Christians must respond to evil with good, taking the cross upon themselves as Jesus did

Miracles happen. But prayer is needed! Prayer that is courageous, struggling and persevering, not prayer that is a mere formality.

To the criminals and all their accomplices, I, today, humbly and as a brother, repeat: convert yourselves to love and justice. It is possible to return to honesty. The tears of the mothers of Naples are asking this of you.

May all people here find inspiration and strength to build a future of reconciliation, justice and peace for all the children of this beloved land.

Each encounter with Jesus fills us with joy, with that deep joy which only God can give.

The obsession with economic profit and technical efficiency puts the human rhythms of life at risk.

The alliance of love between a man and a woman, an alliance for life, cannot be improvised, and is not made in a day.