The culture of prosperity deadens us; we are thrilled if the market offers us something new to purchase; and in the meantime all those lives stunted for lack of opportunity seem a mere spectacle; they fail to move us.

May we learn to say “thank you” to God and to one another. We teach children to do it, and then we forget to do it ourselves!

The right to life is the first human right. Abortion is killing someone that cannot defend himself.

To the criminals and all their accomplices, I, today, humbly and as a brother, repeat: convert yourselves to love and justice. It is possible to return to honesty. The tears of the mothers of Naples are asking this of you.

I like this idea of the re-foundation of the European Union, maybe it can be done, because Europe - I do not say is unique, but it has a force, a culture, a history that cannot be wasted, and we must do everything so that the European Union has the strength and also the inspiration to make it go forward.

God’s love is free. He asks for nothing in return; all he wants is for his love to be accepted.

The thing the Church needs most today is the ability to heal wounds and to warm the hearts of the faithful.