People Are Needed To Take Up The

Illness Has Always Brought Me Nearer To A State Of Grace.

Providence Was Well Aware What Lay Ahead For Me, And My Capuchin Training Was To Prepare Me For It.

People Are Needed To Take Up The Challenge, Strong People, Who Proclaim The Truth, Throw It In People's Faces, And Do What They Can With Their Own Two Hands.

What I Would Say To The Young Men And Women Who Are Beset By Hopelessness And Doubt Is That They Should Go And See What Is Being Done On The Ground To Fight Poverty, Not Like Going To The Zoo But To Take Action, To Open Their Hearts And Their Consciences.

After The War, Prompted By The Cardinal Archbishop Of Paris, I Entered Parliament So That A Priest Could Speak Out For The Poor, As Canon Law At That Time Still Permitted.