Pastors must welcome the lost sheep. Actually, I made a mistake. I said welcome, rather, go out and find them.
Pope FrancisA population that does not take care of the elderly and of children and the young has no future, because it abuses both its memory and its promise.
Pope FrancisBy saying "blessed are those who mourn", Jesus does not intend to declare an unfortunate and burdensome condition in life to be happy. Suffering is not a value in itself, but a reality that Jesus teaches us to live with the correct attitude.
Pope FrancisYou have a specific and important mission, that of keeping alive the relationship between the faith and the cultures of the peoples to whom you belong. . . . [W]e have to follow Christ along the concrete path of our daily lives so that he can transform us.
Pope Francis