We can walk when we want to, we can build many things, but if we do not witness to Jesus Christ then it doesn't matter. We might become a philanthropic NGO but we wouldn't be the Church, the Bride of the Lord.

The thing the Church needs most today is the ability to heal wounds and to warm the hearts of the faithful.

Do not be afraid to dream great things!

Despite the slowness, the infidelity, the errors and sins it committed and might still commit against its members, the Church, trust me, has no other meaning and goal but to live and witness Jesus.

I feel so low that instead of picking myself up I have to cut others down.

Filipinos everywhere are known for their love of God, their fervent piety and their warm devotion to Our Lady and her rosary

Just as the commandment 'Thou shalt not kill' sets a clear limit in order to safeguard the value of human life, today we also have to say 'thou shalt not' to an economy of exclusion and inequality. Such an economy kills. How can it be that it is not a news item when an elderly homeless person dies of exposure, but it is news when the stock market loses two points?