In a world often marked by selfishness, a large family is a school of solidarity and sharing; and this attitude is to the benefit of society as a whole.... I always thank the Lord in seeing mothers and fathers of large families, together with their children, committed to the life of the Church and of society.

Let us remember well, however, that whenever food is thrown out it is as if it were stolen from the table of the poor, from the hungry!

Unrestrained liberalism only makes the strong stronger and the weak weaker and excludes the most excluded.

Are you angry with someone? Pray for that person. That is what Christian love is.

The family is a community of love where each of us learns to relate to others and to the world around us.

Today, there are those who say that marriage is out of fashion... They say that it is not worth making a life-long commitment, making a definitive decision, ‘for ever’, because we do not know what tomorrow will bring. I ask you, instead, to be revolutionaries, I ask you to swim against the tide; yes, I am asking you to rebel against this culture that sees everything as temporary and that ultimately believes you are incapable of responsibility, that believes you are incapable of true love.

If we don't learn how to cry, we can't be good Christians. This is a challenge. Don't be frightened of crying.