There is so much indifference in the face of suffering. May we overcome indifference with concrete acts of charity.

[Abortion] is an evil in and of itself, but it is not a religious evil in the beginning, no, it's a human evil. Then obviously, as with every human evil, each killing is condemned.

The Christian family is missionary: it announces the love of God to the world.

There is the tendency to place ourselves and our ambitions at the center of our lives. This is very human, but it is not Christian.

Patriarch Kirill. I would prefer - because if I say one thing, I have to say another and another and another. I would prefer that what we spoke about, us, alone, will remain only what we said in public.

Faith is not a light which scatters all our darkness, but a lamp which guides our steps in the night and suffices for the journey. To those who suffer, God does not provide arguments which explain everything; rather, his response is that of an accompanying presence, a history of goodness which touches every story of suffering and opens up a ray of light.

May we try to listen and be silent in order to make space for the beauty of God.