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If One Has The Answers To All The Questions - That Is The Proof That God Is Not With Him. It Means That He Is A False Prophet Using Religion For Himself. The Great Leaders Of The People Of God, Like Moses, Have Always Left Room For Doubt. You Must Leave Room For The Lord, Not For Our Certainties; We Must Be Humble.

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If One Has The Answers To All The Questions - That Is The Proof That God Is Not With Him. It Means That He Is A False Prophet Using Religion For Himself. The Great Leaders Of The People Of God, Like Moses, Have Always Left Room For Doubt. You Must Leave Room For The Lord, Not For Our Certainties; We Must Be Humble.

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Dear Young People, Do Not Be Afraid Of Making Decisive Choices In Life. Have Faith; The Lord Will Not Abandon You!

Working For A Just Distribution Of The Fruits Of The Earth And Human Labor Is Not Mere Philanthropy. It Is A Moral Obligation.

Praise Is The 'breath' Which Gives Us Life, Because It Is Intimacy With God, An Intimacy That Grows Through Daily Praise.

All Revealed Truths Derive From The Same Divine Source And Are To Be Believed With The Same Faith, Yet Some Of Them Are More Important For Giving Direct Expression To The Heart Of The Gospel. In This Basic Core, What Shines Forth Is The Beauty Of The Saving Love Of God Made Manifest In Jesus Christ Who Died And Rose From The Dead.

I Know Married Catholics In A Second Union Who Go To Church, Who Go To Church Once Or Twice A Year And Say I Want Communion, As If Joining In Communion Were An Award. It's A Work Towards Integration, All Doors Are Open, But We Cannot Say, 'from Here On They Can Have Communion.'

I Like This Idea Of The Re-foundation Of The European Union, Maybe It Can Be Done, Because Europe - I Do Not Say Is Unique, But It Has A Force, A Culture, A History That Cannot Be Wasted, And We Must Do Everything So That The European Union Has The Strength And Also The Inspiration To Make It Go Forward.

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.

The Lord Has Redeemed All Of Us, All Of Us, With The Blood Of Christ: All Of Us, Not Just Catholics. Everyone! 'father, The Atheists?' Even The Atheists. Everyone!

May The Deepest Spiritual Values Of The Filipino People Continue To Find Expression In Your Efforts To Provide Your Fellow Citizens With An Integral Human Development. In This Way, Each Person Will Be Able To Fulfill His Or Her Potential, And Thus Contribute Wisely And Well To The Future Of This Country.

Forgiveness, Dialogue, Reconciliation - These Are The Words Of Peace, In Beloved Syria, In The Middle East, In All The World.

China Is A Great Nation That Offers The World A Great Culture, So Many Good Things. I Love The Chinese People And I Hope There Is The Possibility Of Having Good Relations. We're In Contact, We Talk, We Are Moving Forward But For Me, To Have As A Friend A Great Country Like China, Which Has So Much Culture And Has So Much Opportunity To Do Good, Would Be A Joy.

Our Faith In Christ, Who Became Poor, And Was Always Close To The Poor And The Outcast, Is The Basis Of Our Concern For The Integral Development Of Society’s Most Neglected Members.

You Might Say, 'can't We Have A More Human Christianity, Without The Cross, Without Jesus, Without Stripping Ourselves?' In This Way We'd Become Pastry-shop Christians, Like A Pretty Cake And Nice Sweet Things. Pretty, But Not True Christians.

Sometimes We Know What We Have To Do, But We Lack The Courage To Do It. Let Us Learn From Mary How To Make Decisions, Trusting In The Lord.

Advent Is A Journey Towards Bethlehem. May We Let Ourselves Be Drawn By The Light Of God Made Man.

I'm Overwhelmed By Shame That The People Who Had The Responsibility To Take Care Of The Tender Ones Violated That Trust And Caused Them Great Pain.

Without Mercy, We Have Little Chance Nowadays Of Becoming Part Of A World Of 'wounded' Persons In Need Of Understanding, Forgiveness, Love.

The Human Person Is In Danger: This Is Certain, The Human Person Is In Danger Today, Here Is The Urgency Of Human Ecology! And It Is A Serious Danger Because The Cause Of The Problem Is Not Superficial But Profound: It Is Not Just A Matter Of Economics, But Of Ethics And Anthropology.

