Birth: December 17, 1936
When families bring children into the world, train them in faith and sound values, and teach them to contribute to society, they become a blessing in….
Let's pray for whole world that there be brotherhood. I hope this journey of the church we begin today is fruitful for evangelization..
Dear young people, put your talents at the service of the Gospel, with creativity and boundless charity..
Do good: we will meet one another there..
How I wish everyone had decent work! It is essential for human dignity..
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….
It is also painful to see that the struggle against hunger and malnutrition is hindered by market priorities, the primacy of profit, which have reduc….
Among our tasks as witnesses to the love of Christ is that of giving a voice to the cry of the poor..
If a person has done wrong, is conscious of what he has done and does not say sorry, I ask God to take him into account. I forgive him, but he does n….
The question of truth is really a question of memory, deep memory, for it deals with something prior to ourselves and can succeed in uniting us in a ….
When we are generous in welcoming people and sharing something with them-some food, a place in our homes, our time-not only do we no longer remain po….
Idolatry, then, is always polytheism, an aimless passing from one lord to another. Idolatry does not offer a journey but rather a plethora of paths l….
We have to state, without mincing words, that there is an inseparable bond between our faith and the poor. May we never abandon them..
The right to life is the first human right. Abortion is killing someone that cannot defend himself..
Sunday is the Lord’s Day. Let us find time to be with him..
The earth, our home, is beginning to look more and more like an immense pile of filth..
Holy Mother Church teaches us to end the year and also our days with an examination of conscience...to be grateful and to ask for forgiveness..
[Orthodox Patriarch] Kirill, my brother. We kissed each other, embraced, and then a conversation for two hours. Old age doesn't come on its own.Two h….
Accept the risen Jesus into your life. Even if you have been far away, take a small step towards Him. He awaits you with open arms..
May Christ the Savior give peace to Nigeria, where more blood is being shed and too many people are unjustly deprived of their possessions, held as h….