We have so much information but maybe we don’t know what to do with that information. So we run the risk of becoming museums of young people who have everything but not knowing what to do with it. We don’t need young museums but we do need holy young people.

I cannot imagine a Christian who does not know how to smile. May we joyfully witness to our faith.

Lent comes providentially to reawaken us, to shake us from our lethargy.

I ask all people of goodwill to help build a culture of encounter, solidarity and peace

Do not be content to live a mediocre Christian life: walk with determination along the path of holiness.

In your school you take part in various activities that habituate you not to shut yourselves in on yourselves or in your small world, but to be open to others, especially to the poorest and neediest, to work to improve the world in which we live. Be men and women with others and for others, real champions in the service of others. To be magnanimous with interior liberty and a spirit of service, spiritual formation is necessary. Dear children, dear youths, love Jesus Christ ever more!

Avoiding pregnancy is not an absolute evil. In certain cases, as in this one, or in the one I mentioned of Blessed Paul VI, it was clear.