At the time of Galileo the Church remained much more reasonable than Galileo himself. The process against Galileo was reasonable and just.

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

The human person finds his perfection "in seeking and loving what is true and good.

Do not be afraid of Christ. He takes nothing away and he gives you everything.

Do not be afraid of seeming different and being criticized for what might seem to be losing or out of fashion; your peers but adults too, especially those who seem more distant from the mindset and values of the Gospel, are crying out to see someone who dares to live according to the fullness of humanity revealed by Jesus Christ.

When, as today, there is a market in human organs, when fetuses are produced to make spare organs available, or to make progress in research and preventive medicine, many regard the human content of these practices as implicit. But the contempt for man that underlies it, when man is used and abused, leads -- like it or not -- to a descent into hell.

Art and the saints are the greatest apologetics for our faith.