It is vital that government leaders and financial leaders take heed and broaden their horizons, working to ensure that all citizens have dignified work, education, and healthcare.

We also must learn to listen more to our conscience. Be careful, however: this does not mean we ought to follow our ego, do whatever interests us, whatever suits us, whatever pleases us. That is not conscience.

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

The Philippines bear witness to the youthfulness and vitality of the Church.

Let us not be satisfied with a mediocre life.

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

Lent is a favorable time for letting Christ serve us so that we in turn may become more like Him.