How I wish everyone had decent work! It is essential for human dignity.

You may be poor yourselves in material ways, but you have an abundance of gifts to offer when you offer Christ and the community of his Church.

The culture of comfort, which makes us think only of ourselves, makes us insensitive to the cries of other people.

Unrestrained liberalism only makes the strong stronger and the weak weaker and excludes the most excluded.

We human beings are not only the beneficiaries but also the stewards of other creatures. Thanks to our bodies, God has joined us so closely to the world around us that we can feel the desertification of the soil almost as a physical ailment, and the extinction of a species as a painful disfigurement. Let us not leave in our wake a swatch of destruction and death which will affect our own lives and those of future generations.

Saints are people who belong fully to God. They are not afraid of being mocked, misunderstood or marginalized.

Oh Mary, star of the sea, once again we recourse to thee, to find refuge and sernity, to implore your protection and help. Mother of God and our Mother, turn your sweet gaze towards those who face the dangers of the sea everyday to guarantee their families the necessary sustenance for life, to protect the respect of creation, to serve peace between peoples.