The Mexican people, you cannot explain this wealth, this history, this joy, the capacity to celebrate amid these tragedies that you have asked about. I can say another thing, that this unity, that this people has managed not to fail, not to end with so many wars, things, things that are happening now.

The Church is or should go back to being a community of God's people, and priests, pastors and bishops, who have the care of souls, are at the service of the people of God.

If we start without confidence, we have already lost half the battle and we bury our talents.

I wish to make add my voice to the cry which rises up with increasing anguish from every part of the world, from every people, from the heart of each person, from the one great family which is humanity: it is the cry for peace!

Let us not close our hearts, let us not lose confidence, let us never give up.

Every expression of true beauty can be acknowledged as a path leading to an encounter with the Lord Jesus.

Our deepest joy comes from Christ: remaining with him, walking with him, being his disciples.