The parish is the presence of the Church in any given territory, an environment for hearing God's word, for growth in Christian life, for dialogue, proclamation, charitable outreach, worship and celebration.

When one lives attached to money, pride or power, it is impossible to be truly happy.

Even the weakest and most vulnerable, the sick, the old, the unborn and the poor, are masterpieces of God's creation, made in his own image, destined to live for ever, and deserving of the utmost reverence and respect.

In our families we learn to love and to recognise the dignity of all, especially of the elderly

War is the suicide of humanity because it kills the heart and kills love.

To use a telling phrase of the Reverend Martin Luther King, we can say that we have defaulted on a promissory note and now is the time to honor it.

I don't know how things stand in the thinking of the Italian parliament. The Pope doesn't get mixed up in Italian politics.