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At The First Meeting I Had With The (italian) Bishops In May 2013, One Of The Three Things I Said Was: With The Italian Government You're On Your Own. Because The Pope Is For Everybody And He Can't Insert Himself In The Specific Internal Politics Of A Country. This Is Not The Role Of The Pope, Right?

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At The First Meeting I Had With The (italian) Bishops In May 2013, One Of The Three Things I Said Was: With The Italian Government You're On Your Own. Because The Pope Is For Everybody And He Can't Insert Himself In The Specific Internal Politics Of A Country. This Is Not The Role Of The Pope, Right?

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The Imposition Of Anomalous Models And Lifestyles Are Alien To People's Identity And, In The End, Are Irresponsible.

The Life Of Jesus Is A Life For Others. It Is A Life Of Service.

We Need To See Each Child As A Gift To Be Welcomed, Cherished, And Protected.

Every Threat To The Family Is A Threat To Society Itself. So Protect Your Families! See In Them Your Country’s Greatest Treasure And Nourish Them Always By Prayer And The Grace Of The Sacraments.

Greatest Treasure

I Allow Myself To Honor The Man Who Fought In Moments When He Had No Strength To Impose Himself, Until He Managed To Impose Himself. [joseph] Ratzinger. Cardinal Ratzinger Deserves Applause.

Avoiding Pregnancy Is Not An Absolute Evil. In Certain Cases, As In This One, Or In The One I Mentioned Of Blessed Paul Vi, It Was Clear.

We Too Need To Protect, Guide, And Encourage Our Young People, Helping Them To Build A Society Worthy Of Their Great Spiritual And Cultural Heritage. Specifically, We Need To See Each Child As A Gift To Be Welcomed, Cherished, And Protected. And We Need To Care For Our Young People, Not Allowing Them To Be Robbed Of Hope And Condemned To Life On The Streets.

I Would Like Especially To Mention You, The Women, Wives And Mothers Of Paraguay, Who At Great Cost And Sacrifice Were Able To Lift Up A Country Defeated, Devastated And Laid Low By An Abominable War. God Bless Your Perseverance, God Bless And Encourage Your Faith, God Bless The Women Of Paraguay, The Most Glorious Women Of America.

Dear Young People, Let Us Not Be Satisfied With A Mediocre Life. Be Amazed By What Is True And Beautiful, What Is Of God!

Youth Ministry, As Traditionally Organized, Has Also Suffered The Impact Of Social Changes. Young People Often Fail To Find Responses To Their Concerns, Needs, Problems And Hurts In The Usual Structures. As Adults, We Find It Hard To Listen Patiently To Them, To Appreciate Their Concerns, Demands, And To Speak To Them In A Language They Can Understand.

I Would Like To Say Something Just About The Mexican People. It Is A Population That Has A Wealth, Such Great Wealth, A People That Surprises.

The Roman Curia Has Its Defects, But It Seems To Me That People Often Overemphasize Its Defects And Talk Too Little About The Health Of The Many Religious And Laypeople Who Work There.

Mary Is More Important Than The Apostles.

Preparation For Marriage Is Very Important. It's Very, Very Important Because I Believe It Is Something That In The Church, In Common Pastoral Ministry, At Least In My Country, In South America, The Church It Has Not Valued Much.

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