The Gospel, radiant with the glory of Christ’s cross, constantly invites us to rejoice.

China is a great nation that offers the world a great culture, so many good things. I love the Chinese people and I hope there is the possibility of having good relations. We're in contact, we talk, we are moving forward but for me, to have as a friend a great country like China, which has so much culture and has so much opportunity to do good, would be a joy.

Don't confuse the evil of avoiding pregnancy by itself, with abortion. Abortion is not a theological problem, it is a human problem, it is a medical problem. You kill one person to save another, in the best case scenario.

From the way children are treated society can be judged.

Before all else, the Gospel invites us to respond to the God of love who saves us, to see God in others and to go forth from ourselves to seek the good of others.

I thank all missionaries, men and women who quietly work hard for the Lord and their brothers and sisters.

Let us all remember this: one cannot proclaim the Gospel of Jesus without the tangible witness of one's life.