A person who thinks only about building walls, wherever they may be - and not building bridges - is not Christian.

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.

Let love simply bloom... and it is unstoppable.

In the Church, and in the journey of faith, women have had and still have a special role in opening doors to the Lord.

We are all missionary disciples

The great challenge facing us today is to learn once again how to talk to one another, not simply how to generate and consume information. The latter is a tendency which our important and influential modern communications media can encourage. Information is important, but it is not enough. All too often things get simplified, different positions and viewpoints are pitted against one another, and people are invited to take sides, rather than to see things as a whole.

There is no sin that God cannot pardon. All we need to do is ask for forgiveness