I ask everyone with political responsibility to remember two things: human dignity and the common good.

Where we find hate and darkness, may we bring love and hope, in order to give a more human face to society.

Whenever people listen to one another humbly and openly, their shared values and aspirations become all the more apparent. Diversity is no longer seen as a threat, but as a source of enrichment.

Drug addiction is an evil, and with evil there can be no yielding or compromise.

We can study the whole history of salvation, we can study the whole of Theology, but without the Spirit we cannot understand. It is the Spirit that makes us realize the truth or -- in the words of Our Lord -- it is the Spirit that makes us know the voice of Jesus.

Putin has big plans for Russia...Hats off to the Russians. I think I would just get along very well with Vladimir Putin.

When you meet the needy your heart grows bigger.

The proclamation of the Gospel is destined primarily to the poor, to those who often lack the essentials for a decent life. The good news is first announced to them, that God loves them before all others and comes to visit them through the acts of charity that the disciples of Christ carry out in his name.

Terrorism grows when there are no other options, and when the center of the global economy is the god of money and not the person men and women this is already the first terrorism!

Certain realities in life are only seen through eyes that are cleansed through our tears. Let us learn how to weep.

Workers should have Sundays off because Sunday is for the family. Calling for Sundays to be a holiday.

A person who thinks only about building walls, wherever they may be -- and not building bridges -- is not Christian.

In the poor and outcast we see Christ's face; by loving and helping the poor, we love and serve Christ.

We cannot insist only on issues related to abortion, gay marriage and the use of contraceptive methods. The teaching of the church is clear, and I am a son of the church, but it is not necessary to talk about these issues all the time.

Consumerism has accustomed us to waste. But throwing food away is like stealing it from the poor and hungry.

Consumerism has led us to become used to an excess and daily waste of food, to which, at times, we are no longer able to give a just value, which goes well beyond mere economic parameters. We should all remember, however, that throwing food away is like stealing from the tables of the the poor, the hungry!

Dear young people, Christ asks you to be wide awake and alert, to see the things in life that really matter.

Do I take the Gospel message of reconciliation and love into the places where I live and work?

It is by God's mercy that we are saved. May we never tire of spreading this joyful message to the world.

Sunday is the Lord's Day. Let us find time to be with him.