Politics is noble; it is one of the highest forms of charity, as Paul VI used to say. We sully it when we mix it with business. The relationship between the Church and political power can also be corrupted if common good is not the only converging point.

The one who listens attentively to the Word of God and truly prays, always asks the Lord: what is your will for me?

Yet only when we come to understand, in the light of the Cross, the evil we are capable of, and have even been a part of, can we experience true remorse and true repentance.

Human self-understanding changes with time, and so also human consciousness deepens.

May God welcome the dead into his peace, comfort the families and convert the hearts of the violent ones, who do not even stop before children.

Let us contemplate the humility of the Son of God born into poverty. Let us imitate him by sharing with those who are weak.

In a world often marked by selfishness, a large family is a school of solidarity and sharing; and this attitude is to the benefit of society as a whole.... I always thank the Lord in seeing mothers and fathers of large families, together with their children, committed to the life of the Church and of society.