"A member of the Church cannot abstain from his political commitment if he wants to be faithful to the command of Jesus to be leaven, salt and light for the society in which he lives."

"The rejection of God is not only conveyed by our evil actions, but also by sins of omission, which always suppress the good works we were called to do. What counts are the spiritual and corporal works of mercy. It's not only giving; it’s giving of ourselves. Giving for the good of the body and soul of one who is in need."

"Man's destiny is to become like God, according to the model of Christ. It's not to say that nothing happened. It's saying that something bad has happened and that our forgiveness is an invocation of the Almighty to receive the miraculous forgiveness that wipes away guilt and brings new life."

"Let us be encouraged to carry out the work of mercy of "praying for the dead" (through personal prayer, the recitation of the Holy Rosary, holy hours offered in reparation, and most importantly, the Holy Mass), to visit their tombs in order to honor our roots and become aware of the temporariness of our lives on this earth. Thus we will be enlightening our brothers and sisters in the faith and all men and women of good will."

"We are here to serve, and sometimes we receive humiliations, the Church always asks for consent and offers physical and moral spaces for dialogue."

"One who denies that we are sick of violence, I think looks the other way. I do not know if many of those who criticize today have ever walked through neighborhoods as we do. A radio station said that Bishops are like Princes of the Church. I want to invite this reporter, if he wants, to put on a pair of shoes suitable for mud and to accompany and walk with me in the diocese. There are many who speak without knowing, without basis."

"There is a natural instinct that pushes for a return to old institutions and a quick economic recovery. This, for us, would be the worst outcome. We must use this opportunity to envision a better future."

"We follow Christ, and he's come to bring the Kingdom of God, that is one of justice, peace, inclusion. This Kingdom, of course, will come at the end of times, but we are tasked with spreading it. And this means that the Catholic Church is called to work where there's justice, peace, but also war. It's called to work in healthcare, the environment, politics and the world of finance. It's a call from the Gospel."

"Luena, the scene of frequent military operations, was not a good place to live. But for me, it was the best environment to encounter God in mission, in communion with a new people who immediately adopted me as one of their family."

"The hope is there thanks to our communities, where faith is so alive that we can see a future through their open attitude to life, to God and the Church."

"Visit cemeteries and pray for the dead. In this way we remember our loved ones, knowing that they have not been forgotten and are not gone forever. We don't visit a cemetery as if we were going to a museum or an art gallery, but rather for Christians, death is illuminated by the faith. The cemetery is a place for silence and for remembering our loved ones in prayer. It is the final resting place for those who shared their lives with us and who await the Resurrection."

"Mary places herself between her Son and mankind in the reality of our hardships and sufferings. She places herself in the middle - she becomes a mediator not as a stranger, but in her role as true mother, aware that as such she makes present to her Son the needs of mankind."

"Harmony, dialogue, and friendship among Argentineans, especially in situations of conflict, requires heroic acts on the part of all citizens. It is especially obligatory for those with political and social posts."

"The truth about man is a necessary condition for achieving freedom. In it ethics is based, which contains clear and precise formulations on life and death, duties and rights, marriage, family and society, and even the responsible care of nature. A great nation cannot rely on false ideals, nor on the benefit of a few, but must worry about defending the weak."

"Discouragement slowly but tenaciously strangles the greatest longings of the soul. Don't let the dreams God has put in your hearts be stolen. And never lose hope of achieving a better country."

"If there is one thing that really brings me joy, it is not feeling like a stranger or a foreigner in any part of the world, because God is our Father and we all are called to be brothers and sisters."

"During these moments of extreme difficulty we will all have to adapt in some way, because there are already many who live in hardship."

"Here we can experience the "globalization of faith" and universal brotherhood."

"We need to look for deepest symptoms of the crisis of Christian marriage and the family in the weakening of the life of faith. This fragility comes after a gradual loss of the Christian understanding of life, in this case of conjugal and family life, caused by multiple factors, including a certain inconsistency in Christian formation, and as a consequence, the scarce practice of the life of faith."

