It is also painful to see that the struggle against hunger and malnutrition is hindered by market priorities, the primacy of profit, which have reduced foodstuffs to a commodity like any other, subject to speculation, also of a financial nature, The hungry remain, at the street corner, and ask to be recognized as citizens, to receive a healthy diet. We ask for dignity, not for charity.

Religion has the right to express its opinion in the service of the people, but God in creation has set us free: it is not possible to interfere spiritually in the life of a person.

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

Life is a precious gift, but we realize this only when we give it to others.

Lord, teach us to step outside ourselves. Teach us to go out into the streets and manifest your love.

More and more people work on Sundays as a consequence of the competitiveness imposed by a consumer society.

The mercy of Jesus is not just sentiment: indeed it is a force that gives life, that raises man up!