Birth: December 17, 1936
Not to share one’s goods with the poor is to rob them and to deprive them of life. It is not our goods that we possess, but theirs..
Our life must be centred on what is essential, on Jesus Christ. Everything else is secondary..
We must learn from Mary, and we must imitate her unconditional readiness to receive Christ in her life..
Please do not lose the ability to dream.
I think both freedom of religion and freedom of expression are both fundamental human rights, everyone has not only the freedom and the right but the….
We ask for peace and freedom for the many men and women subject to old and new forms of enslavement on the part of criminal individuals and groups..
Wars are always madness: all is lost in war, all is to be gained in peace..
If sadness comes to you one day with an invitation, tell it you are committed to joy and will be faithful to it your whole life long..
At the first meeting I had with the (Italian) bishops in May 2013, one of the three things I said was: with the Italian government you're on your own….
In this system, which tends to devour everything which stands in the way of increased profits, whatever is fragile, like the environment, is defensel….
The Pope doesn't get mixed up in Italian politics..
Work is fundamental to the dignity of a person. . . . It gives one the ability to maintain oneself, one's family, to contribute to the growth of one'….
In Europe first and now in America, elected men have taken it upon themselves to indebt their people to create an atmosphere of dependency. And why? ….
It does not render justice to the victims, but rather fosters vengeance..
In mission, also on a continental level, it is very important to reaffirm the family, which remains the essential cell of society and the Church; you….
Please waste time just playing with your kids!.
When everything falls apart, only one thing sustains our hope: God loves us, he loves everyone!.
The presence of the devil is on the first page of the Bible, and the Bible ends as well with the presence of the devil, with the victory of God over ….
Let us pray that the Church be holier and more humble, loving God by serving the poor, the lonely and the sick..
In the Western Church to which I belong, priests cannot be married as in the Byzantine, Ukrainian, Russian or Greek Catholic Churches. In those Churc….
Young people are just as attracted to the truth as they are convenience and expediency..