Work is fundamental to the dignity of the person. Work, to use an image, 'anoints' with dignity, fills us with dignity, makes us similar to God who has worked and still works, who always acts.

Oh, how I would like a poor Church, and for the poor.

Dear parents, have great patience, and forgive from the depths of your heart.

These are roots of all evil, hatred and greed, for money, for the construction and for the sale of weapons. This should make us all think, who is behind it all?

The first genocide of the 21st century was against you, the Armenian people.

I would like especially to mention you, the women, wives and mothers of Paraguay, who at great cost and sacrifice were able to lift up a country defeated, devastated and laid low by an abominable war. God bless your perseverance, God bless and encourage your faith, God bless the women of Paraguay, the most glorious women of America.

The culture of comfort, which makes us think only of ourselves, makes us insensitive to the cries of other people.