The vocation of being a 'protector' [. . .] means protecting all creation, the beauty of the created world, as the Book of Genesis tells us and as Saint Francis of Assisi showed us [. . .] In the end, everything has been entrusted to our protection, and all of us are responsible for it. Be protectors of God’s gifts!

When we meet a person truly in need, do we see the face of God?

The fruits of this profound union with Jesus are marvelous: our whole being is transformed by the grace of the Holy Spirit: soul, intelligence, will, affections and even the body, because we are united in body and spirit.

Let us ask the Lord for this grace: that our hearts become free and filled with light, so that we can rejoice as children of God.

We must overcome...all forms of racism. The problem of intolerance should be dealt with as a whole: every time a minority is persecuted and marginalized...the good of the whole society is in danger.

The imposition of anomalous models and lifestyles are alien to people's identity and, in the end, are irresponsible.

Today too, amid so much darkness, we need to see the light of hope and to be men and women who bring hope to others.