We, the women and men of the Church, we are in the middle of a love story: each of us is a link in this chain of love. And if we do not understand this, we have understood nothing of what the Church is.

Do not forget this: the Lord never wearies of forgiving! We are the ones who weary of asking for forgiveness.

Working for a just distribution of the fruits of the earth and human labor is not mere philanthropy. It is a moral obligation.

The great challenge facing us today is to learn once again how to talk to one another, not simply how to generate and consume information.

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.

Holy Week is a good occasion to go to confession and to take up the right path again.

Fasting makes sense if it really chips away at our security and, as a consequence, benefits someone else, if it helps us cultivate the style of the good Samaritan, who bent down to his brother in need and took care of him.