Cardinal Eduardo Francisco Pironio, President of the Pontifical Council for the Laity, 1993.
"He modeled his priesthood in the configuration with Christ crucified and in loving contemplation of Our Lady of Sorrows.
Paul Poupard, Rector of the Catholic Institute of Paris in 1974, on the centenary of the birth of Pedro Poveda.
"Our humanism becomes Christianity, our Christianity becomes centered on God; in such sort that we may say, to put it differently: a knowledge of man is a prerequisite for a knowledge of God. (Paul VI).
Paul Grieger, Professor at the Lateran University, speech given in Barcelona, 1974.
"Today's man is not threatened by the ‘lack of knowledge’ but by the ‘lack of awareness.’ One needs to communicate and live with people who" have" the truth that liberates.
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Flavia Paz Velázquez, biographer of Pedro Poveda, 1986.
"We are not before a man who is dazzling, but before a ‘compelling spirit,’ exquisitely polite, while being natural and plain. An unhurried man, capable of taking an interest in everything that is ours and give each thing its relevance.