You must be strong, dear brothers and sisters. You must be strong with the strength that comes from faith.

The question confronting the Church today is not any longer whether the man in the street can grasp a religious message, but how to employ the communications media so as to let him have the full impact of the Gospel message.

The international community should support a system of laws to regularize international relations and maintain the peace in the same manner that law governs national order.

Do not be afraid to be the saints of the new mellineum!

In the context of the "great mystery" of Christ and of the Church, all are called to respond - as a bride - with the gift of their lives to the inexpressible gift of the love of Christ, who alone, as the Redeemer of the world, is the Church's Bridegroom.

We face a fundamental question which can be described as both ethical and ecological. How can accelerated development be prevented from turning against man? How can one prevent disasters that destroy the environment and threaten all forms of life, and how can the negative consequences that have already occurred be remedied?

A process of genocide is being carried out before the eyes of the world.