We cannot be tepid disciples. The Church needs our courage in order to give witness to truth.

The family remains the basic unit of society and the first school in which children learn the human, spiritual and moral values which enable them to be a beacon of goodness, integrity and justice in our communities.

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

I think of the difficulties which, in various countries, today afflicts the world of work and business; I think of how many, and not just young people, are unemployed, many times due to a purely economic conception of society, which seeks selfish profit, beyond the parameters of social justice.

Our Christian identity is belonging to a people: the Church. Without the Church we are not Christians.

We should all remember... that throwing food away is like stealing from the tables of the poor, the hungry! I encourage everyone to reflect on the problem of thrown away and wasted food to identify ways and means that, by seriously addressing this issue, are a vehicle of solidarity and sharing with the needy.

Jesus understands our weaknesses and sins; and he forgives us if we allow ourselves to be forgiven.