Angelo Scola

“In today's society, which is characterized by a widespread pluralism, not only of values but also of anthropological conceptions, the question of the common good has become crucial.”

“The great challenge is to show that in the Christian life, it is not a matter of following a code of ethics, but of meeting a person, which gives life a new horizon and a decisive direction.”

“Freedom is not the power to do what we want, but the right to be able to do what we ought.”

“The family, founded on the indissoluble marriage between a man and a woman, is the 'patrimony of humanity,' an institution that is essential for the life of peoples.”

“Dialogue does not mean renouncing one’s own identity, but on the contrary it is a method for going deeper into one's own identity.”

“A secular state is one that guarantees the full exercise of religious freedom for all its citizens, and not one that seeks to relegate religion to the private sphere.”

“Education is the primary road to rebuilding a society that is more just and fraternal.”

“The human person is a being of relation. We are made for communion.”

“The risk of our time is the divorce between faith and life.”

“Beauty will save the world, but it must be a beauty that shines in the witness of a life given.”

“The Church does not propose a pre-packaged social model, but offers the principles of the Gospel to illuminate the conscience and choices of everyone.”

“Mercy is the concrete form of love, which always sees the good in the other and seeks to promote it.”