"The Church in Togo is maturing slowly but surely. Our priority is the Christian, human and spiritual formation of the faithful. All the members of the Church, clergy, religious and laity need adequate formation if they are to meet the needs of the people. Formation also includes inculturation of the faith so that our faithful do not feel they are strangers in their own Church."

"The objective is to help each priest to live his ministry as a means of sanctification, and to lead the people of the faithful to follow our model, Jesus Christ."

"Dear son, whom I love, let me tell you that today you have the grace to preside over the destinies of the Togolese people. I want to humbly ask you in the name of God, in all humility to use for the reforms of all your prerogatives to propose a new realistic and consensual calendar for the legislative elections."

"Man looks for immediate salvation, expects a remedy from the Gospel, an efficient solution to his doubts, to his ailment, to his difficulty, to his suffering, to his sickness today. He believes in future life, in happiness after, but he wants to be happy today. In these sombre moments, it is not easy for him to accept in faith that the Kingdom of God is already there for him as well, because yet he does not understand that the Kingdom of God, the Christ, is in fact the real happiness."

"The Church is ready to mediate…we want to bring our own building block to the edifice, in respect of the truth. We want to show the right path to follow, that the sons and daughters of this country should listen, speak with one another and move forward."