"Christ himself wanted this stable form of life in the Church that it might in some way make present the form of life he chose for himself, referring to it as an absolute and eschatological value; it cannot be simply and reductively considered an accessory reality, but instead truly and unquestionably one of the fundamental and constituent structures of the Church's very essence and nature."

"Through Mary, the Lord wants to show us that the human journey aims to dwell in the bosom of the Father, which we have come from and are returning to. The feast announces to us that no one can get to heaven alone."

"The increasing involvement of the Holy See in multilateral diplomacy is the result of the conviction that the human person's dignity and rationality must be protected and served. It's the basic expression of the love of neighbor that implies a universal dimension: an approach where there are no conditions."