The distinctive mark of the Christian, today more than ever, must be love for the poor, the weak, the suffering.

Nobody is so poor he has nothing to give, and nobody is so rich he has nothing to receive.

We Christians joyfully recognize the religious values we have in common with Islam. I would like to repeat what I said to young Muslims some years ago in Casablanca: 'We believe in the same God, the one God, the living God, the God who created the world and brings his creatures to their perfection.