I don't know how things stand in the thinking of the Italian parliament. The Pope doesn't get mixed up in Italian politics.

Instead of being just a church that welcomes and receives by keeping the doors open, let us try also to be a church that finds new roads, that is able to step outside itself and go to those who do not attend Mass, to those who have quit or are indifferent.

A man who does not know how to have a relationship of friendship with a woman - I'm not talking about misogynists, who are sick - well, he's a man who is missing something.

The fight against evil is long and difficult. It is essential to pray constantly and to be patient.

Today one can read the Gospel also on so many technological instruments. You can carry the whole Bible on your mobile phone, on your tablet. It is important to read the Word of God, by any means, but by reading the Word of God: Jesus speaks to us there! And welcome it with an open heart. Then the good seed will bear fruit!

God’s faithfulness is stronger than our unfaithfulness and our infidelities.

Being a Christian is not just about following commandments: it is about letting Christ take possession of our lives and transform them.