Birth: December 17, 1936
How I wish that all men and women of good will would look to the Cross if only for a moment! There, we can see God’s reply: violence is not answered ….
From the Cross, Christ teaches us to love even those who do not love us..
Every religion has its dignity ... in freedom of expression there are limits..
I see the church as a field hospital after battle. It is useless to ask a seriously injured person if he has high cholesterol and about the level of ….
The only war that we must all fight is the one against evil..
Oh Mary, star of the sea, once again we recourse to thee, to find refuge and sernity, to implore your protection and help. Mother of God and our Moth….
The important thing is to not walk alone, but to rely on each other as brothers and sisters.
It is not 'progressive' to try to resolve problems by eliminating a human life..
Agape, the love of each one of us for the other, from the closest to the furthest, is in fact the only way that Jesus has given us to find the way of….
Anyone who wants to be pope doesn't care much for themselves, God doesn't bless them. I didn't want to be pope..
Today in many places we hear a call for greater security. But until exclusion and inequality in society and between peoples is reversed, it will be i….
From the peak of Chimborazo (volcano) to the Pacific coast, from the Amazon rainforest to the Galapagos Islands, may you never lose the ability to th….
I distrust a charity that costs nothing and does not hurt..
Not only would I say that the family is important for the evangelization of the new world. The family is important, and it is necessary for the survi….
How good it is for us when the Lord unsettles our lukewarm and superficial lives..
...we must also acknowledge that the majority of the men and women of our time continue to live daily in situations of insecurity, with dire conseque….
Man has slapped nature in the face. If you slap it, it will slap you back..
Don't confuse the evil of avoiding pregnancy by itself, with abortion. Abortion is not a theological problem, it is a human problem, it is a medical ….
A beautiful homily, a genuine sermon, must begin with the first proclamation, with the proclamation of salvation. There is nothing more solid, deep a….
How many of us, myself included, have lost our bearings; we are no longer attentive to the world in which we live; we don’t care; we don’t protect wh….
Our Lady is always close to us, especially when we feel the weight of life with all its problems.