Let us keep the flame of faith alive through prayer and the sacraments: let us make sure we do not forget God.

May we always say thank you to God, especially for his patience and mercy.

There is another form of poverty! It is the spiritual poverty of our time, which afflicts the so-called richer countries particularly seriously.

A good Catholic meddles in politics, offering the best of himself, so that those who govern can govern. But what is the best that we can offer to those who govern? Prayer!

[T]he "home" represents the most precious human treasures, that of encounter, that of relations among people, different in age, culture and history, but who live together and together help one another to grow. For this reason, the "home" is a crucial place in life, where life grows and can be fulfilled, because it is a place in which every person learns to receive love and to give love.

Wars shatter so many lives. I think especially of children robbed of their childhood.

I ask all people of goodwill to help build a culture of encounter, solidarity and peace