In the newborn child is realized the common good of the family.

We must reflect the light of Christ through lives of prayer and joyful service to others.

Without wonder, men and women would lapse into deadening routine and little by little would become incapable of a life which is genuinely personal.

To reach peace, teach peace.

The historical experience of socialist countries has sadly demonstrated that collectivism does not do away with alienation but rather increases it, adding to it a lack of basic necessities and economic inefficiency.

The future starts today, not tomorrow.

There cannot be forgotten the great possibilities of mass media in promoting dialogue, becoming vehicles for reciprocal knowledge, of solidarity and of peace. They become a powerful resource for good if used to foster understanding between peoples, a destructive 'weapon' if used to foster injustice and conflicts.