Many powerful people don't want peace, because they live off war.

Go, do not be afraid and serve

Holy Week is a privileged time when we are called to draw near to Jesus: friendship with him is shown in times of difficulty.

[Mexican people] have a culture, a culture that goes back millennia.

Jesus on the cross feels the whole weight of the evil, and with the force of God's love he conquers it; he defeats it with his resurrection. This is the good that Jesus does for us on the throne of the cross. Christ's cross, embraced with love, never leads to sadness, but to joy, to the joy of having been saved and of doing a little of what he did on the day of his death.

When we are generous in welcoming people and sharing something with them-some food, a place in our homes, our time-not only do we no longer remain poor: we are enriched.

We need to avoid the spiritual sickness of a church that is wrapped up in its own world: when a church becomes like this, it grows sick.