I don't like to speak of Islamic violence, because every day, when I browse the newspapers, I see violence, here in Italy... this one who has murdered his girlfriend, another who has murdered the mother-in-law... and these are baptized Catholics! There are violent Catholics!

If we are to know the Lord, we must go to Him. Listen to Him in silence before the Tabernacle and approach Him in the Sacraments.

When it comes to the care of our common home, we are living at a critical moment of history.

To use a telling phrase of the Reverend Martin Luther King, we can say that we have defaulted on a promissory note and now is the time to honor it.

In the Church, and in the journey of faith, women have had and still have a special role in opening doors to the Lord.

Where there is truth, there is also light, but don't confuse light with the flash.

Lord, help us to recognize you in the sick, poor and suffering.