We cannot live as Christians separate from the rock who is Christ. He gives us strength and stability, but also joy and serenity.

It is vital that government leaders and financial leaders take heed and broaden their horizons, working to ensure that all citizens have dignified work, education, and healthcare.

The victims of problems of the family are the children. The children. Even of problems that neither husband nor wife have a say in.

Not so much anymore but some years ago in my homeland there was a habit, something called 'casamiento de apuro,' a marriage in haste because the baby is coming and to cover socially the honor of the family. There, they weren't free and it happened many times this marriage is null. As a bishop I forbade my priests to do this.

Yes, hypothetically, western Catholicism could revise the theme of celibacy. ... But for the moment, I am in favor of maintaining celibacy, with the pros and the cons it has, because we have ten centuries of more good experiences than bad ones.

At times we are slaves of sin. Lord, come to free us!

The first setting in which faith enlightens the human city is the family.