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Let Us Be Renewed By God's Mercy ... And Let Us Become Agents Of This Mercy, Channels Through Which God Can Water The Earth, Protect All Creation And Make Justice And Peace Flourish.

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Let Us Be Renewed

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Let Us Be Renewed By God's Mercy ... And Let Us Become Agents Of This Mercy, Channels Through Which God Can Water The Earth, Protect All Creation And Make Justice And Peace Flourish.

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

Remembrance Saves A People's Soul From Whatever Or Whoever Would Attempt To Dominate It Or Use It For Their Interests.

All Of Us Benefit From Remembering Our Past. A People Which Remembers Does Not Repeat Past Errors; Instead, It Looks With Confidence To The Challenges Of The Present And The Future.

Politics, According To The Social Doctrine Of The Church, Is One Of The Highest Forms Of Charity, Because It Serves The Common Good. I Cannot Wash My Hands, Eh? We All Have To Give Something!

To The Criminals And All Their Accomplices, I, Today, Humbly And As A Brother, Repeat: Convert Yourselves To Love And Justice. It Is Possible To Return To Honesty. The Tears Of The Mothers Of Naples Are Asking This Of You.

Before I Give You A Blessing, I Ask You For A Favor: I Want You To Bless Me.

I Join The March For Life In Washington With My Prayers. May God Help Us Respect All Life, Especially The Most Vulnerable.

These Days There Is A Lot Of Poverty In The World, And That's A Scandal When We Have So Many Riches And Resources To Give To Everyone. We All Have To Think About How We Can Become A Little Poorer.

[orthodox Patriarch] Kirill, My Brother. We Kissed Each Other, Embraced, And Then A Conversation For Two Hours. Old Age Doesn't Come On Its Own.two Hours Where We Spoke As Brothers, Sincerely And No One Knows What Was Spoke About, Only What We Said At The End Publicly About How We Felt As We Spoke.

Ours Is Not A Joy Born Of Having Many Possessions, But Of Having Encountered A Person: Jesus In Our Midst.

Not All Muslims Are Violent, Not All Catholics Are Violent. It Is Like A Fruit Salad; There's Everything. There Are Violent Persons Of This Religion.

Jesus Came To Save Us: Let Us Not Reject This Marvelous Gift!

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

We Learn Many Virtues In Our Christian Families. Above All, We Learn To Love, Asking Nothing In Return.

Every Child That Isn't Born, But Is Unjustly Condemned To Be Aborted, Has The Face Of Jesus Christ, Has The Face Of The Lord.

More And More People Work On Sundays As A Consequence Of The Competitiveness Imposed By A Consumer Society.

Competitiveness

The Lord Is Always There Waiting To Give Us His Love: It Is An Amazing Thing, One Which Never Ceases To Surprise Us!

The Koran Is A Book Of Peace, It Is A Prophetic Book Of Peace.

Men And Women Are Sacrificed To The Idols Of Profit And Consumption: It Is The 'culture Of Waste.' If A Computer Breaks It Is A Tragedy, But Poverty, The Needs And Dramas Of So Many People End Up Being Considered Normal. ... When The Stock Market Drops 10 Points In Some Cities, It Constitutes A Tragedy. Someone Who Dies Is Not News, But Lowering Income By 10 Points Is A Tragedy! In This Way People Are Thrown Aside As If They Were Trash.

Only We Big Sinners Have This Grace Of Knowing What Salvation Really Means.

The Joy Of The Gospel Is For All People: No One Can Be Excluded.

Life Once Conceived, Must Be Protected With The Utmost Care; Abortion And Infanticide Are Abominable Crimes.

Let Jesus Preach To You, And And Let Jesus Heal You. We Are All Wounded. Everyone.

In A Family It Is Normal To Take Charge Of Those Who Need Help. Do Not Be Afraid Of Frailty!

If A Company Can Declare Bankruptcy, Why Can't A Country Do So?

Human Dignity Is The Same For All Human Beings: When I Trample On The Dignity Of Another, I Am Trampling On My Own.

Do Not Be Afraid Of What God Asks Of You! It Is Worth Saying 'yes' To God. In Him We Find Joy.

The Gospel Teaches Us What Jesus' Kingdom Requires Of Us... Reminds Us That Closeness And Tenderness Are The Rules Of Life.

We Are Impatient, Anxious To See The Whole Picture, But God Lets Us See Things Slowly, Quietly.

This Happens Today: If The Investments In The Banks Fall Slightly... A Tragedy... What Can Be Done? But If People Die Of Hunger, If They Have Nothing Eat, If They Have Poor Health, It Does Not Matter! This Is Our Crisis Today!

Economic Inequality

No One Can Remain Insensitive To The Inequalities That Persist In The World ... The Brazilian People, Particularly The Humblest Among You, Can Offer The World A Valuable Lesson In Solidarity, A Word That Is Too Often Forgotten Or Silenced Because It Is Uncomfortable ... I Would Like To Make An Appeal To Those In Possession Of Greater Resources, To Public Authorities And To All People Of Good Will Who Are Working For Social Justice: Never Tire Of Working For A More Just World, Marked By Greater Solidarity

This Generation, And Many Others, Have Been Led To Believe That The Devil Is A Myth, A Figure, An Idea, The Idea Of Evil... But The Devil Exists And We Must Fight Against Him.

Be Missionaries Of God's Tenderness!

My People Are Poor And I Am One Of Them.

Abortion Is Not The Lesser Of Two Evils. It Is A Crime. It Is To Throw Someone Out In Order To Save Another. That's What The Mafia Does.

Please Pray With Me For Everyone In Sri Lanka And The Philippines As I Begin My Trip.

Don't Confuse The Evil Of Avoiding Pregnancy By Itself, With Abortion.

Let Us Never Forget That It Is The Lord Who Guides The Church. He Is The One Who Makes Our Apostolates Fruitful.

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