I have decided to proclaim for the whole Church... a day of fasting and prayer for peace in Syria, the Middle East, and throughout the world, and I also invite each person, including our fellow Christians, followers of other religions and all men of good will, to participate, in whatever way they can, in this initiative.

Fathers should speak with their children.

Let us contemplate the humility of the Son of God born into poverty. Let us imitate him by sharing with those who are weak.

A small step, in the midst of great human limitations, can be more pleasing to God than a life which appears outwardly in order but moves through the day without confronting great difficulties.

Where there is calumny, there is Satan himself.

Peace is the language we must speak.

Ours is not a joy born of having many possessions, but of having encountered a person: Jesus in our midst.