Paul Keenan"Every school, and even the government, should hold mandatory courses on the value of education and the sanctity of human life."
Auxiliary Bishop Savio Fernandes of Mumbai, India, reacts to new abortion figures for the city revealing a 10% rise in terminations to 30,117 in 2013, a record high.
“We hope that this will not just be a meeting like others, but we hope that this will give a new horizon for the relations between our two sister Churches. In a divided world, we need unity.”
Orthodox Metropolitan Emmanuel of France, coordinator of the Holy Land meeting between Pope Francis and Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople
"I ask every citizen, Christian or Muslim to read the electoral program of each candidate and choose who you want as president.”
Coptic Orthodox Patriarch Tawadros II urges voter participation in the May 26-27 Egyptian presidential elections.
"This is a picture of reality and I have to admit that I place myself among the 44.3 per cent.”
Bishop Mario Grech of Gozo, Malta, unveils the local Church’s survey of Catholics, revealing that while 70% accept Church teaching, 44.3% find them hard to follow.
"We will give the keys of prefabricated houses to the citizens without any discrimination".
Iraq’s Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki responds to a question as to whether new homes to address a severe housing shortage will be available to Christians as well as Muslims.
“We cannot continue to bury young people in our country every day. This is why we need to change many things, there is much to do."
Auxiliary Bishop Gregorio Rosa Chavez of San Salvador, El Salvador, reveals that he has entered talks with the country’s minister of justice towards creating a new process of national reconciliation.