Children are to be welcomed, cherished, protected.

Christian witness is concrete: words without actions are empty.

May this colloquium be an inspiration to all who seek to support and strengthen the union of man and woman in marriage as a unique, natural, fundamental and beautiful good for persons, families, communities, and whole societies.

In this Year of Faith, we pray to the Lord that the Church may always be a true family that brings God’s love to everyone.

Today, elderly people are discarded when, in reality, they are the seat of wisdom of the society...the right to life means allowing people to live and not killing, allowing them to grow, to eat, to be educated, to be healed, and to be permitted to die with dignity.

I invite all Christians, everywhere, at this very moment, to a renewed personal encounter with Jesus Christ, or at least an openness to letting him encounter them.

Dear young people, listen within: Christ is knocking at the door of your heart.