"Continue praying for us as we pray for you so that one day we realize the hope that our political leaders will stop playing with the emotions of the people by fuelling tribal animosities so that we can enjoy the real peace."

"Surely prayers are very important for these seminarians who are aspiring to serve in the mission of our Lord. We are still at the stage of war and people can also try to help through prayer."

"Haste is a bad counsellor and there is a risk of reaching an agreement without solid foundation work. Peace without justice is doomed to defeat. Only justice leads to authentic peace."

"What we need is moral support to go ahead with the process of peace and reconciliation, to remember all that has happened so it may never happen again"

"There are no losers in politics as people normally take it or understand. Those who did not succeed should concede defeat, refrain from straying from the path of peace and accept to work in harmony with the winners while they wait to present their ideals to the voters in the next elections."

"We know the human person is spirit and body. And the Lord Jesus also took care of the body when he was in a position to, because through the body we take care of the spirit, through the body we are able to show to our fellow men that we care for them."

"The people of South Sudan do not want war. This is an economic conflict for the control of oil. South Sudan is ready to reach an agreement with Sudan on oil. But what has disappointed the southern Sudanese is the attitude of the UN, of the African Union and other Western countries on the issue of Heglig. In my opinion, these organizations have made premature statements without knowing the reality. In particular, we must understand exactly where Heglig is: is it in South Sudan or Sudan? Representatives of these international institutions must go there to clarify this point, to demarcate precisely the boundary between the two countries."

"The Church will continue its work of evangelization and Christian witness as well as human development. As for the rest, it is difficult to predict."

"Seeing the sun, the moon and the stars, I said to myself: Who could be the Master of these beautiful things? And I felt a great desire to see him, to know Him and to pay Him homage..."

"I pity them! No doubt they were unaware of the anguish they caused me. They were the masters and I was the slave. Just as it is natural for us to do good, so it is natural for them to behave as they did behave to me. They did so out of habit, not out of wickedness."

"If I were to meet those men who abducted me, or even those who tortured me, I would kneel and kiss their hands, for it that hadn’t happened, I would not be a Christian and a religious today."

"When a person loves another very much, she greatly wished to meet that person. Why then should I be afraid of death? Death brings us to God."

"Be good, love the Lord, pray for those who do not know Him. What a great grace it is to know God!"