For This The Gospel Offers Us A Serene Way Forward: Using The Three Languages Of The Mind, Heart And Hands - And To Use Them In Harmony. What You Think, You Must Feel And Put Into Effect. Your Information Comes Down To Your Heart And You Put It Into Practice. Harmoniously. What You Think, You Feel, And You Do. Feel What You Think And Feel What You Do. Do What You Think And What You Feel. The Three Languagesto Think. To Feel. To Do. And All In Harmony.

We See That There Are Two Worms That Eat The Fabric Of The Church, Weakening Her. Rivalry And Vainglory Go Against This Harmony, This Agreement.

So Let Us Ask Ourselves This Evening, In Adoring Christ Who Is Really Present In The Eucharist: Do I Let Myself Be Transformed By Him? Do I Let The Lord Who Gives Himself To Me, Guide Me To Going Out Ever More From My Little Enclosure, In Order To Give, To Share, To Love Him And Others? Brothers And Sisters, Following, Communion, Sharing. Let Us Pray That Participation In The Eucharist May Always Be An Incentive: To Follow The Lord Every Day, To Be Instruments Of Communion And To Share What We Are With Him And With Our Neighbour. Our Life Will Then Be Truly Fruitful.

In Our Ecclesiastical Region There Are Priests Who Don't Baptize The Children Of Single Mothers Because They Weren't Conceived In The Sanctity Of Marriage. These Are Today's Hypocrites. Those Who Clericalize The Church. Those Who Separate The People Of God From Salvation.

...we Must Also Acknowledge That The Majority Of The Men And Women Of Our Time Continue To Live Daily In Situations Of Insecurity, With Dire Consequences. Certain Pathologies Are Increasing, With Their Psychological Consequences; Fear And Desperation Grip The Hearts Of Many People, Even In The So-called Rich Countries; The Joy Of Life Is Diminishing; Indecency And Violence Are On The Rise; Poverty Is Becoming More And More Evident. People Have To Struggle To Live And, Frequently, To Live In An Undignified Way.

A Christian Brings Peace To Others. Not Only Peace, But Also Love, Kindness, Faithfulness And Joy.

...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.

Dear Young People, Do Not Give Up Your Dreams Of A More Just World!

We Ask Ourselves And Each Of Us May Wonder: Does The Lord Feel Truly At Home In My Life? Do We Allow Him To Do A 'cleansing' In Our Hearts And To Drive Out The Idols, Those Attitudes Of Greed, Jealousy, Worldliness, Envy And Hatred, That Habit Of Gossiping And Tearing Down Others?

Profound Peace, Spiritual Consolation, Love Of God And Love Of All Things In God - This Is The Sign That You Are On This Right Path.

A Credible Witness To Truth And To The Values Of The Gospel Is Urgently Needed.

In This Year Of Faith, We Pray To The Lord That The Church May Always Be A True Family That Brings God’s Love To Everyone.

Today, Elderly People Are Discarded When, In Reality, They Are The Seat Of Wisdom Of The Society...the Right To Life Means Allowing People To Live And Not Killing, Allowing Them To Grow, To Eat, To Be Educated, To Be Healed, And To Be Permitted To Die With Dignity.

Jesus Did Not Say: 'one Of You Go', But 'all Of You Go': We Are Sent Together.

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.

Wretched Are Those Who Are Vindictive And Spiteful.

The Goods Of The Earth Are Meant For Everyone.

God Is Not A Demiurge [demigod] Or A Magician, But The Creator Who Gives Being To All Entities.

We Who Are Christians, Members Of God’s Family, Are Called To Go Out To The Needy And To Serve Them.

We Now Live In A Culture Of The Temporary, In Which More And More People Are Simply Giving Up On Marriage As A Public Commitment.

Our Relationship With The Followers Of Islam Has Taken On Great Importance, Since They Are Now Significantly Present In Many Traditionally Christian Countries, Where They Can Freely Worship And Become Fully A Part Of Society. We Must Never Forget That They "profess To Hold The Faith Of Abraham, And Together With Us They Adore The One, Merciful God, Who Will Judge Humanity On The Last Day".

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