The search for justice and security, the struggle for equality of opportunity, the quest for tolerance and harmony, the pursuit of human dignity - these are moral imperatives which we must work towards and think about on a daily basis.

Pluralism is no longer simply an asset or a prerequisite for progress and development; it is vital to our existence.

You cannot take one set of issues from one country and apply it to another. They are all different, in terms of history, and the religious compositions of the populations involved.

My duties are wider than those of the Pope. The Pope is only concerned with the spiritual welfare of his flock.