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

I wish to extend an invitation to solidarity to everyone, and I would like to encourage those in public office to make every effort to give new impetus to employment, this means caring for the dignity of the person, but above all I would say do not lose hope.

Life rejuvenates and acquires energy when it multiplies: It is enriched, not impoverished.

True peace is not a balance of opposing forces, and it is not ‘a lovely façade’ simply covering conflicts and divisions. Rather, peace calls for daily commitment -- it's homemade -- starting from God's gift, from the grace which he has given us in Jesus Christ.

My brothers, the United States Bishops, have reminded us, all are called to be vigilant, precisely as good citizens, to preserve and defend that freedom from everything that would threaten or compromise it.

The joy of the gospel fills the hearts and lives of all who encounter Jesus.

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