This Christmas may we be consistent in living the Gospel, welcoming Jesus into the centre of our lives.

Let us build our lives of faith on the rock who is Christ.

The fight against poverty and hunger must be fought constantly and on many fronts, especially in its causes.

Abortion is not the lesser of two evils. It is a crime. It is to throw someone out in order to save another.

In our ecclesiastical region there are priests who don't baptize the children of single mothers because they weren't conceived in the sanctity of marriage. These are today's hypocrites. Those who clericalize the church. Those who separate the people of God from salvation.

This is precisely the reason for the dissatisfaction of some, who end up sad - sad priests - in some sense becoming collectors of antiques or novelties, instead of being shepherds living with 'the odor of the sheep.' This I ask you: Be shepherds, with the 'odor of the sheep,' make it real, as shepherds among your flock, fishers of men.

They are our future, and we must have a dialogue. This dialogue between the past and the future is important. Because of this I underline so much the relationship between the youth and grandparents. They must speak with.