I would like to ask all those who have positions of responsibility in economic, political and social life, and all men and women of goodwill: let us be 'protectors' of creation, protectors of God's plan inscribed in nature, protectors of one another and of the environment.

The poor is the center of the Gospel. If we take out the poor, we cannot understand the message of Christ

It is difficult to judge the past by the criteria of the present.

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.

I love tango, and I used to dance when I was young.

I join the March for Life in Washington with my prayers. May God help us respect all life, especially the most vulnerable.

We cannot keep ourselves shut up in parishes, in our communities, when so many people are waiting for the Gospel!