The great biblical tradition enjoins on all peoples the duty to hear the voice of the poor. It bids us break the bonds of injustice and oppression which give rise to glaring, and indeed scandalous, social inequalities.

The worldwide financial and economic crisis seems to highlight their distortions and above all the gravely deficient human perspective, which reduces man to one of his needs alone, namely, consumption. Worse yet, human beings themselves are nowadays considered as consumer goods which can be used and thrown away.

To follow Jesus means putting him first, and stripping ourselves of all the things that oppress our hearts.

Christian love is loving without counting the cost. This is the lesson of the Good Samaritan; this is the lesson of Jesus.

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

If in so many parts of the world there are children who have nothing to eat, that's not news, it seems normal. It cannot be this way!

Let us protect with love all that God has given us!