Forgiveness is above all a personal choice, a decision of the heart to go against the natural instinct to pay back evil with evil.

Respect for life and for the dignity of the human person also extends to the rest of creation, which is called to join man in praising God.

To the family is entrusted the task of striving, first and foremost, to unleash the forces of good.

This is no time to be ashamed of the Gospel. It is the time to preach it from the rooftops.

The aesthetic value of creation cannot be overlooked. Our very contact with nature has a deep restorative power; contemplation of its magnificence imparts peace and serenity. The Bible speaks again and again of the goodness and beauty of creation, which is called to glorify God.

Peoples of the entire world need to hear these words. Their conscience needs to grow in the certainty that Someone exists who holds in His Hands the destiny of this passing world... And this Someone is Love- Love that became Man, Love crucified and risen, Love unceasingly present among men. It is Eucharistic Love.

The enemy of the human race...invented a means never before heard of, by which he might hinder the preaching of God's word of Salvation to the people.