Freedom is not only a gift, but a summons to personal responsibility.

The Gospel is not merely a communication of things that can be known - it is one that makes things happen and is life-changing. The dark door of time, of the future, has been thrown open. The one who has hope lives differently; the one who hopes has been granted the gift of a new life.

A spiritual desert is spreading: an interior emptiness, an unnamed fear, a quiet sense of despair.

The Church is not a political power, nor a political party, but rather a moral reality, a moral force.

Each of you has a personal vocation which He has given you for your own joy and sanctity. When a person is conquered by the fire of His gaze, no sacrifice seems too great to follow Him and give Him the best of ourselves. This is what the saints have always done, spreading the light of the Lord ... and transforming the world into a welcoming home for everyone.

The destruction of images, the first signs of which reach back to the 1920s, eliminated a lot of kitsch and unworthy art, but ultimately it left behind a void.

We must trust in the mighty power of God's mercy. We are all sinners, but His grace transforms us and makes us new.