Wherever there are men and women who have consecrated their lives to God, there you find joy.

Let us allow God to fill our hearts with his goodness and mercy.

The root of this possibility of doing good - that we all have - is in creation.

We too need to protect, guide, and encourage our young people, helping them to build a society worthy of their great spiritual and cultural heritage. Specifically, we need to see each child as a gift to be welcomed, cherished, and protected. And we need to care for our young people, not allowing them to be robbed of hope and condemned to life on the streets.

If someone is gay and seeks the Lord with good will, who am I to judge?

A great challenge: stop ruining the garden which God has entrusted to us so that all may enjoy it.

I will be praying with my best wishes that the Orthodox move ahead because they are brothers and their bishops are bishops like us.