Anyone who wants to be pope doesn't care much for themselves, God doesn't bless them. I didn't want to be pope.

Let us allow God to fill our hearts with his goodness and mercy.

Consumerism has led us to become used to an excess and daily waste of food, to which, at times, we are no longer able to give a just value, which goes well beyond mere economic parameters. We should all remember, however, that throwing food away is like stealing from the tables of the the poor, the hungry!

God's word is unpredictable in its power... The Church has to accept this unruly freedom of the word, which accomplishes what it wills in ways that surpass our calculations and ways of thinking.

Please waste time just playing with your kids!

The perfect family doesn't exist, nor is there a perfect husband or a perfect wife, and let's not talk about the perfect mother-in-law! It's just us sinners. A healthy family life requires frequent use of three phrases: "May I? Thank you, and I'm sorry" and "never, never, never end the day without making peace."

You may be poor yourselves in material ways, but you have an abundance of gifts to offer when you offer Christ and the community of his Church.