When we walk without the cross, when we build without the cross and when we proclaim Christ without the cross, we are not disciples of the Lord. We are worldly. We may be bishops, priests, cardinals, popes, all of this, but we are not disciples of the Lord.

Fathers should speak with their children.

I think both freedom of religion and freedom of expression are both fundamental human rights, everyone has not only the freedom and the right but the obligation to say what Pope Francis thinks for the common good... we have the right to have this freedom openly without offending.

Ask yourselves this question: How often is Jesus inside and knocking at the door to be let out, to come out?

If we live according to the law "an eye for an eye...," we will never escape from the spiral of evil.

If the Christian is a restorationist, a legalist, if he wants everything clear and safe, then he will find nothing. Tradition and memory of the past must help us to have the courage to open up new areas to God.

Faith is not a light which scatters all our darkness, but a lamp which guides our steps in the night and suffices for the journey.