We are all jars of clay, fragile and poor, yet we carry within us an immense treasure.

All too often, as we know from experience, people do not choose life; they do not accept the gospel of life, but let themselves be led by ideologies and ways of thinking that block life, that do not respect life, because they are dictated by selfishness, self-interest, profit, power and pleasure and not by love. ... As a result, the Living God is replaced by fleeting human idols, which offer the intoxication of a flash of freedom, but in the end bring new forms of slavery and death.

Because if we destroy Creation, Creation will destroy us! Never forget this!

To all people of good will who are working for social justice: never tire of working for a more just world, marked by greater solidarity!

I entered the diocesan seminary. I liked the Dominicans, and I had Dominican friends. But then I chose the Society of Jesus, which I knew well because the seminary was entrusted to the Jesuits. Three things in particular struck me about the Society: the missionary spirit, community and discipline.

It is important to integrate immigrants into society and to welcome them in the church community

Trust in the power of Christ’s Cross! Receive his reconciling grace and share it!