Francis of Assisi tells us we should work to build peace. But there is no true peace without truth! There cannot be true peace if everyone is his own criterion, if everyone can always claim exclusively his own rights, without at the same time caring for the good of others, of everyone, on the basis of the nature that unites every human being on this earth.

May we always say thank you to God, especially for his patience and mercy.

The youth say stupid things and they say good things, as we do, as everyone does. But hear them, speak with them, because we must learn from them and they must learn from me, from us.

Once man has lost the fundamental orientation which unifies his existence, he breaks down into the multiplicity of his desires; in refusing to await the time of promise, his life-story disintegrates into a myriad of unconnected instants.

We who are Christians, members of God’s family, are called to go out to the needy and to serve them.

Our deepest joy comes from Christ: remaining with him, walking with him, being his disciples.

When it comes to the care of our common home, we are living at a critical moment of history.