Not only would I say that the family is important for the evangelization of the new world. The family is important, and it is necessary for the survival of humanity. Without the family, the cultural survival of the human race would be at risk. The family, whether we like it or not, is the foundation.

Don't be afraid to go to the Sacrament of Confession, where you will meet Jesus who forgives you.

As the son of an immigrant family, I am happy to be a guest in U.S, which was largely built by such families.

My choices, including those related to the day-to-day aspects of life, like the use of a modest car, are related to a spiritual discernment that responds to a need that arises from looking at things, at people and from reading the signs of the times. Discernment in the Lord guides me in my way of governing.

Obeying God is listening to God, having an open heart to follow the path that God points out to us.

Solidarity...is a structural value of the social doctrine, as Blessed John Paul II reminded us.

Francis of Assisi tells us we should work to build peace. But there is no true peace without truth! There cannot be true peace if everyone is his own criterion, if everyone can always claim exclusively his own rights, without at the same time caring for the good of others, of everyone, on the basis of the nature that unites every human being on this earth.