I want to throw open the windows of the Church so that we can see out and the people can see in.
Before everything else, fidelity to the Church: One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic. Jesus did not found several churches, but one single Church.
The Rosary is a magnificent and universal prayer for the needs of the Church, the nations and the entire world.
The Catholic Church has a dignity far surpassing that of every merely human society, for it was founded by Christ the Lord. It is altogether fitting, therefore, that the language it uses should be noble, majestic, and non-vernacular.
It is now for the Catholic Church to bend herself to her work with calmness and generosity. It is for you to observe her with renewed and friendly attention.
The council now beginning rises in the Church like the daybreak, a forerunner of most splendid light.
