John Paul II, above all, managed to contain the huge mass of frustration, of hate that had accumulated in that region, in favour of a peaceful transi…

- Rocco Buttiglione

No, moral conscience is one thing, the law is another. We have to hold onto this difference.

- Rocco Buttiglione

Relativism should be confronted where it damages fundamental human rights, because we're not relativists if we believe that the human being should be…

- Rocco Buttiglione

The family has a social function and so it should be sustained.

- Rocco Buttiglione

That's possible, and in fact the legislation, the politics should graduate the advantages towards those who have children and give less to those who …

- Rocco Buttiglione

One needs to know what the hierarchy of values are from which one takes inspiration, and in a democratic society this is the subject of continuous de…

- Rocco Buttiglione

The family exists in order to allow women to have children and to have the protection of a male who takes care of them.

- Rocco Buttiglione

For Europe, the fall of Communism has to be taken into account, and the fact that in the fight against Communism the recovery of Europe's Christian r…

- Rocco Buttiglione

I support non-discrimination for homosexuals, but I think, or at least I have the right to think - without saying whether I think it or not - I have …

- Rocco Buttiglione