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Human Rights Are Not Only Violated By Terrorism, Repression Or Assassination, But Also By Unfair Economic Structures That Creates Huge Inequalities.

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Human Rights Are Not Only Violated By Terrorism, Repression Or Assassination, But Also By Unfair Economic Structures That Creates Huge Inequalities.

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Human Trafficking Is A Crime Against Humanity. We Must Unite Our Efforts To Free The Victims And Stop This Increasingly Aggressive Crime Which Threatens Not Only Individuals But The Basic Values Of Society.

Human Trafficking

Work Is Fundamental To The Dignity Of A Person. . . . It Gives One The Ability To Maintain Oneself, One's Family, To Contribute To The Growth Of One's Own Nation.

True Peace Is Not A Balance Of Opposing Forces, And It Is Not ‘a Lovely Façade’ Simply Covering Conflicts And Divisions. Rather, Peace Calls For Daily Commitment -- It's Homemade -- Starting From God's Gift, From The Grace Which He Has Given Us In Jesus Christ.

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

The Root Of This Possibility Of Doing Good - That We All Have - Is In Creation.

The Love Of God Is Not Something Vague Or Generic; The Love Of God Has A Name And A Face: Jesus Christ.

There Is Another Temptation Which We Must Especially Guard Against: The Simplistic Reductionism Which Sees Only Good Or Evil; Or, If You Will, The Righteous And Sinners. The Contemporary World, With Its Open Wounds Which Affect So Many Of Our Brothers And Sisters, Demands That We Confront Every Form Of Polarization Which Would Divide It Into These Two Camps.

When We Are Generous In Welcoming People And Sharing Something With Them-some Food, A Place In Our Homes, Our Time-not Only Do We No Longer Remain Poor: We Are Enriched. I Am Well Aware That When Someone Needing Food Knocks At Your Door, You Always Find A Way Of Sharing Food; As The Proverb Says, One Can Always 'add More Water To The Beans'! Is It Possible To Add More Water To The Beans?...always?...and You Do So With Love, Demonstrating That True Riches Consist Not In Materials Things, But In The Heart!

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

Suffering Is A Call To Conversion: It Reminds Us Of Our Frailty And Vulnerability.

The Lord Never Tires Of Forgiving. It Is We Who Tire Of Asking For Forgiveness.

The Holy Spirit Is A Great Worker, Not A 'trade Unionist.' He Is A Great Worker, And He Works In Us, Always. He Does This Work Of Explaining The Mystery Of Jesus, And Of Giving Us This Sense Of Christ.

The One Thing That The Catholic Church Desires, And That I Seek As Bishop Of Rome, “the Church Which Presides In Charity”, Is Communion With The Orthodox Churches.

The Rosary Is Spiritual Medicine.

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.

I Tell Priests To Flee From Clericalism Because Clericalism Distances People. May They Flee From Clericalism And I Add: It's A Plague In The Church.

When Evangelizers Rise From Prayer, Their Hearts Are More Open; Freed Of Self-absorption, They Are Desirous Of Doing Good And Sharing Their Lives With Others.

The Perfect Family Doesn't Exist, Nor Is There A Perfect Husband Or A Perfect Wife, And Let's Not Talk About The Perfect Mother-in-law! It's Just Us Sinners. A Healthy Family Life Requires Frequent Use Of Three Phrases: "may I? Thank You, And I'm Sorry" And "never, Never, Never End The Day Without Making Peace."

A Delicate Balance Is Required To Combat Violence Perpetrated In The Name Of A Religion, An Ideology Or An Economic System, While Also Safeguarding Religious Freedom, Intellectual Freedom And Individual Freedoms. But There Is Another Temptation Which We Must Especially Guard Against: The Simplistic Reductionism Which Sees Only Good Or Evil; Or, If You Will, The Righteous And Sinners.

I Ask All People Of Goodwill To Help Build A Culture Of Encounter, Solidarity And Peace

I Try To Lead A Life Where I Don't Have To Ask God For Forgiveness.

It Also Happens To Me That When I Meet A Clericalist, I Suddenly Become Anti-clerical. Clericalism Should Not Have Anything To Do With Christianity. St. Paul, Who Was The First To Speak To The Gentiles, The Pagans, To Believers In Other Religions, Was The First To Teach Us That.

These Two Criteria Are Like The Pillars Of True Love: Deeds, And The Gift Of Self.

Only By Becoming Poor Ourselves, By Stripping Away Our Complacency, Will We Be Able To Identify With The Least Of Our Brothers And Sisters.

At Stake Are The Lives Of Many Children Who Will Be Discriminated Against In Advance, And Deprived Of Their Human Development Given By A Father And A Mother And Willed By God. At Stake Is The Total Rejection Of God’s Law Engraved In Our Hearts.

We Cannot Become Starched Christians, Too Polite, Who Speak Of Theology Calmly Over Tea. We Have To Become Courageous Christians And Seek Out Those (who Need Help Most).

If A Person Has Done Wrong, Is Conscious Of What He Has Done And Does Not Say Sorry, I Ask God To Take Him Into Account. I Forgive Him, But He Does Not Receive That Forgiveness, He Is Closed To Forgiveness. We Must Forgive, Because We Were All Forgiven. It Is Another Thing To Receive That Forgiveness.

Do Not Forget This: The Lord Never Wearies Of Forgiving! We Are The Ones Who Weary Of Asking For Forgiveness.

We Christians Bring Peace And Grace As A Treasure To Be Offered To The World, But These Gifts Can Bear Fruit Only When Christians Live And Work Together In Harmony. This Makes It Easier To Contribute To Building Relations Of Respect And Peaceful Coexistence With Those Who Belong To Other Religious Traditions, And With Non-believers.

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