Unity, in fact, is given by God as inseparable from faith...

- Homily, 25 January 2013

The Spirit, promised to all in Baptism and poured out upon God’s people to guide and sanctify them in Confirmation, longs to unite all Christians in bonds of faith, hope and charity.

- Address to the Bishops of India

18 June 2011

Risen, Jesus gave his disciples a new unity, stronger than before, invincible because it was founded not on human resources but on divine mercy, which made them all feel loved and forgiven by him. It is therefore God's merciful love that firmly unites the Church, today as in the past, and makes humanity a single family; divine love which through the Crucified and Risen Jesus forgives us our sins and renews us from within.

- Regina Caeli Address, 19 April 2009

Unity and reconciliation cannot be achieved through our efforts alone. God has made us for one another (cf. Gen 2:24) and only in God and his Church can we find the unity we seek.

- Address at WYD Vigil, 19 July 2008

Believers – the baptized – are never truly cut off from one another.

- Homily, 23 March 2008

Ultimately, it is only the truth that can bring unity, and the proof of this is love.

-Inaugural Address for the Conference of the Bishops of Latin America and the Caribbean,
13 May 2007

This is a gift of love that is truly worth more than all the rest of my life. That day [First Communion] I made the promise: "Lord, I always want to be with You, but above all I want You to be with me."

-Catechetical Dialogue with Children, 15 October 2005

This intense communion favours the growth of generous vocations at the service of the Church: the heart of the believer, filled with divine love, is moved to dedicate itself wholly to the cause of the Kingdom.

-Message for the 44th World Day of Prayer for Vocations

The Eucharist is the source of the ecclesial unity for which Jesus prayed on the eve of his passion: "Father...that they also may be one in us, so that the world may believe that you have sent me" (John 17:21).

-Message for the 44th World Day of Prayer for Vocations