A Church without women is like the college of the Apostles without Mary... Our Lady is more important than the Apostles! She is more important! The Church is feminine. She is Church, she is bride, she is mother.

The people of God want pastors, not clergy acting like bureaucrats or government officials.

There can be no renewal of our relationship with nature without a renewal of humanity itself.

Let us ask Mary to help us fix our eyes intently on Jesus, to follow him always, even when this is demanding.

Politics is a noble activity. We should revalue it, practise it with vocation and a dedication that requires testimony, martyrdom, that is to die for the common good.

A society which abandons children and the elderly severs its roots and darkens its future.

We have begun a throw away culture. This tendency is seen on the level of individuals and whole societies; and it is being promoted! In circumstances like these, solidarity, which is the treasure of the poor, is often considered counterproductive, opposed to the logic of finance and the economy. While the income of a minority is increasing exponentially, that of the majority is crumbling.