Today people are suffering from poverty, but also from lack of love

May the power of Christ, which brings freedom and service, be felt in so many hearts afflicted by war, persecution and slavery.

No one can remain insensitive to the inequalities that persist in the world ... the Brazilian people, particularly the humblest among you, can offer the world a valuable lesson in solidarity, a word that is too often forgotten or silenced because it is uncomfortable ... I would like to make an appeal to those in possession of greater resources, to public authorities and to all people of good will who are working for social justice: never tire of working for a more just world, marked by greater solidarity

Dear young friends, learn to pray every day: this is the way to know Jesus and invite him into your lives.

We now live in a culture of the temporary, in which more and more people are simply giving up on marriage as a public commitment.

On climate change, there is a clear, definitive and ineluctable ethical imperative to act.

Whenever I have a problem, I ask the Saint (Thérèse of Lisieux) not to solve it, but to take it into her hands and to help me accept it and I almost always receive a white rose as a sign.