Jesus Christ conferred power upon Peter, but what sort of power was it? Jesus’ three questions to Peter about love are followed by three commands: feed my lambs, feed my sheep. Let us never forget that authentic power is service, and that the Pope too, when exercising power, must enter ever more fully into that service which has its radiant culmination on the Cross.

May the Santo Niño continue to bless the Philippines and may he sustain the Christians of this great nation in their vocation to be witnesses and missionaries of the joy of the Gospel, in Asia and in the whole world.

Laboratories are useful, but reflection for us must always start from experience.

The cry of a baby is God's voice: never drive them away from the church!

The Lord is knocking at the door of our hearts. Have we put a sign on the door saying: 'Do not disturb'?

Are our lives truly filled with the presence of God? How many things take the place of God in my life each day?

Putin has big plans for Russia...Hats off to the Russians. I think I would just get along very well with Vladimir Putin.