The ways of the Lord are not easy, but we were not created for an easy life, but for great things, for goodness.

My dear friends, God’s creation is one and it is good. The concerns for nonviolence, sustainable development, justice and peace, and care for our environment are of vital importance for humanity. They cannot, however, be understood apart from a profound reflection on the innate dignity of every human life from conception to natural death: a dignity conferred by God himself and thus inviolable.

It is important always to remember that virtual contact cannot and must not take the place of direct human contact with people at every level of our lives.

Young people in particular, I appeal to you: bear witness to your faith through the digital world.

The Church is missionary by nature and her principal task is evangelization, which aims to proclaim and to witness to Christ and to promote his Gospel of peace and love in every environment and culture.

The Church needs your faith, your idealism and your generosity, so that she can always be young in the Spirit.

Rock... is the expression of elemental passions... In the ecstasy of having all their defenses torn down, the participants sink, as it were, beneath the elemental force of the universe.