We need to avoid the spiritual sickness of a church that is wrapped up in its own world: when a church becomes like this, it grows sick..

More than by fear of going astray, my hope is that we will be moved by the fear of remaining shut up within structures which give us a false sense of….

Reforming the social structures which perpetuate poverty and the exclusion of the poor first requires a conversion of mind and heart..

It hurts me when I see a priest or a nun with the latest model car, you can't do this. A car is necessary to do a lot of work, but please, choose a m….

The Church encourages those in power to be truly at the service of the common good of their peoples. She urges financial leaders to take account of e….

You can have large projects and implement them by means of a few of the smallest things. Or you can use weak means that are more effective than stron….

Where there is no work, there is no dignity..

Our deepest joy comes from Christ: remaining with him, walking with him, being his disciples..

Let us seek to live in a way that is always worthy of our Christian vocation.

Obeying God is listening to God, having an open heart to follow the path that God points out to us..

God's word is unpredictable in its power... The Church has to accept this unruly freedom of the word, which accomplishes what it wills in ways that s….

We cannot take a step in our Christian life without the help of the Lord, because we are weak..

How beautiful it is to see that young people are 'street preachers,' joyfully bringing Jesus to every street, every town square and every corner of t….

Jesus is God but he humbled himself to walk with us. He is our friend, our brother..

Like the Good Samaritan, may we not be ashamed of touching the wounds of those who suffer, but try to heal them with concrete acts of love..

And with the grace of Baptism and of Eucharistic Communion I can become an instrument of God's mercy, of that beautiful mercy of God..

Christianity spreads through the joy of disciples who know that they are loved and saved..

I make a forceful and urgent call to the entire Catholic Church, and also to every Christian of other confessions, as well as to followers of every r….

Christian witness is concrete: words without actions are empty..

Where we find hate and darkness, may we bring love and hope, in order to give a more human face to society..

God’s goodness is stronger than any evil!.