"If we lose this essential vision of unity and mutual collaboration that man and woman possess, we are left as just two isolated individuals without meaning. Man and woman can more clearly recognize their own identity the more they remain close to each other, linked together and faithful, and the more they live out the essential openness to reciprocity and complementarity. Only if they are together can they prepare themselves to be missionaries of love and of life. The encounter with the living Jesus Christ and their insertion into the Church will make them even more fulfilled and happy."

"The fundamental truth that makes us free is the grateful recognition that we come from God and we are not the product of chance, or of mere biological evolution, or of some cosmic coincidence."

"Anything said appears to be a confrontation between the government and the Church."

"Make your hearts tender so that the grace the God of life abundantly grants us will drench you, and you will experience his salvation. Make your hearts tender so that you will not be indifferent to the pain or suffering of anyone."

"It is good to remember that the administration of justice is only just when it is exercised in conformity with the truth and the moral good."

"The Church lives on a sorrowful, spectacular and magnificent earth, in a time which has all the features of a dark night. The response of the Church to this dark night is "to be love"; only love is credible."

"Life is the first right and without it no others can be given. We claim it for everyone at any age or in any situation that life finds itself in, and especially those who are weak, unprotected and defenseless"

"For two millenia, that same Church has proclaimed what it considers to be a fundamental truth: that God himself chose to take on our human nature to free us from sin, to give us hope in the face of death and human mortality. In that vein, it is worth keeping in mind that an institution living through one of its most challenging periods in recent history has had some blessings to count lately, small yet bright rays peeking through the dark cloud that has been the year 2020."

"Needless to repeat, that he’s the best player in the world, the best of all-time. I enjoy training with him, he makes everything easier."

"Lionel Messi. Oh... I think this guy is fantastic. He’s the best player I have ever seen in my life."

"He's the best of all time."

"Messi is God – you see him on the pitch and he is spectacular."

"Lionel Messi is out of this world, he's an alien. For me, he is the best player in the history of football."

"Messi is unbelievable. It is great to get the chance to play against the best in the world. It doesn't really need repeating: he is a fantastic player."

"Messi has always been my idol."

"Messi is class. There is him, and then there is the rest. What he does is extraordinary. He demands admiration."

"He is by far the best player in the world – he’s a one-off."

"Messi is the best, for me, Messi is God, he is the best and always will be – for what he has given the team and for how much he has made me enjoy being in the same team as him."

"He's been by far and away the best footballer in the world for the last five or six years. He's the best player of all time and if he stays fit he will continue for the next five or six years. The things he does right now are out of this world. Of course, he doesn't play by himself, but he is simply incredible. He always finds a way and is always a yard quicker than everyone else. If you have a player like that on your side, you needn't fear anyone."

"He's a once in a generation player. I think it's unlikely that any human being again will repeat the numbers that Messi is getting."

"I think Messi is the best in the world, a very good player and that he is a gift from god."

"It's the efficiency that made the difference. Messi is fantastic, the best player ever."

"He's achieved so many great things and set the bar so high that practically nobody is ever going to reach it."

"Messi does not need his right foot. He only uses the left and he's still the best in the world! Imagine if he also used his right foot ... Then we would have serious problems!"

"Leo is from another planet. What makes him the best is that other great players have had ups and downs, like Maradona. He wasn’t half of what Leo is at Barça. Messi has had so many good years in his career that he deserves to be considered the best ever."

"For years I thought that there would never be a player like Maradona. But now Messi is at his level."

"Is Messi playing in the Champions League or is he playing a Playstation game?"

"Messi is a joke. For me, the best ever."

"He plays like he’s on PlayStation, it’s unbelievable. People who say otherwise either don’t know anything about football or are just talking nonsense."

"It’s something for me that I can tell my kids that I’ve played against Messi when we watch him on television. For me he’s got everything. He is magical to watch. When I finish and look back, and he will still be going strong, I will be able to say to myself I tested myself against the best. And quite clearly, for me, he is the best ever. He’s a great individual player but a great person as well and a credit to football."

"Messi is God, as a person and even more as a player."