“This visit will help to correct the false image that many Muslims have of Christianity, Conversely, many Christians will realize that the majority of Muslims are not terrorists. The Islamic authorities want to show that they have nothing to do with terrorism.”
"I am not aware of any Muslim country that allows full religious freedom. Even in those where converting a Muslim to another religion is not punishable by law, at the very least the person’s social circle, in particular his or her family, will react with ostracism or even physical violence."
“For a country that has been painfully hit by the legalization of abortion, the papal visit brings renewed hope to the lives of Christians."
“They have all this pressure from the powerful people living around them, especially the Muslims. They think that, as they are a minority people, they can do what they like with them. They even think they can kidnap their young girls or attack the people, the women or the men, it doesn't matter. So, they always have this kind of pressure. But, as a Church, we are beside them, to protect them; always we take care of them."
Pope Francis will come as a friend—“a friend who is, of course, also a father and a teacher, but who is first and foremost a friend. Since he is from Latin America himself, he knows Colombia. He understands the Colombian way."