When I have a problem, I write it down and ask St Joseph to sleep on it

The two key words for the European Union are creativity and fruitfulness. That's the challenge.

To live charitably means not looking out for our own interests, but carrying the burdens of the weakest and poorest among us.

We have to state, without mincing words, that there is an inseparable bond between our faith and the poor. May we never abandon them.

Following Jesus means taking up one's own cross to accompany him on his path, an uncomfortable path that is not one of success or earthly glory, but which leads to true freedom, the freedom from selfishness and sin.

Let us not close our hearts, let us not lose confidence, let us never give up.

I ask all people of goodwill to help build a culture of encounter, solidarity and peace