The story of the martyrdom of Stephen led the pope to remark on how persecution has been part of Christian history for 2000 years.

"Money is the enemy of harmony; money is selfish.”

“Mary’s ‘yes’ opens the door to Jesus’ ‘yes’: I have come to do your will, this is the ‘yes’ that Jesus carries with him throughout his life, until the cross.”

'Two gestures...Jesus washes feet, Judas sold Jesus for money.'

Even "at the height of His annihilation, He reveals the true face of God, which is mercy."

Pope Francis called on bishops to really look at the faithful—not obliquely, but looking them in the eye, so they can see them with the heart.