There is a need for something else that only the priest, as a man of God, can give. Ultimately, it is God that man lacks. - Angelo Comastri

There is no cause-and-effect relationship between celibacy and paedophilia. Paedophilia is a perversion, a disease, a fragility that is also found in married people.

The priest lives in constant spiritual tension, but the scenario in which he lives is anything but exhilarating. If he is unable to defend himself, he stumbles in the mud.

There is a crisis of vocations, but first there is a crisis of life. Today, people no longer have children.