Birth: December 17, 1936
There is no sin that God cannot pardon. All we need to do is ask for forgiveness.
The Church is the home that accepts everyone and refuses no one ... the greater the sin, the greater the love that the Church should show towards tho….
May all people here find inspiration and strength to build a future of reconciliation, justice and peace for all the children of this beloved land..
If God, in the Christmas mystery, reveals himself not as One who remains on high and dominates the universe, but as the One who bends down, descends ….
Poverty is part of the natural condition and that is bad enough. But my task is to prevent the aggravation of this condition..
We need to build up society in the light of the Beatitudes, walking towards the Kingdom with the least among us..
Poverty is the center of the Gospel..
I love it when people can actually engage with the materials of the sacrament in advance..
The alliance of love between a man and a woman, an alliance for life, cannot be improvised, and is not made in a day..
The Church's challenge is staying close to the people, close to the people of the United States, not being a detached Church from the people but clos….
[Joseph Ratzinger] is a man who as the prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith had everything in his hands. He conducted all the in….
When a child has a bad dream and wakes up crying, Dad goes and says, 'Don't be afraid, don't be scared. I'm here.' The Lord speaks this way, too... U….
It would be nice if you as journalists - there are some books that explain the painting [ of Guadalupe] what it is like, the significance, and that i….
I believe in the old warrior's credo that "to the victor go the spoils.".
Our world needs good and strong families..
When I confess a couple who have kids, a married couple, I ask, 'how many children do you have?' Some get worried and think the priest will ask why I….
The first genocide of the 21st century was against you, the Armenian people..
The teachings of the Gospel have direct consequences for our way of thinking, feeling and living..
Created half to rise, and half to fall; Great lord of all things, yet a prey to all; Sole judge of truth, in endless error hurled; The glory, jest, a….
All of us benefit from remembering our past. A people which remembers does not repeat past errors; instead, it looks with confidence to the challenge….
Since God created the world, He also created reality..