The search for God means having the courage to set out on a risky path, it means following our restless hearts.

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. To protect creation, to protect every man and every woman, to look upon them with tenderness and love, is to open up a horizon of hope; it is to let a shaft of light break through the heavy clouds; it is to bring the warmth of hope!

Our Christian identity is belonging to a people: the Church. Without the Church we are not Christians.

We also try to reach out to people who are far away, via digital means, the web and brief messaging.

We have to work harder to develop a profound theology of women within the church. The feminine genius is needed wherever we make important decisions.

Men, to exist, to become complete and mature, need to feel the joy of fatherhood. When a man does not have this desire, something is missing in this man, it is like an incomplete life: a life that stops half way. The grace of fatherhood; of giving life to others, of pastoral paternity, of spiritual paternity is a gift from God.

We are in front of a global scandal of around one billion - one billion people who still suffer from hunger today. We cannot look the other way and pretend this does not exist. The food available in the world is enough to feed everyone.