«When I was young I didn't understand why Jesus, despite Peter's denial, wanted him as head, his successor, the first pope. Now I am no longer surprised and I understand better and better that having founded the Church on the grave of a traitor, of a man who is frightened by the gossip of a servant, was a continuous warning to keep each of us in humility and in the awareness of our own fragility . No, I am not leaving this Church founded on such a weak stone, because I would found another one on an even weaker stone which is me."

Carlo Carretto

Pope Francis to the members of the National Council of AC Italiana, 30 April 2021