Mary is the sure path to our meeting with Christ. Devotion to the Mother of the Lord, when it is genuine, is always an impetus to a life guided by the spirit and values of the Gospel.

Love between man and woman cannot be built without sacrifices and self-denial.

The person who does not decide to love forever will find it very difficult to really love for even one day.

And Christ, through His own salvific suffering, is very much present in every human suffering, and can act from within that suffering by the powers of His Spirit of truth, His consoling spirit.

It is unbecoming for a cardinal to ski badly.

My desire is for the young people of the entire world to come closer to Mary. She is the bearer of an indelible youthfulness and beauty that never wanes. May young people have increasing confidence in her and may they entrust their lives to her.

Euthanasia is a grave violation of the law of God, since it is the deliberate and morally unacceptable killing of a human person.