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Mercy Is The Very Foundation Of The Church's Life...the Church's Very Credibility Is Seen In How She Shows Merciful And Compassionate Love...mercy Is The Force That Reawakens Us To New Life And Instills In Us The Courage To Look To The Future With Hope.

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Mercy Is The Very

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Mercy Is The Very Foundation Of The Church's Life...the Church's Very Credibility Is Seen In How She Shows Merciful And Compassionate Love...mercy Is The Force That Reawakens Us To New Life And Instills In Us The Courage To Look To The Future With Hope.

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The Family Is The Salt Of The Earth And The Light Of The World, It Is The Leaven Of Society.

Prayer Is All-powerful. Let Us Use It To Bring Peace To The Middle East And Peace To The World.

If Anyone Feels Offended By My Words, I Would Respond That I Speak Them With Affection And With The Best Of Intentions, Quite Apart From Any Personal Interest Or Political Ideology. My Words Are Not Those Of A Foe Or An Opponent. I Am Interested Only In Helping Those Who Are In Thrall To An Individualistic, Indifferent And Self-centred Mentality To Be Freed From Those Unworthy Chains And To Attain A Way Of Living And Thinking Which Is More Humane, Noble And Fruitful, And Which Will Bring Dignity To Their Presence On This Earth.

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Christian Witness Is Concrete: Words Without Actions Are Empty.

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The Pope Is A Man. The Pope Needs The Input Of Women, Too. And The Pope, Too, Has A Heart That Can Have A Healthy, Holy Friendship With A Woman.

Wars Shatter So Many Lives. I Think Especially Of Children Robbed Of Their Childhood.

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.

The Cross Isn't An Ornament, Mere Symbol. It's The Mystery Of God's Love, That He Died For Our Sins.

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.

But You Too, Help One Another: Help One Another Always. One Another. In This Way, By Helping One Another, We Will Do Some Good.

Essential To The Attainment Of These National Goals Is The Moral Imperative Of Ensuring Social Justice And Respect For Human Dignity. The Great Biblical Tradition Enjoins On All Peoples The Duty To Hear The Voice Of The Poor. It Bids Us To Break The Bonds Of Injustice And Oppression Which Give Rise To Glaring, And Indeed, Scandalous Social Inequalities. Reforming The Social Structures Which Perpetuate Poverty And The Exclusion Of The Poor First Requires A Conversion Of Mind And Heart.

No Elderly Person Should Be Like An “exile” In Our Families. The Elderly Are A Treasure For Our Society.

A Christian Is Never Bored Or Sad. Rather, The One Who Loves Christ Is Full Of Joy And Radiates Joy.

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.

Dearest Brothers And Sisters Who Are So Persecuted, I Know How Much You Suffer, I Know That You Are Stripped Of Everything. I Am With You In The Faith Of The One Who Has Conquered Evil!

As Always, The Ones Who Aren't Saints Make The Most Noise...a Single Tree Falling Makes A Sound, But A Whole Forest Growing Doesn't.

Not To Share One’s Goods With The Poor Is To Rob Them And To Deprive Them Of Life. It Is Not Our Goods That We Possess, But Theirs.

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.

Each Encounter With Jesus Changes Our Life.

The Church Is Called To Draw Near To Every Person, Beginning With The Poorest And Those Who Suffer.

Let The Risen Jesus Enter Your Life, Welcome Him As A Friend, With Trust: He Is Life! If Up Till Now You Have Kept Him At A Distance, Step Forward. He Will Receive You With Open Arms. If You Have Been Indifferent, Take A Risk: You Won’t Be Disappointed. If Following Him Seems Difficult, Don’t Be Afraid, Trust Him, Be Confident That He Is Close To You, He Is With You And He Will Give You The Peace You Are Looking For And The Strength To Live As He Would Have You Do.

Let Us Ask Mary To Help Us Respond To Violence, To Conflict And To War, With The Power Of Dialogue, Reconciliation And Love. She Is Our Mother: May She Help Us To Find Peace; All Of Us Are Her Children!

The Great Biblical Tradition Enjoins On All Peoples The Duty To Hear The Voice Of The Poor. It Bids Us Break The Bonds Of Injustice And Oppression Which Give Rise To Glaring, And Indeed Scandalous, Social Inequalities.

Christmas Celebrations Are Often Full Of Sound. It Would Be Good For Us To Make Room For Silence, To Hear The Voice Of Love.

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