Birth: December 17, 1936
There is an ideological colonization we have to be careful of that tries to destroy the family..
Just as the commandment 'Thou shalt not kill' sets a clear limit in order to safeguard the value of human life, today we also have to say 'thou shalt….
That which gives us true freedom and true happiness is the compassionate love of Christ..
When one lives attached to money, pride or power, it is impossible to be truly happy..
Work is fundamental to the dignity of the person. Work, to use an image, 'anoints' with dignity, fills us with dignity, makes us similar to God who h….
Violence and war lead only to death..
Let us pray for peace, and let us bring it about, starting in our own homes..
Where the elderly are not honored, there is no future for the young..
Lent comes providentially to reawaken us, to shake us from our lethargy..
Dearest brothers and sisters who are so persecuted, I know how much you suffer, I know that you are stripped of everything. I am with you in the fait….
Mary is more important than the apostles..
Mary’s life shows that God accomplishes great deeds through those who are the most humble..
We have to find a new balance; otherwise even the moral edifice of the church is likely to fall like a house of cards, losing the freshness and fragr….
Everyone must be a missionary, everyone can hear that call of Jesus and go forth and proclaim the Kingdom!.
True love does not pay attention to the evil it suffers. It rejoices in doing good..
Migrants and refugees are not pawns on the chessboard of humanity.
With God, nothing is lost; but without him, everything is lost..
Don't confuse the evil of avoiding pregnancy by itself, with abortion. Abortion is not a theological problem, it is a human problem, it is a medical ….
Abortion is not a theological problem, it is a human problem, it is a medical problem. You kill one person to save another, in the best case scenario….
The obsession with economic profit and technical efficiency puts the human rhythms of life at risk..
May we try to listen and be silent in order to make space for the beauty of God..