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Abortion Is Not A Theological Problem, It Is A Human Problem, It Is A Medical Problem. You Kill One Person To Save Another, In The Best Case Scenario. Or To Live Comfortably, No? It's Against The Hippocratic Oaths Doctors Must Take.

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Abortion Is Not A

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Abortion Is Not A Theological Problem, It Is A Human Problem, It Is A Medical Problem. You Kill One Person To Save Another, In The Best Case Scenario. Or To Live Comfortably, No? It's Against The Hippocratic Oaths Doctors Must Take.

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It Is Important To Integrate Immigrants Into Society And To Welcome Them In The Church Community

The Family Remains The Basic Unit Of Society And The First School In Which Children Learn The Human, Spiritual And Moral Values Which Enable Them To Be A Beacon Of Goodness, Integrity And Justice In Our Communities.

Jesus Wanted To Show Us His Heart As The Heart That Loved So Deeply. For This Reason We Have This Commemoration Today, Especially Of God's Love. God Loved Us, He Loved Us With Such Great Love. I Am Thinking Of What St Ignatius Told Us.... He Pointed Out Two Criteria On Love. The First: Love Is Expressed More Clearly In Actions Than In Words. The Second: There Is Greater Love In Giving Than In Receiving.

The Key Phrase Used By The Synod, Which I'll Take Up Again, Is 'integrate' In The Life Of The Church The Wounded Families, Remarried Families, Etc. But Of This One Mustn't Forget The Children In The Middle. They Are The First Victims, Both In The Wounds, And In The Conditions Of Poverty, Of Work.

Our Life Is Made Up Of Time, And Time Is A Gift From God, So It Is Important That It Be Used In Good And Fruitful Actions.

Mary Is More Important Than The Apostles.

Faith Transforms The Whole Person Precisely To The Extent That He Or She Becomes Open To Love.

I Read Little, I Just Glance Through One Newspaper. Just 15 Minutes.

Challenges Exist To Be Overcome! Let Us Be Realists, But Without Losing Our Joy, Our Boldness And Our Hope-filled Commitment. Let Us Not Allow Ourselves To Be Robbed Of Missionary Vigour!

Christmas Celebrations Are Often Full Of Sound. It Would Be Good For Us To Make Room For Silence, To Hear The Voice Of Love.

Don't Be Afraid To Go To The Sacrament Of Confession, Where You Will Meet Jesus Who Forgives You.

Trust In The Power Of Christ’s Cross! Receive His Reconciling Grace And Share It!

If I'm Not Mistaken, Sigmund Freud Said That In Every Idealisation There's An Aggression. Depicting The Pope As A Sort Of Superman, A Star, Is Offensive To Me. The Pope Is A Man Who Laughs, Cries, Sleeps Calmly And Has Friends Like Everyone Else. A Normal Person.

Children Have A Right To Grow Up In A Family With A Father And A Mother.

Mary Joins Us, She Fights At Our Side. She Supports Christians In The Fight Against The Forces Of Evil. Especially Through Prayer, Through The Rosary. Hear Me Out, The Rosary... Do You Pray The Rosary Each Day?

Yet Only When We Come To Understand, In The Light Of The Cross, The Evil We Are Capable Of, And Have Even Been A Part Of, Can We Experience True Remorse And True Repentance.

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

Where There Is Truth, There Is Also Light, But Don't Confuse Light With The Flash.

Jesus Receives Us With All Of Our Limitations, He Bring Us The Mercy Of The Father Who Forgives Us, And Transforms Our Heart, Rendering It A New Heart, Capable Of Loving Him, Who Loved His Own To The End (cf. John 13:1). And This Love Is Manifested In His Mercy. Jesus Always Forgives Us.

The Christian Life Is Not Limited To Prayer, But Requires An Ongoing Dedication And Courage Born Of Prayer.

I Do Not Believe, That It Is True Or Right That Islam Is Terrorist.

Every Threat To The Family Is A Threat To Society Itself.

The Corrupt Should Be Tied To A Rock & Thrown Into The Sea

Sometimes Tears Are The Glasses That We Need To See Jesus.

Education Cannot Be Neutral. It Is Either Positive Or Negative; Either It Enriches Or It Impoverishes; Either It Enables A Person To Grow Or It Lessens, Even Corrupts Him. The Mission Of Schools Is To Develop A Sense Of Truth, Of What Is Good And Beautiful. And This Occurs Through A Rich Path Made Up Of Many Ingredients. This Is Why There Are So Many Subjects - Because Development Is The Results Of Different Elements That Act Together And Stimulate Intelligence, Knowledge, The Emotions, The Body, And So On.

I'm The Type Of Human Who Is Interested Most In The Truth. God Gave Me A Healthy Love For The Truth.

The People That Does Not Care For Its Children Or Grandparents Is A People That Has Not Future. Because It Doesn't Have The Strength Or The Memory To Go Forward.

The Church Does Not Need Apologists Of Its Causes Nor Crusaders Of Its Battles, But Sowers Humble And Confident Of The Truth, Who ... Trust Of Its Power

The Economic Part Is The One That Came Out First Because There Were Some Problems About Which The Press Spoke A Lot.

I Invite All Christians, Everywhere, At This Very Moment, To A Renewed Personal Encounter With Jesus Christ, Or At Least An Openness To Letting Him Encounter Them.

God Chooses The Pope And God Also Made Men And Women Different.

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