“Having this familiar relationship with the Lord is like keeping the window of our life open so that he can make his voice heard.”
— Pope Francis, speaking about the importance of prayer to youth and young adults in Assisi, Italy, Oct. 4

“Let us follow [Christ], imitate him in his dynamic of love
of going to others, and let’s go out, open the doors, have the audacity to strike out new paths to proclaim the Gospel.”
— Pope Francis, in a Sept. 27 talk to catechists from around the world in the Vatican’s Paul VI hall

“Any ministry that is pro-life must be pro-poor and if you are truly pro-poor, then you will be pro-life.”
— Miami Archbishop Thomas G. Wenski, during the closing Mass Sept. 28 of the annual convention of the National Council of Catholic Women in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.