I cannot imagine a Christian who does not know how to smile. May we joyfully witness to our faith.

God is not afraid of new things.

The Church in the Philippines is called to acknowledge and combat the causes of the deeply rooted inequality and injustice which mar the face of Filipino society, plainly contradicting the teaching of Christ.

Human dignity is the same for all human beings: when I trample on the dignity of another, I am trampling on my own.

Almost without being aware of it, we end up being incapable of feeling compassion at the outcry of the poor, weeping for other people's pain, and feeling a need to help them, as though all this were someone else's responsibility and not our own.

It is important to have friends we can trust. But it is essential to trust the Lord, who never lets us down.

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."