Giovanni Lajolo

"The libertas Ecclesiae, the freedom that is intrinsic to it, is in any case stronger than any possible limitation that gets imposed on it, because it derives from the mandate of Christ and has the deep, immense breath of the Spirit: it is the freedom of that love that inhabits it – so old and always new – for man, who is the living image of God."

"Augustine is a very African saint. He was a Berber, it seems - "Afer sum" he said of himself – as much as a Roman, and better yet, a European. Saint Augustine is a figure who brings us together: truly a catholic."

"Building peace for tomorrow requires doing justice today."