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

Lord, help us to recognize you in the sick, poor and suffering.

Let us remember Paul VI's words: "For the Catholic Church, no one is a stranger, no one is excluded, no one is far away" (Homily for the closing of the Second Vatican Council, 8 December 1965). Indeed, we are a single human family that is journeying on toward unity, making the most of solidarity and dialogue among peoples in the multiplicity of differences.

We are in front of a global scandal of around one billion - one billion people who still suffer from hunger today. We cannot look the other way and pretend this does not exist. The food available in the world is enough to feed everyone.

Because if we destroy Creation, Creation will destroy us! Never forget this!

Ask Jesus what he wants from you and be brave!

May no one use religion as a pretext for actions against human dignity and against the fundamental rights of every man and woman.