Pope Francis

"He must be a shepherd with God’s style. And God’s style is closeness, compassion, and tenderness."

"I know that the Catholic church leadership is looking and very actively engaged in what next steps can be taken."

"Hypocrisy."

"To remember is an expression of humanity."

"It is all the more important for us to acknowledge one another as brothers and sisters."

"It is morally acceptable."

"To come out of this crisis better, we have to recover the knowledge that as a people we have a shared destination."

"With the Pope's support and blessing, we are excited to head into this next season reinvigorated to keep pushing for change and bringing our communities together."

"The president-elect expressed his desire to work together on the basis of a shared belief in the dignity and equality of all humankind."

It "has led to confusion," the Vatican says.

The remark is a change from years of Vatican tradition.

A new document says legislators and politicians who support such laws are "accomplices."

"These symptoms of inequality reveal a social illness; it is a virus that comes from a sick economy."

"It would be sad if the rich are given priority for the Covid-19 vaccine."

"My friends, we cannot tolerate or turn a blind eye to racism and exclusion in any form and yet claim to defend the sacredness of every human life."

"It's true that the crisis is affecting everyone but the dignity of people must always be respected."

"Let us pray to the Lord that he gives his people, all of us, the grace of prudence and obedience."

"We are all frail, all equal, all precious."

"It would ensure and concretely achieve the ideal, at once so human and so Christian, of no worker without rights."

"This is not a time for indifference."