The Roman Curia has its defects, but it seems to me that people often overemphasize its defects and talk too little about the health of the many religious and laypeople who work there.

From my point of view, God is the light that illuminates the darkness, even if it does not dissolve it, and a spark of divine light is within each of us.

Some people continue to defend trickle-down theories which assume that economic growth, encouraged by a free market, will inevitably succeed in bringing about greater justice and inclusiveness in the world. This opinion, which has never been confirmed by the facts, expresses a crude and naive trust in the goodness of those wielding economic power and in the sacralized workings of the prevailing economic system.

When families bring children into the world, train them in faith and sound values, and teach them to contribute to society, they become a blessing in our world.

Fraternal love is the nearest testimony that we can give that Jesus is alive among us.

On climate change, there is a clear, definitive and ineluctable ethical imperative to act.

Among our tasks as witnesses to the love of Christ is that of giving a voice to the cry of the poor.