Lent comes providentially to reawaken us, to shake us from our lethargy.

It's best to not confuse optimism with hope. Optimism is a psychological attitude toward life. Hope goes further. It is an anchor that one hurls toward the future, it's what lets you pull on the line and reach what you're aiming for and head in the right direction. Hope is also theological: God is there, too.

Humanity needs justice, peace and love and we can have this only by returning with our hearts towards God who is the source of all this.

May the Lord bless the family and strengthen it in this moment of crisis

Despite our sins, we can say with Peter: Lord, you know everything, you know that I love you.

The 'Church' is ... catholic because her communion embraces the whole human race.

I would like especially to mention you, the women, wives and mothers of Paraguay, who at great cost and sacrifice were able to lift up a country defeated, devastated and laid low by an abominable war. God bless your perseverance, God bless and encourage your faith, God bless the women of Paraguay, the most glorious women of America.