Let us all remember this: one cannot proclaim the Gospel of Jesus without the tangible witness of one's life.

For the sake of peace, religious beliefs must never be allowed to be abused in the cause of violence and war.

The security of faith does not make us motionless or close us off, but sends us forth to bear witness and to dialogue with all people.

Our families need to ask for the gift of the Spirit! Through prayer, even in the busiest times, we give time back to God, we find the peace that comes from appreciating the important things, and we encounter the joy of God’s unexpected gifts. Through daily prayer may our homes become, like the house of Martha and Mary, places where Jesus always finds a warm welcome.

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

As long as the problems of the poor are not radically resolved by rejecting the absolute autonomy of markets and financial speculation and by attacking the structural causes of inequality, no solution will be found for the world’s problems or, for that matter, to any problems.

He saw the threat of the family being destroyed by not being open to life or children. Paul VI was brave. He was a good pastor. He alerted his sheep, telling them that the wolves were approaching.