Birth: April 16, 1927
The Earth is indeed a precious gift of the Creator who, in designing its intrinsic order, has given us bearings that guide us as stewards of his crea….
In a nuclear war there would be no victors, only victims. The truth of peace require that all-whether those governments which openly or secretly poss….
Believing is nothing other than, in the darkness of the world, touching the hand of God, and in this way, in silence, hearing the Word, seeing love..
Islam has a total organization of life that is completely different from ours; it embraces simply everything,...There is a very marked subordination ….
Global interconnectedness has led to the emergence of a new political power, that of consumers and their associations. It is good for people to reali….
The Church is not a political power, nor a political party, but rather a moral reality, a moral force..
Sometimes men and women prefer the darkness to the light because they are attached to their sins. Nevertheless it is only by opening oneself to the l….
Our faith is well founded; but it is necessary that this faith become part of our lives. A great effort must therefore be made in order for all Chris….
When politicians presume to do God's work, they do not become divine but diabolical..
The relationship between individuals or communities and the environment ultimately stems from their relationship with God. When ‘man turns his back o….
When human affairs are so ordered that there is no recognition of God, there is a belittling of man. That is why, in the final analysis, worship and ….
Perhaps reluctantly we come to acknowledge that there are also scars which mark the surface of our earth: erosion, deforestation, the squandering of ….
That the different Christian confessions, aware of the need for a new evangelisation in this period of profound transformations, may be committed to ….
Can we disregard the growing phenomenon of "environmental refugees", people who are forced by the degradation of their natural habitat to forsake it ….
Advent's intention is to awaken the most profound and basic emotional memory within us, namely, the memory of the God who became a child. This is a h….
It is imperative that the entire Christian community in the United States come to realize the grave threats to the Church's public moral witness pres….
A Catholic would be guilty of formal cooperation in evil, and so unworthy to present himself for Holy Communion, if he were to deliberately vote fo….
Their example testifies that Baptism commits Christians to participating courageously in the spreading of the Kingdom of God, if need be cooperating ….
It is when we attempt to avoid suffering by withdrawing from anything that might involve hurt, when we try to spare ourselves the effort and pain of ….
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….
Although the particular inclination of the homosexual person is not a sin, it is more or less strong tendency ordered to an intrinsic moral evil, and….