[Mexican people] have a culture, a culture that goes back millennia.

This generation, and many others, have been led to believe that the devil is a myth, a figure, an idea, the idea of evil... But the devil exists and we must fight against him.

Jesus fought Satan in 'hand to hand combat' . . . 'you need to protect this victory.'

Consumerism has accustomed us to waste. But throwing food away is like stealing it from the poor and hungry.

Reforming the social structures which perpetuate poverty and the exclusion of the poor first requires a conversion of mind and heart.

We ask ourselves and each of us may wonder: Does the Lord feel truly at home in my life? Do we allow him to do a 'cleansing' in our hearts and to drive out the idols, those attitudes of greed, jealousy, worldliness, envy and hatred, that habit of gossiping and tearing down others?

Since many of you do not belong to the Catholic Church and others are non-believers, from the bottom of my heart I give this silent blessing to each and every one of you, respecting the conscience of each one of you but knowing that each one of you is a child of God.