Enough with the slaughters. Enough with the violence. Enough with the hatred in Iraq!

Mary's greatness consists in the fact that she wants to magnify God, not herself.

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

Christ had a specific evangelizing goal in mind when he prayed at the Last Supper that all his disciples 'be one...'The Church's evangelizing mission, therefore, moves along the path of ecumenism, the path of unity of faith, of evangelical witness and authentic fraternity.

How can it be that the most wonderous and sacred human space - the womb - has become a place of unutterable violence?

In a nuclear war there would be no victors, only victims. The truth of peace require that all-whether those governments which openly or secretly possess nuclear arms, or those planning to acquire them- agree to change their course by clear and firm decision and strive for a progressive and concerted nuclear disarmament. The resources which would be saved could then be employed in projects of development capable of benefiting all their people, especially the poor.

God loves us despite our shortcomings and sins, and his love gives meaning to our lives and to the life of the world.