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

Sometimes we are looked upon as people who speak only of prohibitions. Nothing could be further from the truth!

Can we remain indifferent before the problems associated with such realities as climate change?

Many of our brothers and sisters are 'baptized, but insufficiently evangelized.' In a number of cases, nations once rich in faith and in vocations are losing their identity under the influence of a secularized culture. The need for a new evangelization, so deeply felt by my venerable Predecessor, must be valiantly reaffirmed, in the certainty that God's word is effective.

Believing is nothing other than, in the darkness of the world, touching the hand of God, and in this way, in silence, hearing the Word, seeing love.

To be sure, it was not Easter Sunday but Holy Saturday, but, the more I reflect on it, the more this seems to be fitting for the nature of our human life: we are still awaiting Easter; we are not yet standing in the full light but walking toward it full of trust.

Being a Christian means having love. That is unbelievably difficult and, at the same time, incredibly simple.