Peace is always possible but we have to seek it. Let us pray for peace.

I don't live in the papal residence. I live in a simple apartment behind the Vatican gas station.

Racism today is the ultimate evil in the world

To live as true children of God means to love our neighbour and to be close to those who are lonely and in difficulty

If I'm not mistaken, Sigmund Freud said that in every idealisation there's an aggression. Depicting the Pope as a sort of Superman, a star, is offensive to me. The pope is a man who laughs, cries, sleeps calmly and has friends like everyone else. A normal person.

Jesus receives us with all of our limitations, He bring us the mercy of the Father who forgives us, and transforms our heart, rendering it a new heart, capable of loving Him, who loved His own to the end (cf. John 13:1). And this love is manifested in his mercy. Jesus always forgives us.

Lent is a favorable time for letting Christ serve us so that we in turn may become more like Him.