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A God Who Draws Near Out Of Love, The Holy Father Continued, Walks With His People, And This Walk Comes To An Unimaginable Point. We Could Never Have Imagined That The Same Lord Would Become One Of Us And Walk With Us, Be Present With Us, Present In His Church, Present In The Eucharist, Present In His Word, Present In The Poor, He Is Present, Walking With Us. And This Is Closeness: The Shepherd Close To His Flock, Close To His Sheep, Whom He Knows, One By One.

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A God Who Draws Near Out Of Love, The Holy Father Continued, Walks With His People, And This Walk Comes To An Unimaginable Point. We Could Never Have Imagined That The Same Lord Would Become One Of Us And Walk With Us, Be Present With Us, Present In His Church, Present In The Eucharist, Present In His Word, Present In The Poor, He Is Present, Walking With Us. And This Is Closeness: The Shepherd Close To His Flock, Close To His Sheep, Whom He Knows, One By One.

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Wherever There Are Men And Women Who Have Consecrated Their Lives To God, There You Find Joy.

Amid So Many Problems, Even Grave, May We Not Lose Our Hope In The Infinite Mercy Of God.

We Are Not Alone. We Have Many Brothers Who In This Moment Of Catastrophe Came To Help. And We Too, Because Of This, We Feel More Like Brothers And Sisters Because We Helped Each Other.

At Times We Can Be Self-absorbed. Lord, Help Us To Open Our Hearts To Others And To Serve Those Who Are Most Vulnerable.

The Political Struggle Against Marriage Equality Is War

May All People Here Find Inspiration And Strength To Build A Future Of Reconciliation, Justice And Peace For All The Children Of This Beloved Land.

I Don't Live In The Papal Residence. I Live In A Simple Apartment Behind The Vatican Gas Station.

I Think We Too Are The People Who, On The One Hand, Want To Listen To Jesus, But On The Other Hand, At Times, Like To Find A Stick To Beat Others With, To Condemn Others. And Jesus Has This Message For Us: Mercy. I Think - And I Say It With Humility - That This Is The Lord's Most Powerful Message: Mercy.

Idolatry, Then, Is Always Polytheism, An Aimless Passing From One Lord To Another. Idolatry Does Not Offer A Journey But Rather A Plethora Of Paths Leading Nowhere And Forming A Vast Labyrinth.

None Of Us Can Think We Are Exempt From Concerns For The Poor And For Social Justice.

Our Prayer Cannot Be Reduced To An Hour On Sundays. It Is Important To Have A Daily Relationship With The Lord.

Pay Attention, My Young Friends: To Go Against The Current; This Is Good For The Heart, But We Need Courage To Swim Against The Tide. ... We Christians Were Not Chosen By The Lord For Little Things; Push Onwards Toward The Highest Principles. Stake Your Lives On Noble Ideals, My Dear Young People!

A Good Catholic Meddles In Politics, Offering The Best Of Himself, So That Those Who Govern Can Govern. But What Is The Best That We Can Offer To Those Who Govern? Prayer!

It Might Be Better - More Comfortable - To Have A Dog And Two Cats. All The Love Is Focused On The Cats And The Dog. Am I Right Or Wrong Here? Have You Seen It? At The End Of This Marriage, Comes Old Age And Loneliness.

You Just Can’t Say That, Just As You Can’t Say That All Christians Are Fundamentalists. We Have Our Share Of Them (fundamentalists). All Religions Have These Little Groups.

Religious Life Ought To Promote Growth In The Church By Way Of Attraction. The Church Must Be Attractive. Wake Up The World! Be Witnesses Of A Different Way Of Doing Things, Of Acting, Of Living! It Is Possible To Live Differently In This World.

Today Too, Amid So Much Darkness, We Need To See The Light Of Hope And To Be Men And Women Who Bring Hope To Others.

War Is Not To Be Waged In The Name Of God.

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