Human dignity is the same for all human beings: when I trample on the dignity of another, I am trampling on my own.
On a positive note, we must reaffirm the right of children to grow up in a family with a father and a mother capable of creating a suitable environment for the child’s development and emotional maturity.
An evangelizing community gets involved in word and deed in people’s daily lives; it bridges distances, it is willing to abase itself if necessary, and it embraces human life, touching the suffering flesh of Christ in others.
May this colloquium be an inspiration to all who seek to support and strengthen the union of man and woman in marriage as a unique, natural, fundamental and beautiful good for persons, families, communities, and whole societies.
First, we can pray in communion with the Church on earth and in heaven. Let us not underestimate the power of so many voices united in prayer!
Confession is the sacrament of the tenderness of God, his way of embracing us.
The rosary is spiritual medicine.
We must always walk in the presence of the Lord, in the light of the Lord, always trying to live in an irreprehensible way.
When I have a problem, I write it down and ask St Joseph to sleep on it.
A society can be judged by the way it treats its children.
The first setting in which faith enlightens the human city is the family.
It is not possible to go backwards. We must go forward. Always forward.
On climate change, there is a clear, definitive and ineluctable ethical imperative to act.
The only way to heal is to look at the Cross, to look at God Who takes upon Himself our sins: my sin is there.
We hear many offers from the world around us; but let us take up God’s offer instead: his is a caress of love. For God, we are not numbers, we are important, indeed we are the most important thing to him; even if we are sinners, we are what is closest to his heart.
Ours is not a joy born of having many possessions, but of having encountered a person: Jesus in our midst.
In a world like this, media can help us to feel closer to one another, creating a sense of unity of the human family which can in turn inspire solidarity and serious efforts to ensure a more dignified life for all.
God always has patience.
He who doesn’t pray to the Lord prays to the devil.
Money has to serve, not to rule.