You may be poor yourselves in material ways, but you have an abundance of gifts to offer when you offer Christ and the community of his Church.

Today, in Mexico, they speak 65 languages, counting the indigenous languages, 65. It is a people of great faith. They have also suffered religious persecution.

It grieves me when I see a priest or a nun with the latest model car.

You might say, 'Can't we have a more human Christianity, without the cross, without Jesus, without stripping ourselves?' In this way we'd become pastry-shop Christians, like a pretty cake and nice sweet things. Pretty, but not true Christians.

We proclaim the resurrection of Christ when his light illuminates the dark moments of our existence, and we are able share it with others

I pray every day for all who are suffering in Iraq. Please join me.

The world tells us to seek success, power and money; God tells us to seek humility, service and love.