Birth: April 16, 1927
An authentic updating of sacred music can take place only in the lineage of the great tradition of the past, of Gregorian chant and of sacred polypho….
In the pierced heart of the Crucified, God's own heart is opened up - here we see who God is and what he is like. Heaven is no longer locked up. God ….
Rock... is the expression of elemental passions... In the ecstasy of having all their defenses torn down, the participants sink, as it were, beneath ….
Popular piety is one of our strengths because it consists of prayers deeply rooted in people's hearts. These prayers even move the hearts of people w….
Enough with the slaughters. Enough with the violence. Enough with the hatred in Iraq!.
Today we bury his remains in the earth as a seed of immortality. Our hearts are full of sadness, yet at the same time of joyful hope and profound gra….
Eternity is not an unending succession of days in the calendar, but something more like the supreme moment of satisfaction, in which totality embrace….
In the world in which we live, it is almost a necessity to be able to regain one's strength of body and spirit, especially for those who live in the ….
[Non-Catholic Christians are] in a gravely deficient situation in comparison with those who, in the [Roman Catholic] church, have the fullness of the….
The Church's mission is to spread hope "contagiously" among all peoples... It is only in this mission that the true journey of humanity is understood….
Today the great gift of God's Creation is exposed to serious dangers and lifestyles which can degrade it. Environmental pollution is making particula….
Terrorist activity is continually recurring in various parts of the world, sowing death and destruction and plunging many of our brothers and sisters….
One doesn't begin to be a Christian because of an ethical decision or a great idea, but rather because of an encounter with an event, with a Person, ….
Dialogue is the fundamental unfolding of a gift of oneself to another..
Only if there is love, if hearts are opened, can one person truly know the other..
Let us allow ourselves to be 'infected' by St. Joseph's silence! We need it greatly, in a world that is often too noisy, that does not favor meditati….
Not all moral issues have the same moral weight as abortion and euthanasia. There may be legitimate diversity of opinion even among Catholics about w….
Today, I, too, wish to reaffirm that I intend to continue on the path toward improved relations and friendship with the Jewish people, following the ….
Poverty is a plague against which humanity must fight without cease..
The glory of God is the living man, but the life of man is the vision of God', says St. Irenaeus, getting to the heart of what happens when man meets….
God loves us despite our shortcomings and sins, and his love gives meaning to our lives and to the life of the world..