The Internet offers immense possibilities for encounter and solidarity. This is something truly good, a gift from God.

Challenges exist to be overcome! Let us be realists, but without losing our joy, our boldness and our hope-filled commitment. Let us not allow ourselves to be robbed of missionary vigour!

The Lord is knocking at the door of our hearts. Have we put a sign on the door saying: 'Do not disturb'?

It is through an unbroken chain of witnesses that we come to see the face of Jesus.

Human self-understanding changes with time, and so also human consciousness deepens.

Christmas celebrations are often full of sound. It would be good for us to make room for silence, to hear the voice of Love.

I would like that all of us, after these days of grace, might have the courage - the courage - to walk in the presence of the Lord, with the Cross of the Lord: to build the Church on the Blood of the Lord, which is shed on the Cross, and to profess the one glory, Christ Crucified. In this way, the Church will go forward.