How many Christians live for appearances? Their life seems like a soap bubble. The soap bubble is beautiful, with all its colours! But it lasts only a second, and then what?

Seeking happiness in material things is a sure way of being unhappy.

Do not be afraid to cast yourselves into the arms of God; whatever he asks of you, he will repay a hundredfold.

Yet only when we come to understand, in the light of the Cross, the evil we are capable of, and have even been a part of, can we experience true remorse and true repentance.

The Rosary is a school of Prayer. The Rosary is a school of Faith.

In this work (peace building), the role of religion is fundamental. It is not possible to build bridges between people while forgetting God, ... But the converse is also true: it is not possible to establish true links with God while ignoring other people. Hence it is important to intensify dialogue among the various religions, and I am thinking particularly of dialogue with Islam.

Let us pray for peace in Africa, especially in the Central African Republic and in South Sudan.