We now live in a culture of the temporary, in which more and more people are simply giving up on marriage as a public commitment.

I don't live in the papal residence. I live in a simple apartment behind the Vatican gas station.

Dear parents, teach your children to pray. Pray with them.

Jesus teaches us another way: Go out. Go out and share your testimony, go out and interact with your brothers, go out and share, go out and ask. Become the Word in body as well as spirit.

I cannot live without people. I need to live my life with others.

Certainly, possessions, money, and power can give a momentary thrill, the illusion of being happy, but they end up possessing us and making us always want to have more, never satisfied. ‘Put on Christ’ in your life, place your trust in him, and you will never be disappointed!

The one who listens attentively to the Word of God and truly prays, always asks the Lord: what is your will for me?