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I Think Of The Difficulties Which, In Various Countries, Today Afflicts The World Of Work And Business; I Think Of How Many, And Not Just Young People, Are Unemployed, Many Times Due To A Purely Economic Conception Of Society, Which Seeks Selfish Profit, Beyond The Parameters Of Social Justice.

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I Think Of The Difficulties Which, In Various Countries, Today Afflicts The World Of Work And Business; I Think Of How Many, And Not Just Young People, Are Unemployed, Many Times Due To A Purely Economic Conception Of Society, Which Seeks Selfish Profit, Beyond The Parameters Of Social Justice.

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Each Individual Christian And Every Community Is Called To Be An Instrument Of God For The Liberation And Promotion Of The Poor.

...because With Us What Is Highest Must Be At The Service Of Others.

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!

I Would Like To Ask You All To See A Ray Of Hope As Well In The Eyes And Hearts Of Refugees And Of Those Who Have Been Forcibly Displaced. A Hope That Is Expressed In Expectations For The Future, In The Desire For Friendship, In The Wish To Participate In The Host Society Also Through Learning The Language, Access To Employment And The Education Of Children. I Admire The Courage Of Those Who Hope To Be Able Gradually To Resume A Normal Life, Waiting For Joy And Love To Return To Brighten Their Existence. We Can And Must All Nourish This Hope!

Dear Friends, Let Us Not Forget The Flesh Of Christ Which Is In The Flesh Of Refugees: Their Flesh Is The Flesh Of Christ. It Is Also Your Task To Direct All The Institutions Working In The Area Of Forced Migration To New Forms Of Co-responsibility. This Phenomenon Is Unfortunately Constantly Spreading. Hence Your Task Is Increasingly Demanding In Order To Promote Tangible Responses Of Closeness, Journeying With People, Taking Into Account The Different Local Backgrounds.

Violence And War Lead Only To Death.

Violence And War

When I Have A Problem, I Write It Down And Ask St Joseph To Sleep On It

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.

Medical Problems

Before All Else, The Gospel Invites Us To Respond To The God Of Love Who Saves Us, To See God In Others And To Go Forth From Ourselves To Seek The Good Of Others.

It Is Necessary To Broaden The Opportunities For A Stronger Presence Of Women In The Church.

Holy Week Is A Good Occasion To Go To Confession And To Take Up The Right Path Again.

...when Food Is Shared In A Fair Way, With Solidarity, When No One Is Deprived, Every Community Can Meet The Needs Of The Poorest. Human Ecology And Environmental Ecology Walk Together.

Certainly, Possessions, Money, And Power Can Give A Momentary Thrill, The Illusion Of Being Happy, But They End Up Possessing Us And Making Us Always Want To Have More, Never Satisfied. ‘put On Christ’ In Your Life, Place Your Trust In Him, And You Will Never Be Disappointed!

Let Us Pray For The Many Christians In The World Who Still Suffer Persecution And Violence. May God Grant Them The Courage Of Fidelity.

Every Catholic Parliamentarian Must Vote According Their Well-formed Conscience. I Would Say Just This. I Believe It Is Sufficient Because - I Say Well-formed Because It Is Not The Conscience Of 'what Seems To Me.'

Francis Of Assisi Tells Us We Should Work To Build Peace. But There Is No True Peace Without Truth! There Cannot Be True Peace If Everyone Is His Own Criterion, If Everyone Can Always Claim Exclusively His Own Rights, Without At The Same Time Caring For The Good Of Others, Of Everyone, On The Basis Of The Nature That Unites Every Human Being On This Earth.

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.

If Globalization Seeks To Bring All Of Us Together, But To Do So Respecting Each Person, Each Individual Person's Peculiarity, That Globalization Is Good And Makes Us Good And Grow And Leads To Peace.

The World Is Polarized. The Middle Class Becomes Smaller. The Polarization Makes The Difference Between Rich And The Poor Big. This Is True.

I Make A Forceful And Urgent Call To The Entire Catholic Church, And Also To Every Christian Of Other Confessions, As Well As To Followers Of Every Religion And To Those Brothers And Sisters Who Do Not Believe: Peace Is A Good Which Overcomes Every Barrier, Because It Belongs To All Of Humanity!

Mere Administration Can No Longer Be Enough. Throughout The World, Let Us Be Permanently In A State Of Mission.

Indifference Is Dangerous, Whether Innocent Or Not.

We Have To Find A New Balance; Otherwise Even The Moral Edifice Of The Church Is Likely To Fall Like A House Of Cards, Losing The Freshness And Fragrance Of The Gospel.

The Time Has Come For The Church To Take Up The Joyful Call To Mercy Once More. It Is Time To Return To The Basics And To Bear The Weaknesses And Struggles Of Our Brothers And Sisters. Mercy Is The Force That Reawakens Us To New Life And Instils In Us The Courage To Look To The Future With Hope.

The Most Important Thing Is The First Proclamation: Jesus Christ Has Saved You.

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."

Today Saint Paul Has Told Us That In Christ We Have Become God’s Adopted Children, Brothers And Sisters In Christ. This Is Who We Are. This Is Our Identity.

Do I Guard Myself, My Heart, My Feelings, My Thoughts? Do I Guard The Treasure Of Grace? Do I Guard The Presence Of The Holy Spirit In Me? Or Do I Let Go, Feeling Secure, Believing That All Is Going Well?

Each Encounter With Jesus Changes Our Life.

Right Now, We Don't Have A Very Good Relation With Creation.

Christ Leads Us To Go Out From Ourselves More And More, To Give Ourselves And To Serve Others.

It Is A Mortal Sin To Discard The Elderly.

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