The first genocide of the 21st century was against you, the Armenian people.

Lord, help us to recognize you in the sick, poor and suffering.

[T]he "home" represents the most precious human treasures, that of encounter, that of relations among people, different in age, culture and history, but who live together and together help one another to grow. For this reason, the "home" is a crucial place in life, where life grows and can be fulfilled, because it is a place in which every person learns to receive love and to give love.

The victims of problems of the family are the children. The children. Even of problems that neither husband nor wife have a say in.

Life rejuvenates and acquires energy when it multiplies: It is enriched, not impoverished.

We must not reduce the bosom of the universal church to a nest protecting our mediocrity.

I ask you to ensure that humanity is served by wealth, and not ruled by it.