Advent increases our hope, a hope which does not disappoint. The Lord never lets us down.

Dear Young People, do not be mediocre; the Christian life challenges us with great ideals!

The laity are called to become a leaven of Christian living within society.

Children are to be welcomed, cherished, protected.

He looked beyond. He looked to the peoples of the Earth and saw the destruction of the family because of the lack of children. Paul VI was courageous. He was a good pastor. He warned his sheep about the wolves that were approaching, and from the heavens he blesses us today.

A delicate balance is required to combat violence perpetrated in the name of a religion, an ideology or an economic system, while also safeguarding religious freedom, intellectual freedom and individual freedoms. But there is another temptation which we must especially guard against: the simplistic reductionism which sees only good or evil; or, if you will, the righteous and sinners.

To follow Jesus means to share his merciful love for every human being.