Those who today always look for disciplinarian solutions, those who long for an exaggerated doctrinal 'security,' those who stubbornly try to recover a past that no longer exists - they have a static and inward-directed view of things. In this way, faith becomes an ideology among other ideologies.

God’s love is free. He asks for nothing in return; all he wants is for his love to be accepted.

May we always care for our children, not counting the cost, so that they may never believe themselves to be mistakes, but always know their infinite worth.

The Holy Spirit transforms and renews us, creates harmony and unity, and gives us courage and joy for mission.

The alliance of love between a man and a woman, an alliance for life, cannot be improvised, and is not made in a day.

Do I guard myself, my heart, my feelings, my thoughts? Do I guard the treasure of grace? Do I guard the presence of the Holy Spirit in me? Or do I let go, feeling secure, believing that all is going well?

I wish everyone a wonderful World Cup, played in a spirit of true fraternity.