The Pope appeals for disinterested solidarity and for a return to person-centred ethics in the world of finance and economics.

Politics is a noble activity. We should revalue it, practise it with vocation and a dedication that requires testimony, martyrdom, that is to die for the common good.

If we live the faith in our daily life, then our work too becomes a chance to spread the joy of being a Christian.

Mere administration can no longer be enough. Throughout the world, let us be permanently in a state of mission.

We are far from the so called 'end of history,' since the conditions for a sustainable and peaceful development have not yet been adequately articulated and realized.

Money must serve, not rule! The Pope loves everyone, rich and poor alike, but he is obliged in the name of Christ to remind all that the rich must help, respect and promote the poor. I exhort you to generous solidarity and a return of economics and finance to an ethical approach which favours human beings.

Faith is not a light which scatters all our darkness, but a lamp which guides our steps in the night and suffices for the journey.