Listen to Jesus and follow him. That's the message of the Transfiguration.

When I had to say something that I didn't like to Turkey, but of which I was sure, I said it, with the consequences that you all know [Editor's note: a reference to his comments on the Armenian Genocide]. I said these words ... I was sure

Right now, we don't have a very good relation with creation.

The Lord always grants more than what he has been asked: you ask him to remember you, and he brings you into his Kingdom!

There is no worse material poverty, I am keen to stress, than the poverty which prevents people from earning their bread and deprives them of the dignity of work.

Let us pause before the Child of Bethlehem. Let us allow our hearts to be touched, let us allow ourselves to be warmed by the tenderness of God; we need his caress. God is full of love: to him be praise and glory forever! God is peace: let us ask him to help us to be peacemakers each day, in our life, in our families, in our cities and nations, in the whole world. Let us allow ourselves to be moved by God's goodness.

The Lord is always there waiting to give us his love: it is an amazing thing, one which never ceases to surprise us!