Without fear we must set sail on the digital sea.

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

During the season of Lent which begins today, we renew our commitment to the path of conversion, making more room for God in our lives.

Meaning that is self-made is in the last analysis no meaning. Meaning, that is, the ground on which our existence as a totality can stand and live, cannot be made but only received.

Mission is a workshop where there is room for all.

The life of the community, both domestically and internationally, clearly demonstrates that respect for rights, and the guarantees that follow from them, are measures of the common good that serve to evaluate the relationship between justice and injustice, development and poverty, security and conflict.

In this regard, I reiterate that the prohibition against torture cannot be contravened under any circumstances.