Birth: December 17, 1936
We cannot be tepid disciples. The Church needs our courage in order to give witness to truth..
Above all I ask leaders and legislators and the entire international community above all to confront the reality of those who have been displaced by ….
So let us ask ourselves this evening, in adoring Christ who is really present in the Eucharist: do I let myself be transformed by him? Do I let the L….
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….
Dear young people, always be missionaries of the Gospel, every day and in every place..
Open your hearts to the Lord. The Lord is waiting for you and the Church will welcome you if your willingness to serve good is as clear and public as….
Maybe it's a little crazy, but it's good to have it, but I just don't like [prizes or honors]..
I had the habit of not accepting prizes or honors, but always, not out of humility, but because I don't like them. Maybe it's a little crazy, but it'….
Do we open ourselves to the Holy Spirit, so as to be an active part of our communities, or do we close in on ourselves, saying 'I have so many things….
Dear friends, let us not forget the flesh of Christ which is in the flesh of refugees: their flesh is the flesh of Christ. It is also your task to di….
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.….
Today is the World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation. Let us work and pray..
The culture of prosperity deadens us; we are thrilled if the market offers us something new to purchase; and in the meantime all those lives stunted ….
Man has slapped nature in the face. If you slap it, it will slap you back..
I ask everyone with political responsibility to remember two things: human dignity and the common good..
If I'm not mistaken, Sigmund Freud said that in every idealisation there's an aggression. Depicting the Pope as a sort of Superman, a star, is offens….
Going out to others in order to reach the fringes of humanity does not mean rushing out aimlessly into the world. Often it is better simply to slow d….
Life once conceived, must be protected with the utmost care; abortion and infanticide are abominable crimes..
Creation is not a property, which we can rule over at will; or, even less, is the property of only a few: Creation is a gift, it is a wonderful gift ….
Every man, every woman who has to take up the service of government, must ask themselves two questions: ‘Do I love my people in order to serve them b….
Sin, also for those who don't have faith, exists when one goes against one's conscience. To listen to and obey it means, in fact, to decide in face o….