Friendship, as has been said, consists in a full commitment of the will to another person with a view to that person's good.

Through the Rosary the faithful receive abundant grace, as though from the very hands of the Mother of the Redeemer.

There are many examples of this mistaken idea of freedom, such as the elimination of human life by legalized or generally accepted abortion.

Once again, through myself, the Church, in the words of the well-known declaration Nostra Aetate, 'deplores the hatred, persecutions and displays of anti-Semitism directed against the Jews at any time and by anyone.' I repeat, 'By anyone.'

Let us remember the past with gratitude, live the present with enthusiasm, and look forward to the future with confidence.

Science can purify religion from error and superstition. Religion can purify science from idolatry and false absolutes.

The vocation and mission of the faithful can only be understood in light of a renewed awareness of the Church as sacrament or sign and instrument of intimate union with God, of the unity of the whole of mankind, and of the personal duty to adhere more closely to her.