Birth: April 16, 1927
The first priority will consist in restoring a sense of the acceptance of life as a gift from God. According to both Sacred Scripture and the wisest ….
An Adult faith does not follow the waves of fashion and the latest novelties..
The destruction of images, the first signs of which reach back to the 1920s, eliminated a lot of kitsch and unworthy art, but ultimately it left behi….
Young people in particular, I appeal to you: bear witness to your faith through the digital world..
Truth is not determined by a majority vote..
Forgiveness does not replace justice..
The Eucharistic sacrifice of the body and blood of Christ embraces in turn the mystery of our Lord's continuing passion in the members of his mystica….
At the judgment, in response to our questions, the Lord will show us his wounds, and we will understand. In the meantime, however, he simply expects ….
Each of us is the result of a thought of God. Each of us is willed. Each of us is loved. Each of us is necessary..
For each one of you, as for the apostles, the encounter with the divine Teacher who calls you friends may be the beginning of an extraordinary ventur….
After having repeatedly examined my conscience before God, I have come to the certainty that my strengths, due to an advanced age, are no longer suit….
Advent, this powerful liturgical season that we are beginning, invites us to pause in silence to understand a presence. It is an invitation to unders….
Without fear we must set sail on the digital sea..
Beauty, then, is not mere decoration, but rather an essential element of the liturgical action, since it is an attribute of God himself and his revel….
In silence, we are better able to listen to and understand ourselves; ideas come to birth and acquire depth; we understand with greater clarity what ….
The Jesus who makes everything okay for everyone is a phantom, a dream, not a real figure..
Everything in this world will pass away. In eternity only Love will remain..
Deeply saddened by the news of the terrorist attacks in central London, the Holy Father offers his fervent prayers for the victims and for all those ….
Mission is a duty about which one must say 'Woe to me if I do not evangelize' (1 Corinthians 9:16)...redemption and mission are acts of love [because….
the Twelve Apostles are the most evident sign of Jesus' will regarding the existence and mission of his Church, the guarantee that between Christ and….
Nature expresses a design of love and truth..