Tell me, when you give alms do you look into the eyes of the man or woman to whom you give alms? . . . And when you give alms, do you touch the hand of the one to whom you give alms, or do you toss the coin?

Working for a just distribution of the fruits of the earth and human labor is not mere philanthropy. It is a moral obligation.

This is the mission of every Christian: lumina pandit - to spread the light and to tell the world of God's love.

The Mexican people, you cannot explain this wealth, this history, this joy, the capacity to celebrate amid these tragedies that you have asked about. I can say another thing, that this unity, that this people has managed not to fail, not to end with so many wars, things, things that are happening now.

Be sanctuaries of respect for life, proclaiming the sacredness of every human life from conception to natural death

You have a specific and important mission, that of keeping alive the relationship between the faith and the cultures of the peoples to whom you belong. . . . [W]e have to follow Christ along the concrete path of our daily lives so that he can transform us.

The measure of the greatness of a society is found in the way it treats those most in need, those who have nothing apart from their poverty!