Birth: April 16, 1927
One of the most serious [challenges] is increased military spending and the cost of maintaining and developing nuclear arsenals. Enormous resources a….
A world filled with temptations needs priests who are totally dedicated to their mission. Accordingly, they are asked in a very special way to open t….
You have before you the task of seeking new ways to announce Christ in situations of rapid and often profound transformation, and of emphasizing the ….
The destruction of the environment, its improper or selfish use, and the violent hoarding of the Earth's resources cause grievances, conflicts and wa….
Young people in particular, I appeal to you: bear witness to your faith through the digital world!....Employ these new technologies to make the Gospe….
Sometimes we are looked upon as people who speak only of prohibitions. Nothing could be further from the truth!.
Liberty isn't liberalism, arbitrariness, but it's connected; it's conditioned by the great values of love and solidarity and in general by the good..
Purgatory basically means that God can put the pieces back together again. That He can cleanse us in such a way that we are able to be with Him and c….
The Christian faith can never be separated from the soil of sacred events, from the choice made by God, who wanted to speak to us, to become man, to ….
Before it's too late, we need to make courageous choices that will recreate a strong alliance between man and Earth. We need a decisive 'yes' to care….
Prayer, as a means of drawing ever new strength from Christ, is concretely and urgently needed..
May all our contemporaries stand beside their brothers and sisters in humanity. Each one of you is called by Christ and must be a missionary of the G….
A new generation of Christians is being called to help build a world in which God's gift of life is welcomed, respected and cherished-not rejected, f….
Can man, the finite and sinful one, cooperate with God, the Infinite and Holy One? Yes, he can, precisely because God Himself has become man, become ….
Let us put our hands today again at (God's) disposition and pray that he takes our hands to guide us. Let his hand take ours so we won't sink, but wi….
We are not some casual and meaningless product of evolution. Each of us is the result of a thought of God..
If only everyone could experience the joy of being Christian, being loved by God Who gave His Son for us!.
To make a concrete response to the appeal of our brothers and sisters in humanity, we must come to grips with the first of these challenges: solidari….
Love alone makes us happy, because we live in relation, and we live to love and to be loved..
The essence of Christianity...is an ever-new encounter with... the God who speaks to us, who approaches us and who befriends us!.
I thank you, dear Brothers, for preaching the love of Christ and exhorting your people to tolerance, respect and love of their brothers and sisters a….