Christian love is loving without counting the cost. This is the lesson of the Good Samaritan; this is the lesson of Jesus.

The growth of equality… calls for decisions, mechanisms and processes directed to a better distribution of wealth, the creation of sources of employment and an integral promotion of the poor, which goes beyond a simple welfare mentality.

Every economic...acti on must set about providing each inhabitant of the planet with the minimum wherewithal to live in dignity and freedom, with the possibility of supporting a family, educating children, praising God and developing one's own human potential.

Humanity needs justice, peace and love and we can have this only by returning with our hearts towards God who is the source of all this.

Despite our sins, we can say with Peter: Lord, you know everything, you know that I love you.

From the way children are treated society can be judged.

We need to avoid the spiritual sickness of a church that is wrapped up in its own world: when a church becomes like this, it grows sick.