Birth: December 17, 1936
We who are Christians, members of God’s family, are called to go out to the needy and to serve them..
When you meet the needy your heart grows bigger.
I think of the difficulties which, in various countries, today afflicts the world of work and business; I think of how many, and not just young peopl….
God always has patience..
Holy Mother Church teaches us to end the year and also our days with an examination of conscience...to be grateful and to ask for forgiveness..
All too often, as we know from experience, people do not choose life; they do not accept the gospel of life, but let themselves be led by ideologies ….
Let us never forget this, he is pure mercy, let us go to Jesus!.
No one listens willingly to someone who speaks to them from a position of self-righteousness and judgment. Again and again in the Gospels, Jesus rese….
Such self-denial 'may appear demanding,' but it will allow you, so to speak, to be and to breathe within the heart of the church..
These two criteria are like the pillars of true love: deeds, and the gift of self..
If anyone feels offended by my words, I would respond that I speak them with affection and with the best of intentions, quite apart from any personal….
I ask all people of goodwill to help build a culture of encounter, solidarity and peace.
The mystery of the Cross, a mystery of love, can only be understood in prayer. Pray and weep, kneeling before the Cross..
[Mexican people] have a culture, a culture that goes back millennia..
Every conflict is emblematic of the throwaway culture..
We must avoid the spiritual disease of the Church that can become self-referential: when this happens, the Church itself becomes sick. It’s true that….
Say no to an ephemeral, superficial and throwaway culture, a culture that assumes that you are incapable of taking on responsibility and facing the g….
Avoiding pregnancy is not an absolute evil..
You have a specific and important mission, that of keeping alive the relationship between the faith and the cultures of the peoples to whom you belon….
Whenever I have a problem, I ask the Saint (Thérèse of Lisieux) not to solve it, but to take it into her hands and to help me accept it and I almost ….
The imbalance results from ideologies which uphold the absolute autonomy of markets and financial speculation, and thus deny the right of control to ….