Birth: December 17, 1936
He looked beyond. He looked to the peoples of the Earth and saw the destruction of the family because of the lack of children. Paul VI was courageous….
Every people deserves to conserve its identity without being ideologically colonised..
Work ends up dehumanizing people..
Unrestrained liberalism only makes the strong stronger and the weak weaker and excludes the most excluded..
Money is needed to bring about many good things but when your heart is attached, it destroys you.
Terrorism is everywhere. You think of the tribal terrorism of some African countries..
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….
Solidarity...is a structural value of the social doctrine, as Blessed John Paul II reminded us..
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 ….
I invite all Christians, everywhere, at this very moment, to a renewed personal encounter with Jesus Christ, or at least an openness to letting him e….
As long as the problems of the poor are not radically resolved by rejecting the absolute autonomy of markets and financial speculation and by attacki….
We now live in a culture of the temporary, in which more and more people are simply giving up on marriage as a public commitment..
I had the habit of not accepting prizes or honors, but always, not out of humility, but because I don't like them..
Families have a citizenship which is divine. The identity card they have is given to them by God. So that within the heart of the family, truth, good….
We have begun a throw away culture. This tendency is seen on the level of individuals and whole societies; and it is being promoted! In circumstances….
Business is a noble vocation, directed to producing wealth and improving the world. It can be a fruitful source of prosperity for the area in which i….
You tell me: Can you live crushed under the weight of the present? Without a memory of the past and without the desire to look ahead to the future by….
God chooses the Pope and God also made men and women different..
My brothers, the United States Bishops, have reminded us, all are called to be vigilant, precisely as good citizens, to preserve and defend that free….
We are all called to be friends with Jesus. Don’t be afraid to love the Lord..
Being a Christian is not just about following commandments: it is about letting Christ take possession of our lives and transform them..