Birth: December 17, 1936
The Church, in her wisdom, maintains the distinction between engaged and married couples -- they are not the same, today's culture and society have b….
Today, we need a Church capable of walking at people's side, of doing more than simply listening to them.... At times we lose people because they don….
If we are to know the Lord, we must go to Him. Listen to Him in silence before the Tabernacle and approach Him in the Sacraments..
How many solutions are found to family problems if we take time to reflect? If we think of a husband or wife and we dream about their good qualities ….
Mercy is the very foundation of the Church's life...The Church's very credibility is seen in how she shows merciful and compassionate love...Mercy is….
We are all jars of clay, fragile and poor, yet we carry within us an immense treasure..
God loves the lowly. When we live humbly, he takes our small efforts and creates great things..
Sometimes we know what we have to do, but we lack the courage to do it. Let us learn from Mary how to make decisions, trusting in the Lord..
Don't be afraid to go against the current, when they want to steal our hope, when they propose rotten values to us, values like food that has gone ba….
When we read about Creation in Genesis, we run the risk of imagining God was a magician, with a magic wand able to do everything. But that is not so.….
If, hypothetically, Western Catholicism were to review the issue of celibacy, I think it would do so for cultural reasons, not so much as a universal….
In the poor and outcast we see Christ’s face; by loving and helping the poor, we love and serve Christ..
Fundamental relationships are being called into question, as is the very basis of marriage and the family. I can only reiterate the importance and, a….
The Big Bang, which today we hold to be the origin of the world, does not contradict the intervention of the divine creator but, rather, requires it..
We have, in a sense, lorded it over nature, over Sister Earth, over Mother Earth, i think man has gone too far..
First, we can pray in communion with the Church on earth and in heaven. Let us not underestimate the power of so many voices united in prayer!.
In our families we learn to love and to recognise the dignity of all, especially of the elderly.
God chooses the Pope and God also made men and women different..
When we meet a person truly in need, do we see the face of God?.
It is important to integrate immigrants into society and to welcome them in the church community.
Do I guard myself, my heart, my feelings, my thoughts? Do I guard the treasure of grace? Do I guard the presence of the Holy Spirit in me? Or do I le….