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In This Work (peace Building), The Role Of Religion Is Fundamental. It Is Not Possible To Build Bridges Between People While Forgetting God, ... But The Converse Is Also True: It Is Not Possible To Establish True Links With God While Ignoring Other People. Hence It Is Important To Intensify Dialogue Among The Various Religions, And I Am Thinking Particularly Of Dialogue With Islam.

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In This Work (peace Building), The Role Of Religion Is Fundamental. It Is Not Possible To Build Bridges Between People While Forgetting God, ... But The Converse Is Also True: It Is Not Possible To Establish True Links With God While Ignoring Other People. Hence It Is Important To Intensify Dialogue Among The Various Religions, And I Am Thinking Particularly Of Dialogue With Islam.

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The Earth, Our Home, Is Beginning To Look More And More Like An Immense Pile Of Filth.

Today One Can Read The Gospel Also On So Many Technological Instruments. You Can Carry The Whole Bible On Your Mobile Phone, On Your Tablet. It Is Important To Read The Word Of God, By Any Means, But By Reading The Word Of God: Jesus Speaks To Us There! And Welcome It With An Open Heart. Then The Good Seed Will Bear Fruit!

To Love God And Neighbor Is Not Something Abstract, But Profoundly Concrete: It Means Seeing In Every Person And Face Of The Lord To Be Served, To Serve Him Concretely. And You Are, Dear Brothers And Sisters, In The Face Of Jesus.

The Church Encourages Those In Power To Be Truly At The Service Of The Common Good Of Their Peoples. She Urges Financial Leaders To Take Account Of Ethics And Solidarity. And Why Should They Not Turn To God To Draw Inspiration From His Designs? In This Way, A New Political And Economic Mindset Would Arise That Would Help To Transform The Absolute Dichotomy Between The Economic And Social Spheres Into A Healthy Symbiosis.

The First Reform Must Be The Attitude. The Ministers Of The Gospel Must Be People Who Can Warm The Hearts Of The People, Who Walk Through The Dark Night With Them, Who Know How To Dialogue And To Descend Themselves Into Their People's Night, Into The Darkness, But Without Getting Lost. The People Of God Want Pastors, Not Clergy Acting Like Bureaucrats Or Government Officials.

Sometimes We Are Saddened By The Weight Of Our Sins. May We Not Be Discouraged. Christ Has Come To Lift This Burden And Give Us Peace.

Do I Take The Gospel Message Of Reconciliation And Love Into The Places Where I Live And Work?

There Is No Cross, Big Or Small, In Our Life Which The Lord Does Not Share With Us.

Let's Pray For Whole World That There Be Brotherhood. I Hope This Journey Of The Church We Begin Today Is Fruitful For Evangelization.

The Mystery Of The Cross, A Mystery Of Love, Can Only Be Understood In Prayer. Pray And Weep, Kneeling Before The Cross.

We Become Fully Human When We Become More Than Human, When We Let God Bring Us Beyond Ourselves.

Take Care Of Brothers And Sisters Who Are Weaker ... The Elderly, The Sick, The Hungry, The Homeless And Strangers, Because We Will Be Judged On This.

My People Are Poor And I Am One Of Them.

Christmas Is Joy, Religious Joy, An Inner Joy Of Light And Peace.

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.

It Is Now, More Than Ever, Necessary That Political Leaders Be Outstanding For Honesty, Integrity And Commitment To The Common Good.

Let Love Simply Bloom... And It Is Unstoppable.

We Ask For Peace And Freedom For The Many Men And Women Subject To Old And New Forms Of Enslavement On The Part Of Criminal Individuals And Groups.

It Is Vital That Government Leaders And Financial Leaders Take Heed And Broaden Their Horizons, Working To Ensure That All Citizens Have Dignified Work, Education, And Healthcare.

A Population That Does Not Take Care Of The Elderly And Of Children And The Young Has No Future, Because It Abuses Both Its Memory And Its Promise.

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

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

Faith Is Not A Light Which Scatters All Our Darkness, But A Lamp Which Guides Our Steps In The Night And Suffices For The Journey. To Those Who Suffer, God Does Not Provide Arguments Which Explain Everything; Rather, His Response Is That Of An Accompanying Presence, A History Of Goodness Which Touches Every Story Of Suffering And Opens Up A Ray Of Light.

Be Dispensers Of God's Grace, Not Controllers. Don't Be The Holy Spirit's Customs Agents.

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.

Move Forward And Let Others Do The Same. Simple. This Is A Guiding Principle Everyone Should Have.

[mexican People] Have A Culture, A Culture That Goes Back Millennia.

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

This Visit Is Meant To Express My Closeness To Our Brothers And Sisters Who Endured The Suffering, Loss And Devastation Caused By Typhoon Yolanda. Together With Many People Throughout The World, I Have Admired The Heroic Strength, Faith And Resilience Demonstrated By So Many Filipinos In The Face Of This Natural Disaster, And So Many Others.

I Believe That Catholics Involved In Politics Carry The Values Of Their Religion Within Them, But Have The Mature Awareness And Expertise To Implement Them. The Church Will Never Go Beyond Its Task Of Expressing And Disseminating Its Values, At Least As Long As I'm Here.

Laboratories Are Useful, But Reflection For Us Must Always Start From Experience.

If Jesus Is To Become The Center Of Our Life, We Need To Spend Time In His Presence, Before The Tabernacle.

I Cannot Live Without People. I Need To Live My Life With Others.

I Invite [journalists] To Seriously Study The Facts Of Guadalupe. The Madonna Is There. I Cannot Find Another Explanation.

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?

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.

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!

There Are People Who Are Afraid To Go To Confession, Forgetting That They Will Not Encounter A Severe Judge There, But The Immensely Merciful Father.

Jesus Teaches Us Another Way: Go Out. Go Out And Share Your Testimony, Go Out And Interact With Your Brothers, Go Out And Share, Go Out And Ask. Become The Word In Body As Well As Spirit.

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