I will be praying with my best wishes that the Orthodox move ahead because they are brothers and their bishops are bishops like us.

Obeying God is listening to God, having an open heart to follow the path that God points out to us.

Creation is not a property, which we can rule over at will; or, even less, is the property of only a few: Creation is a gift, it is a wonderful gift that God has given us, so that we care for it and we use it for the benefit of all, always with great respect and gratitude.

Sometimes we are saddened by the weight of our sins. May we not be discouraged. Christ has come to lift this burden and give us peace.

It occurs to me: why is it mainly women, who to pass on the faith? Simply because the one who brought us Jesus is a woman. It is the path chosen by Jesus. He wanted to have a mother: the gift of faith comes to us through women, as Jesus came to us through Mary.

Let us draw from the crib the joy and deep peace that Jesus comes to bring to the world.

Mere administration can no longer be enough. Throughout the world, let us be permanently in a state of mission.