Pope Francis: “Experience teaches us that in an increasingly globalized world, our understanding of the common good, of progress and development, must ultimately be in human and not merely economic terms.”

Pope Francis: “We know well the sins against unity – jealousy, envy, antipathy – which come about when we place ourselves at the center…God’s will, however, is that we grow in our capacity to welcome one another, to forgive and to love, and to resemble Jesus.”

Fr. James Martin, SJ: “All human life has dignity, and that includes the unborn, the poor, the migrant, the refugee, the homeless, the unemployed, the terminally ill, the aged, the forgotten.”

Pope Francis: “Goodness is its own reward and draws us closer to God, who is the Supreme Good…Goodness offers infinitely more than money, which only deludes, because we have been created to receive the love of God and to offer it, not measuring everything in terms of money or power.”

Pope Francis: “This is one of the greatest challenges of our time: conversion to a development that respects Creation.”