We have created new idols. The worship of the ancient golden calf (cf. Ex 32:1-35) has returned in a new and ruthless guise in the idolatry of money ….

Racism today is the ultimate evil in the world.

I think we too are the people who, on the one hand, want to listen to Jesus, but on the other hand, at times, like to find a stick to beat others wit….

Our world is facing a refugee crisis of a magnitude not seen since the Second World War. This presents us with great challenges and many hard decisio….

American Catholics are committed to building a society which is truly tolerant and inclusive, to safeguarding the rights of individuals and communiti….

Truth, according to the Christian faith, is God's love for us in Jesus Christ. Therefore, truth is a relationship..

Resolve not to be overcome by evil, but to combat evil with good..

... this task entrusted to us by God the Creator requires us to grasp the rhythm and logic of creation. But we are often driven by pride of dominatio….

Today we celebrate Earth Day. I exhort everyone to see the world through the eyes of God the Creator: the earth is an environment to be safeguarded, ….

More and more people work on Sundays as a consequence of the competitiveness imposed by a consumer society..

Proselytism is solemn nonsense, it makes no sense. We need to get to know each other, listen to each other and improve our knowledge of the world aro….

The world is polarized. The middle class becomes smaller. The polarization makes the difference between rich and the poor big. This is true..

Listen to Jesus and follow him. That's the message of the Transfiguration..

Be the first to seek to bring good, do not grow accustomed to evil, but defeat it..

Today Saint Paul has told us that in Christ we have become God’s adopted children, brothers and sisters in Christ. This is who we are. This is our ….

The obsession with economic profit and technical efficiency puts the human rhythms of life at risk..

Every Christian can witness to God in the workplace, not only with words, but above all with an honest life..

There is no worse material poverty, I am keen to stress, than the poverty which prevents people from earning their bread and deprives them of the dig….

To be good Christians you have to contemplate the suffering humanity of Jesus. "How can we bear witness? Contemplate Jesus. How can we forgive? Conte….

The Cross of Christ bears the suffering and the sin of mankind, including our own. Jesus accepts all this with open arms, bearing on His shoulders ou….

Work is fundamental to the dignity of the person. Work, to use an image, 'anoints' with dignity, fills us with dignity, makes us similar to God who h….