The imposition of anomalous models and lifestyles are alien to people's identity and, in the end, are irresponsible.

Are you angry with someone? Pray for that person. That is what Christian love is.

Advent increases our hope, a hope which does not disappoint. The Lord never lets us down.

We need to avoid the spiritual sickness of a church that is wrapped up in its own world: when a church becomes like this, it grows sick.

Let the Church always be a place of mercy and hope, where everyone is welcomed, loved and forgiven.

Holy Mother Church teaches us to end the year and also our days with an examination of conscience...to be grateful and to ask for forgiveness.

May the Santo Niño continue to bless the Philippines and may he sustain the Christians of this great nation in their vocation to be witnesses and missionaries of the joy of the Gospel, in Asia and in the whole world.