Birth: December 17, 1936
We are in front of a global scandal of around one billion - one billion people who still suffer from hunger today. We cannot look the other way and p….
Today, we need a Church capable of walking at people's side, of doing more than simply listening to them; a Church which accompanies them on their jo….
Faith is not a light which scatters all our darkness, but a lamp which guides our steps in the night and suffices for the journey..
In a world like this, media can help us to feel closer to one another, creating a sense of unity of the human family which can in turn inspire solida….
We need to be creative with young people. If they have no opportunities, they will get into drugs and be vulnerable to suicide..
The Church in the Philippines is called to acknowledge and combat the causes of the deeply rooted inequality and injustice which mar the face of Fili….
"Do you love me?"; "Are you my friend?". The One who scrutinizes hearts (cf. Rom 8:27), makes himself a beggar of love and questions us on the one tr….
I say only that this man [Donald Trump] is not Christian if he has said things like that [about wall]. We must see if he said things in that way and ….
They (the consecrated) are men and woman who can awaken the world. Consecrated life is prophecy. God asks us to fly the nest and to be sent to the fr….
Why are deadly weapons being sold to those who plan to inflict untold suffering on individuals and society? Sadly, the answer, as we all know, is sim….
Any Church community, if it thinks it can comfortably go its own way without creative concern and effective cooperation in helping the poor to live w….
Soccer must play a socio-cultural role. We reach 1.6 billion people, thanks to the positive emotions that soccer triggers, FIFA is more influential t….
I wish to make add my voice to the cry which rises up with increasing anguish from every part of the world, from every people, from the heart of each….
Giving primacy to God means having the courage to say ‘no’ to evil, ‘no’ to violence, ‘no’ to oppression, to live a life in service of others and whi….
Unrestrained liberalism only makes the strong stronger and the weak weaker and excludes the most excluded..
Let us ask Mary to help us respond to violence, to conflict and to war, with the power of dialogue, reconciliation and love. She is our mother: may s….
We cannot live as Christians separate from the rock who is Christ. He gives us strength and stability, but also joy and serenity..
Wine is a sign of happiness, love and plenty, how many of our adolescents and young people sense that these are no longer found in their homes? How m….
10 days before the death of St. John Paul II, in that Via Crucis of Holy Friday, Joseph Ratzinger said to the whole Church that it needed to clean up….
I had the habit of not accepting prizes or honors, but always, not out of humility, but because I don't like them..
I believe that Catholics involved in politics carry the values of their religion within them, but have the mature awareness and expertise to implemen….