Of course, the American pope — the United States is very proud of him, very thrilled with him, and certainly our prayers go with him.

We wish the best for the former president's health and, you know, it sounds pretty serious, but, but hopefully he makes the right recovery.

too many American Catholics have failed to show proper deference to the papacy, treating the pope as a political figure to be criticized or praised according to their whims.

Russia is asking for too much.

what was happening between the two countries was fundamentally none of our business.

I can see myself doing a really good job for the next 1,100 days, and then the American people can figure it out from there.

You know, people are asking, 'Is he a conservative or is he a liberal? Will he attack President Trump and JD Vance on certain things?' … And I guess my response to this is, it’s very hard to fit a 2,000-year-old institution into the…

I’m sure millions of American Catholics and other Christians will pray for his successful work leading the Church. May God bless him!

I try not to do that.

I'm sure he's going to say a lot of things that I love. I'm sure he'll say some things that I disagree with.

There is a Christian concept that you love your family and then you love your neighbor, and then you love your community, and then you love your fellow citizens, and then after that, prioritize the rest of the world.

We’re not going to get involved in the middle of a war that’s fundamentally none of our business.