I don't know if I had success or not. But I am afraid of myself. Why am I afraid of myself? I always feel - I don't know - weak in the sense of not having power and also power is a fleeting thing, here today, gone tomorrow.

Allow me to draw your attention to the value and beauty of marriage. The complementarity of man and woman, the vertex of the divine creation, is being questioned by gender ideology, in the name of a freer and more just society. The difference between man and woman is not meant to stand in opposition, or to subordinate, but is for the sake of communion and generation, always 'in the image and likeness of God.'

I ask everyone with political responsibility to remember two things: human dignity and the common good.

In the face of life’s difficulties, let us ask the Lord for the strength to remain joyful witnesses to our faith.

Today, the news is scandals, that is news, but the many children who don’t have food - that’s not news. This is grave. We can’t rest easy while things are this way.

Fraternal love is the nearest testimony that we can give that Jesus is alive among us.

We don't have to expect everything from those who govern us; that would be juvenile.