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Another Very Interesting Chapter Is The Education Of Children: The Victims Of Problems Of The Family Are The Children. The Children. Even Of Problems That Neither Husband Nor Wife Have A Say In. For Example, The Needs Of A Job. When The Dad Doesn't Have Free Time To Speak To His Children, When The Mother Doesn't Have Time To Speak With Her Children.

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Another Very Interesting Chapter

Pope Francis

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Another Very Interesting Chapter Is The Education Of Children: The Victims Of Problems Of The Family Are The Children. The Children. Even Of Problems That Neither Husband Nor Wife Have A Say In. For Example, The Needs Of A Job. When The Dad Doesn't Have Free Time To Speak To His Children, When The Mother Doesn't Have Time To Speak With Her Children.

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Our Christian Witness Is Authentic When It Is Faithful And Unconditional.

If My Good Friend Dr. Gasparri Says A Curse Word Against My Mother, He Can Expect A Punch. It's Normal. It's Normal.

The Process Of Healing Also Needs To Include The Pursuit Of Truth, Not For The Sake Of Opening Old Wounds, But Rather As A Necessary Means Of Promoting Justice, Healing And Unity.

The Imbalance Results From Ideologies Which Uphold The Absolute Autonomy Of Markets And Financial Speculation, And Thus Deny The Right Of Control To States, Which Are Themselves Charged With Providing For The Common Good.

To Understand One Another, And To Grow In Charity And Truth, We Need To Pause, To Accept And Listen To One Another. In This Way We Already Begin To Experience Unity. Unity Grows Along The Way, It Never Stands Still. Unity Happens When We Walk Together.

Although It Is A Symbol Of Life, The Female Body Is Unfortunately Not Rarely Attacked And Disfigured, Even By Those Who Should Be Its Protector And Life Companion.

This May Sound Like Heresy, But It Is The Greatest Truth! It Is More Difficult To Let God Love Us, Than To Love Him! The Best Way To Love Him In Return Is To Open Our Hearts And Let Him Love Us. Let Him Draw Close To Us And Feel Him Close To Us. This Is Really Very Difficult: Letting Ourselves Be Loved By Him. And That Is Perhaps What We Need To Ask Today In The Mass: 'lord, I Want To Love You, But Teach Me The Difficult Science, The Difficult Habit Of Letting Myself Be Loved By You, To Feel You Close And Feel Your Tenderness ! May The Lord Give Us This Grace.

If In So Many Parts Of The World There Are Children Who Have Nothing To Eat, That's Not News, It Seems Normal. It Cannot Be This Way!

We Must Learn From Mary, And We Must Imitate Her Unconditional Readiness To Receive Christ In Her Life.

Let Us Protect Christ In Our Lives, So That We Can Protect Others, So That We Can Protect Creation!

The Moral Problem Of Abortion Is Of A Pre Religious Nature Because The Genetic Code Is Written In A Person At The Moment Of Conception. A Human Being Is There. I Separate The Topic Of Abortion From Any Specifically Religious Notions. It Is A Scientific Problem. Not To Allow The Further Development Of A Being Which Already Has All The Genetic Code Of A Human Being Is Not Ethical. The Right To Life Is The First Among Human Rights. To Abort A Child Is To Kill Someone Who Cannot Defend Himself.

We Have Begun A Throw Away Culture. This Tendency Is Seen On The Level Of Individuals And Whole Societies; And It Is Being Promoted! In Circumstances Like These, Solidarity, Which Is The Treasure Of The Poor, Is Often Considered Counterproductive, Opposed To The Logic Of Finance And The Economy. While The Income Of A Minority Is Increasing Exponentially, That Of The Majority Is Crumbling.

I Don't Like It When I Hear It Said: 'but These Youth Say Stupid Things!'

Migrants And Refugees Are Not Pawns On The Chessboard Of Humanity. They Are Children, Women And Men Who Leave Or Who Are Forced To Leave Their Homes For Various Reasons, Who Share A Legitimate Desire For Knowing And Having, But Above All For Being More

Being Christian Is Not Just Obeying Orders But Means Being In Christ, Thinking Like Him, Acting Like Him, Loving Like Him; It Means Letting Him Take Possession Of Our Life And Change It, Transform It, And Free It From The Darkness Of Evil And Sin. ... Let Us Show The Joy Of Being Children Of God, The Freedom That Living In Christ Gives Us Which Is True Freedom, The Freedom That Saves Us From The Slavery Of Evil, Of Sin And Of Death!

The Real Power Is Love, That Which Empowers Others, That Which Arouses Action, That Which No Chain Is Able To Hold Back, For Even On The Cross Or On The Death Bed One Is Able To Love. One Does Not Need Youthful Beauty, Nor Recognition Or Approval, Nor Money Or Prestige. Let Love Simply Bloom...and It Is Unstoppable.

Concealing Or Denying Evil Is Like Allowing A Wound To Keep Bleeding Without Bandaging It.

May Christ The Savior Give Peace To Nigeria, Where More Blood Is Being Shed And Too Many People Are Unjustly Deprived Of Their Possessions, Held As Hostages Or Killed.

I Beg The Lord To Grant Us More Politicians Who Are Genuinely Disturbed By The State Of Society, The People, The Lives Of The Poor!

I Entered The Diocesan Seminary. I Liked The Dominicans, And I Had Dominican Friends. But Then I Chose The Society Of Jesus, Which I Knew Well Because The Seminary Was Entrusted To The Jesuits. Three Things In Particular Struck Me About The Society: The Missionary Spirit, Community And Discipline.

There's Only A Very Small Representation Of Girls Among You. Too Little. Women Have Much To Tell Us In Today’s Society. Sometimes We Are Too Machistas And We Don't Allow Enough Space To Women. But Women Can See Things From A Different Angle To Us, With A Different Eye. Women Are Able To Pose Questions We Men Are Unable To Understand. Look Out For This Fact: She Is The Only One Who Has Put A Question For Which There Is No Answer. She Couldn't Put It Into Words But Expressed It With Tears.

Jesus Is The Sun And Mary Is The Dawn Announcing His Rising.

In These Times Of Suffering Prayer Is Of Even More Help.

Our Families Need To Ask For The Gift Of The Spirit! Through Prayer, Even In The Busiest Times, We Give Time Back To God, We Find The Peace That Comes From Appreciating The Important Things, And We Encounter The Joy Of God’s Unexpected Gifts. Through Daily Prayer May Our Homes Become, Like The House Of Martha And Mary, Places Where Jesus Always Finds A Warm Welcome.

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