"Reconciliation naturally demands the release of political prisoners mainly because no one (political party) can claim to have acted in complete innocence during the conflict. For the nation to be reconciled, everyone must feel free to come and go without fear of being molested."

"It is important to do everything to preserve peace and have peaceful elections."

"The Ivory Coast we have only had seven years of war, but in other places it is more than that. Can we preach the Gospel today to someone who is hungry? Can we teach the Word of God to those who are hungry or enter into a house today and say: "The peace of the Lord be with you." Will these people who address the greeting of Christ from God, say to these people who are hungry, who are thirsty, who are suffering and dying of hunger, will they be able to answer me? I think not."

"Upright generations, young boys and girls in certain developed countries and those in countries of the Third World, have become conscious that to change the world, its myths and is ghosts, is a realistic project and is possible. Some NGOs emerge to protect the material environment and defend the rights of oppressed peoples. For the Church, light of the world, to play her prophetic role she should concretely commit herself in this fight with a view to finding the truth."

"Now it is our turn to be missionaries. We are committed to mission at home and abroad. In the first case our mission at home is to deepen the faith of the people. In the second case we are aware of the problems caused by secularisation in the west and many of our dioceses have sent priests to minister in Europe in a movement of fruitful sharing between Sister Churches in the dimension of the universality of the Catholic Church."