All men and women of good will are bound by the task of pursuing peace.

An example I often use to illustrate the reality of vanity, is this: look at the peacock; it's beautiful if you look at it from the front. But if you look at it from behind, you discover the truth... Whoever gives in to such self-absorbed vanity has huge misery hiding inside them.

Today people are suffering from poverty, but also from lack of love

Dear parents, have great patience, and forgive from the depths of your heart.

Let us learn from the Virgin Mary how to be bolder in obeying the word of God.

Jesus kept his wounds so that we would experience his mercy. This is our strength and our hope.

The Church is called to draw near to every person, beginning with the poorest and those who suffer.