REJECT ALL FORMS OF CORRUPTION THAT DIVERT RESOURCES FROM THE POOR

If money and material things become the center of our lives, they seize us and make us slaves.

American Catholics are committed to building a society which is truly tolerant and inclusive, to safeguarding the rights of individuals and communities, and to rejecting every form of unjust discrimination. With countless other people of good will, they are likewise concerned that efforts to build a just and wisely ordered society respect their deepest concerns and their right to religious liberty.

Every people deserves to conserve its identity without being ideologically colonised.

To all of you, I repeat: Do not let yourselves be robbed of hope! Do not let yourselves be robbed of hope! And not only that, but I say to us all: let us not rob others of hope, let us become bearers of hope!

Advent is a journey towards Bethlehem. May we let ourselves be drawn by the light of God made man.

On a positive note, we must reaffirm the right of children to grow up in a family with a father and a mother capable of creating a suitable environment for the child’s development and emotional maturity.