Birth: December 17, 1936
I recognize that globalization has helped many people rise out of poverty, but it has also damned many others to starve to death. It is true that glo….
Avoiding pregnancy is not an absolute evil. In certain cases, as in this one, or in the one I mentioned of Blessed Paul VI, it was clear..
It is difficult to judge the past by the criteria of the present..
We must not reduce the bosom of the universal church to a nest protecting our mediocrity..
Jesus’ Cross shows the full force of evil, but also the full power of God’s mercy..
It is the disease of cowards, who do not have the courage to speak upfront and so talk behind one's back... Watch out against the terrorism of gossip!.
What is most important subject you have to learn in life? To learn how to love. This is the challenge that life offers you: to learn bow to love. Not….
Let us not allow ourselves to be robbed of missionary enthusiasm!.
It is vital that government leaders and financial leaders take heed and broaden their horizons, working to ensure that all citizens have dignified wo….
Where the elderly are not honored, there is no future for the young..
Let us leave a spare place at our table: a place for those who lack the basics, who are alone..
May no one use religion as a pretext for actions against human dignity and against the fundamental rights of every man and woman..
We are all called to be friends with Jesus. Don’t be afraid to love the Lord..
I entrust this Twenty-second World Day of the Sick to the intercession of Mary. I ask her to help the sick to bear their sufferings in fellowship wit….
We can inspire others through witness so that one grows together in communicating. BUt the worst thing of all is religious proselytism, which paralys….
We hear many offers from the world around us; but let us take up God's offer instead: his is a caress of love. For God, we are not numbers, we are im….
I don't like to speak of Islamic violence, because every day, when I browse the newspapers, I see violence, here in Italy... this one who has murdere….
Dear brothers and sisters, the Church loves you! Be an active presence in the community, as living cells, as living stones..
God’s love is free. He asks for nothing in return; all he wants is for his love to be accepted..
Our relationship with the followers of Islam has taken on great importance, since they are now significantly present in many traditionally Christian ….
A Christian is one who is invited... to join in the feast, to the joy of being saved, to the joy of being redeemed, to the joy of sharing life with C….