The thing the Church needs most today is the ability to heal wounds and to warm the hearts of the faithful.
There is so much noise in the world! May we learn to be silent in our hearts and before God.
Human trafficking is a scourge, a crime against the whole of humanity. It is time to join forces and work together to free its victims and to eradicate this crime that affects all of us, from individual families to the worldwide community.
Your sins are great? Just tell the Lord: Forgive me, help me to get up again, change my heart!
We are all missionary disciples.
The great challenge facing us today is to learn once again how to talk to one another, not simply how to generate and consume information.
Many powerful people don’t want peace, because they live off war.
Don’t be afraid to ask God for forgiveness. He never tires of forgiving us. God is pure mercy.
Miracles happen. But prayer is needed! Prayer that is courageous, struggling and persevering, not prayer that is a mere formality.
To imitate the hatred and violence of tyrants and murderers is the best way to take their place.
It is God who gives life. Let us respect and love human life, especially vulnerable life in a mother’s womb.
We are in front of a global scandal of around one billion – one billion people who still suffer from hunger today. We cannot look the other way and pretend this does not exist. The food available in the world is enough to feed everyone.
Dear young people, do not be afraid of making decisive choices in life. Have faith; the Lord will not abandon you!
I wish everyone a wonderful World Cup, played in a spirit of true fraternity.
The right to life is the first human right. Abortion is killing someone that cannot defend him or herself.
May no one use religion as a pretext for actions against human dignity and against the fundamental rights of every man and woman.
Each one of us is called to be an artisan of peace, by uniting and not dividing, by extinguishing hatred and not holding on to it, by opening paths to dialogue and not by constructing new walls!
We forget to remain focused on the things that really matter.
The Gospel, radiant with the glory of Christ’s cross, constantly invites us to rejoice.
We cannot keep ourselves shut up in parishes, in our communities, when so many people are waiting for the Gospel!