Today is the World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation. Let us work and pray.

I cannot imagine a Christian who does not know how to smile. May we joyfully witness to our faith.

While all too many people live in dire poverty, others are caught up in materialism and lifestyles which are destructive of family life and the most basic demands of Christian morality.

An example I often use to illustrate the reality of vanity, is this: look at the peacock; it's beautiful if you look at it from the front. But if you look at it from behind, you discover the truth... Whoever gives in to such self-absorbed vanity has huge misery hiding inside them.

For the sake of peace, religious beliefs must never be allowed to be abused in the cause of violence and war.

Those called to the service of governance in the church need to have a strong sense of justice, so that any form of injustice becomes unacceptable.

Our Lady is always close to us, especially when we feel the weight of life with all its problems