In this Year of Faith, let us remember that faith is not something we possess, but something we share. Every Christian is an apostle.

We must overcome...all forms of racism. The problem of intolerance should be dealt with as a whole: every time a minority is persecuted and marginalized...the good of the whole society is in danger.

May we always care for our children, not counting the cost, so that they may never believe themselves to be mistakes, but always know their infinite worth.

Wars are always madness: all is lost in war, all is to be gained in peace.

Anyone who wants to be pope doesn't care much for themselves, God doesn't bless them. I didn't want to be pope.

Saint John Paul II, pray for us and especially for our youth.

Christmas is joy, religious joy, an inner joy of light and peace.