We face so many challenges in life: poverty, distress, humiliation, the struggle for justice, persecutions, the difficulty of daily conversion, the effort to remain faithful to our call to holiness, and many others. But if we open the door to Jesus and allow him to be part of our lives, if we share our joys and sorrows with him, then we will experience the peace and joy that only God, who is infinite love, can give.

I am a sinner. This is the most accurate definition. It is not a figure of speech, a literary genre. I am a sinner.

Wars are always madness: all is lost in war, all is to be gained in peace.

Today is the World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation. Let us work and pray.

The right to life is the first human right. Abortion is killing someone that cannot defend himself.

Do not be afraid of Confession! One who is in line to confess himself feels all these things - even shame - but then, when he finishes confessing, he leaves free, great, beautiful, forgiven, [...] happy. And this is the beauty of Confession... Jesus is there...and He receives you with so much love.

The Holy Spirit transforms and renews us, creates harmony and unity, and gives us courage and joy for mission.