Let us never forget that authentic power is service, which has its radiant culmination on the Cross.

Dear young people, pray with me for peace in the world.

There is an ideological colonization we have to be careful of that tries to destroy the family.

Above all I ask leaders and legislators and the entire international community above all to confront the reality of those who have been displaced by force, with effective projects and new approaches in order to protect their dignity, to improve the quality of their life and to face the challenges that are emerging from modern forms of persecution, oppression and slavery.

Among us, who is above must be in service of the others. This doesn't mean we have to wash each other's feet every day, but we must help one another.

Education, work, and access to health care for all are key elements for development and the just distribution of goods, for the attainment of social justice, for membership in society, and for free and responsible participation in political life.

We don't have to expect everything from those who govern us; that would be juvenile.