Don't be afraid to go against the current, when they want to steal our hope, when they propose rotten values to us, values like food that has gone bad-and when food has gone bad it makes us sick, these values make us sick. We have to go against the current! And you, young people, be the first: Go against the grain and be proud of going against the grain. Go on, be brave and go against the current! And be proud of doing it!

Women have much to tell us. Women are capable of seeing things in a different angle. Women can pose questions that we men cannot understand.

It is a mortal sin to discard the elderly.

If we want security, let us give security; if we want life, let us give life; if we want opportunities, let us provide opportunities. The yardstick we use for others will be the yardstick which time will use for us.

Every Christian can witness to God in the workplace, not only with words, but above all with an honest life.

Human trafficking is a crime against humanity. We must unite our efforts to free the victims and stop this increasingly aggressive crime which threatens not only individuals but the basic values of society.

There can be no renewal of our relationship with nature without a renewal of humanity itself.