Migrants and refugees are not pawns on the chessboard of humanity

I dream of a church that is a mother and shepherdess.

Forgiveness, dialogue, reconciliation - these are the words of peace, in beloved Syria, in the Middle East, in all the world.

It is by God’s mercy that we are saved. May we never tire of spreading this joyful message to the world.

The Lord has redeemed all of us, all of us, with the Blood of Christ: all of us, not just Catholics. Everyone! 'Father, the atheists?' Even the atheists. Everyone!

The Mexican people, you cannot explain this wealth, this history, this joy, the capacity to celebrate amid these tragedies that you have asked about. I can say another thing, that this unity, that this people has managed not to fail, not to end with so many wars, things, things that are happening now.

An evangelizer must never look like someone who has just come back from a funeral.