Christian witness is concrete: words without actions are empty.

If there is no humility, love remains blocked.

The Golden Rule reminds us of our responsibility to protect and defend human life at every stage of its development. This conviction has led me, from the beginning of my ministry, to advocate at different levels for the global abolition of the death penalty.

But you too, help one another: help one another always. One another. In this way, by helping one another, we will do some good.

Do I pray that the Lord gives me the desire to do his will, or do I look for compromises because I'm afraid of God's will?

Today everything comes under the laws of competition and the survival of the fittest, where the powerful feed upon the powerless. As a consequence, masses of people find themselves excluded and marginalized: without work, without possibilities, without any means of escape.

The growth of equality… calls for decisions, mechanisms and processes directed to a better distribution of wealth, the creation of sources of employment and an integral promotion of the poor, which goes beyond a simple welfare mentality.