Birth: April 16, 1927
Jesus resolved the false opposition between obedience and freedom and opened the path to freedom.
Faith in the resurrection of Jesus says that there is a future for every human being; the cry for unending life which is a part of the person is inde….
The celebration of Lent, in the context of the Year of Faith, offers us a valuable opportunity to meditate on the relationship between faith and char….
Consecrated life means going to the very root of the love of Jesus Christ with an undivided heart and putting nothing ahead of this love..
We cannot keep to ourselves the words of eternal life given to us in our encounter with Jesus Christ: they are meant for everyone, for every man and ….
In Jesus Christ, God took on a human face and became our friend and brother..
How many people also in our time are in search of God, in search of Jesus and of his Church, in search of divine mercy, and are waiting for a "sign" ….
Jesus’ example of fidelity to prayer challenges us to examine the time and effort we devote to our own prayer. While prayer is a gift of God, it is a….
For more than 160 years, through the initiative of the French bishop Charles de Forbin Janson, the childhood of Jesus has become the icon for the com….
In the month of October, the universal Church highlights her missionary vocation. Guided by the Holy Spirit she knows she is called to pursue the wor….
The proclamation and witness of the Gospel are the first service that Christians can offer every person and the whole human race, as they are called ….
The fundamental task of the evangelization of culture is the challenge to make God visible in the human face of Jesus..
Faith is above all a personal, intimate encounter with Jesus, and to experience [His] closeness, [His] friendship, [His] Love; only in this way does ….
The experience of [the African] bishops is that evangelization itself should be foremost, that the God of Jesus Christ must be known, believed in and….
Almsgiving, according to the Gospel, is not mere philanthropy; rather it is a concrete expression of charity, a theological virtue that demands inter….
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….
When, as today, there is a market in human organs, when fetuses are produced to make spare organs available, or to make progress in research and prev….
Richard Dawkins's The Selfish Gene is a classic example of science fiction..
[Evangelization] is not something optional, but the very vocation of the People of God, a duty that corresponds to it by the command of the Lord Jesu….
Authentic love is obviously something good... When we love, we become most fully ourselves, most fully human... People often think they are being lov….
The Church's mission is not political in nature. Her task is to open the world to the religious sense by proclaiming Christ..