When it comes to the care of our common home, we are living at a critical moment of history.

May the World Day of Consecrated Life be a timely occasion to rediscover the centrality of Jesus in our lives.

In these times of suffering prayer is of even more help.

May the power of Christ, which brings freedom and service, be felt in so many hearts afflicted by war, persecution and slavery.

To protect creation, to protect every man and every woman, to look upon them with tenderness and love is to open up a horizon of hope.

Gossip can also kill, because it kills the reputation of the person! It is so terrible to gossip! At first it may seem like a nice thing, even amusing, like enjoying a candy. But in the end, it fills the heart with bitterness, and even poisons us.

This is important: to get to know people, listen, expand the circle of ideas. The world is crisscrossed by roads that come closer together and move apart, but the important thing is that they lead towards the Good.