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.

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.

I have neither silver nor gold, but I bring with me the most precious thing given to me: Jesus Christ.

Fathers are so necessary as examples and guides for our children in wisdom and virtue. Without father figures, young people often feel orphaned; left adrift at a critical moment in their growth and development.

The love of Christ fills our hearts and makes us always able to forgive!

We now live in a culture of the temporary, in which more and more people are simply giving up on marriage as a public commitment.

Let's pray for whole world that there be brotherhood. I hope this journey of the church we begin today is fruitful for evangelization.