The risen Lord is the new Temple, the real meeting place between God and man.

The cardinals have elected me, a simple, humble worker in the Lord's vineyard.

Behind these texts, I feel the presence of the pope himself, of a person who has gone to the Lord, but who has not become distant.

God does not change; he is Love, ever and always. In himself, he is communion, unity in Trinity, and all his words and works are directed to communion.

The fact that the Lord can work and act even with insufficient means consoles me, and above all I entrust myself to your prayers.

Down through the centuries, the Czech Republic, the territory of the Czech Republic has been a place of cultural exchange.