It is the beautiful task of Advent to awaken in all of us memories of goodness and thus to open doors of hope.

Richard Dawkins's The Selfish Gene is a classic example of science fiction.

The missionary experience is part of Christian formation and it is important for adolescents and young people to be able to live it personally.

Each generation, as it seeks to advance the common good, must ask anew: 'What are the requirements that governments may reasonably impose upon citizens, and how far do they extend? By appeal to what authority can moral dilemmas be resolved?'

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

The Holy Spirit gives us joy. And he is joy. Joy is the gift in which all the other gifts are included. It is the expression of happiness, of being in harmony with ourselves, that which can only come from being in harmony with God and with his creation. It belongs to the nature of joy to be radiant; it must communicate itself. The missionary spirit of the Church is none other than the impulse to communicate the joy which has been given.

The closer a person is to God, the closer he is to people.