in its motives, objectives and Gospel style. It is the lesson of the Trinity."

"What could seem to human eyes a slow and uneven path, is actually God’s method."

"When every human means seems to fail, believers turn to God who alone—in the words of the prophet Ezekiel—is capable of taking away hearts of stone and replacing them with hearts of flesh."

"Even when the Christian feels humanly impotent before the tide of evil, he knows that through prayer he can count on the omnipotence of God who does not abandon those who trust in him."

"Even if human means fade, hope in God never fails!"