Birth: December 17, 1936
If we wish to follow Christ closely, we cannot choose an easy, quiet life. It will be a demanding life, but full of joy..
It seems clear to me also that climate change is a problem which can no longer be left to our future generation..
More and more people work on Sundays as a consequence of the competitiveness imposed by a consumer society..
I ask you to ensure that humanity is served by wealth, and not ruled by it..
Let us not close our hearts, let us not lose confidence, let us never give up: there are no situations which God cannot change, there is no sin which….
In a very real way, the poor are our teachers. They show us that people’s value is not measured by their possessions or how much money they have in t….
Fathers are so necessary as examples and guides for our children in wisdom and virtue. Without father figures, young people often feel orphaned; left….
While new rights are attributed to or indeed almost presumed by the individual, life is not always protected as the primary value and the primordial ….
It is important to have friends we can trust. But it is essential to trust the Lord, who never lets us down..
There is another important point: encountering the poor. If we step outside ourselves we find poverty. Today-it sickens the heart to say so-the disco….
Let's ask ourselves: are we open to the Holy Spirit, do I pray to him to enlighten me, to make me more sensitive to the things of God? And this is….
If we don’t think about God, everything ends up being about 'me' and my own comfort..
When I saw from Rome that catastrophe (brought by Yolanda) I had to be here. And on those very days I decided to come here. I am here to be with you ….
Do I take the Gospel message of reconciliation and love into the places where I live and work?.
You have cast out the wonder of creation - man and woman - and you have put money in its place. This is a basic terrorism against all of humanity! Th….
How I wish everyone had decent work! It is essential for human dignity..
Advent is a journey towards Bethlehem. May we let ourselves be drawn by the light of God made man..
There can be no renewal of our relationship with nature without a renewal of humanity itself..
Today too, as at her origins, the Church... cries out:“Veni, Sancte Spiritus! Come Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of your faithful, and kindle in them ….
It is not possible to go backwards. We must go forward. Always forward..
Where there is calumny, there is Satan himself..