If you withdraw into yourself, you run the risk of becoming egocentric. And stagnant water becomes putrid.

We could also say that there is only one real kind of poverty: not living as children of God and brothers and sisters of Christ.

Money at the service of life can be managed in the right way by cooperatives, on condition that it is a real cooperative where capital does not have command over men but men over capital.

We don't want this globalised economic system which does us so much harm. Men and women have to be at the centre (of an economic system) as God wants, not money. The world has become an idolator of this god called money. To defend this economic culture, a throwaway culture has been installed. We throw away grandparents, and we throw away young people. We have to say no to his throwaway culture. We want a just system that helps everyone.

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

Whenever we take a step towards Jesus, we come to realize that he is already there, waiting for us with open arms.

How many people worldwide are victims of this type of slavery, in which the person is at the service of his or her work, while work should offer a service to people so they may have dignity. I ask my brothers and sisters in faith and all men and women of good will for a decisive choice to combat trafficking in persons, which includes "slave labor."