Although the life of a person is in a land full of thorns and weeds, there is always a space in which the good seed can grow. You have to trust God.

My people are poor and I am one of them.

The life of Jesus is a life for others. It is a life of service.

I have come that they may have life and have it in abundance, says Jesus. This is where true wealth is found, not in material things!

It is now, more than ever, necessary that political leaders be outstanding for honesty, integrity and commitment to the common good.

I don't know how things stand in the thinking of the Italian parliament. The Pope doesn't get mixed up in Italian politics.

Let us go back to the Lord. The Lord never tires of forgiving: never! It is we who tire of asking his forgiveness. Let us ask for the grace not to tire of asking forgiveness, because he never tires of forgiving.