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Not So Much Anymore But Some Years Ago In My Homeland There Was A Habit, Something Called 'casamiento De Apuro,' A Marriage In Haste Because The Baby Is Coming And To Cover Socially The Honor Of The Family. There, They Weren't Free And It Happened Many Times This Marriage Is Null. As A Bishop I Forbade My Priests To Do This.

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Not So Much Anymore But Some Years Ago In My Homeland There Was A Habit, Something Called 'casamiento De Apuro,' A Marriage In Haste Because The Baby Is Coming And To Cover Socially The Honor Of The Family. There, They Weren't Free And It Happened Many Times This Marriage Is Null. As A Bishop I Forbade My Priests To Do This.

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Together With The Social Responsibility Of Businesses, There Is Also The Social Responsibility Of Consumers. Every Person Ought To Have The Awareness That 'purchasing Is Always A Moral-and Not Simply An Economic-act.

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.

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.

On The Ordination Of Women, The Church Has Spoken And Said No. John Paul Ii, In A Definitive Formulation Said That Door Is Closed.

Dear Brothers And Sisters, Never Resort To War! Never War! Above All, I Think Of All The Children Who Are Robbed Of Their Hope For A Better Life And A Decent Future. Killed Children, Wounded Children, Mutilated Children, Orphans, Children Who Play With Remnants Of War, Instead Of Toys. Children Who Don't Know How To Smile. Please Stop! I Ask You With All My Heart. It's Time To Stop. Stop It Please!

When We Talk About The Environment, About Creation, My Thoughts Turn To The First Pages Of The Bible, The Book Of Genesis, Which States That God Placed Man And Woman On Earth To Cultivate And Care For It. And The Question Comes To My Mind: What Does Cultivating And Caring For The Earth Mean? Are We Truly Cultivating And Caring For Creation? Or Are We Exploiting And Neglecting It?

Let Us Learn From Christ How To Pray, To Forgive, To Sow Peace, And To Be Near Those In Need.

The World Tells Us To Seek Success, Power And Money; God Tells Us To Seek Humility, Service And Love.

Let's Return To Our First Love, In Order To Receive The Fire Which Jesus Has Kindled In The World And To Bring That Fire To All People, To The Very Ends Of The Earth.

Pastors Must Welcome The Lost Sheep. Actually, I Made A Mistake. I Said Welcome, Rather, Go Out And Find Them.

There Is Nothing The Church Can Do Except Try To Educate People To Become Good Consumers.

Soccer Must Play A Socio-cultural Role. We Reach 1.6 Billion People, Thanks To The Positive Emotions That Soccer Triggers, Fifa Is More Influential Than Any Country On Earth And Any Religion. We Move Masses. We Want To Use That To Create More Peace, Justice And Health In The World.

Humanity Needs To See These Gestures Of Peace And To Hear Words Of Hope And Peace!

A Senate Vote On Gay Marriage Is A Destructive Pretension Against The Plan Of God

I Want To Remind Priests That The Confessional Must Not Be A Torture Chamber But Rather An Encounter With The Lord’s Mercy Which Spurs Us On To Do Our Best. A Small Step, In The Midst Of Great Human Limitations, Can Be More Pleasing To God Than A Life Which Appears Outwardly In Order But Moves Through The Day Without Confronting Great Difficulties. Everyone Needs To Be Touched By The Comfort And Attraction Of God’s Saving Love, Which Is Mysteriously At Work In Each Person, Above And Beyond Their Faults And Failings.

Communications Requires Study, Preparation, And A Special Attention To Truth, Goodness And Beauty.

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

If We Live The Faith In Our Daily Life, Then Our Work Too Becomes A Chance To Spread The Joy Of Being A Christian.

The Alliance Of Love Between A Man And A Woman, An Alliance For Life, Cannot Be Improvised, And Is Not Made In A Day.

How Many People Worldwide Are Victims Of This Type Of Slavery, In Which The Person Is At The Service Of His Or Her Work, While Work Should Offer A Service To People So They May Have Dignity. I Ask My Brothers And Sisters In Faith And All Men And Women Of Good Will For A Decisive Choice To Combat Trafficking In Persons, Which Includes "slave Labor."

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!

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

Faith Is Professed With The Lips And With The Heart, Through Words & Through Love.

Let Us Not Close Our Hearts, Let Us Not Lose Confidence, Let Us Never Give Up: There Are No Situations Which God Cannot Change, There Is No Sin Which He Cannot Forgive If Only We Open Ourselves To Him.

If We See Someone Who Needs Help, Do We Stop? There Is So Much Suffering And Poverty, And A Great Need For Good Samaritans.

In My Own Experience, Including When I Ask For Advice, I Would Ask A Collaborator, A Friend, I Also Like To Hear The Opinion Of A Woman Because They Have Such Wealth. They Look At Things In A Different Way.

Ask Yourselves This Question: How Often Is Jesus Inside And Knocking At The Door To Be Let Out, To Come Out?

More Than By Fear Of Going Astray, My Hope Is That We Will Be Moved By The Fear Of Remaining Shut Up Within Structures Which Give Us A False Sense Of Security, Within Rules Which Make Us Harsh Judges, Within Habits Which Make Us Feel Safe, While At Our Door People Are Starving And Jesus Does Not Tire Of Saying To Us: 'give Them Something To Eat.'

Don't Let Anyone Rob You Of Hope.

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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.

Peacemaking Calls For Courage, Much More So Than Warfare.

If Sadness Comes To You One Day With An Invitation, Tell It You Are Committed To Joy And Will Be Faithful To It Your Whole Life Long.

Fundamental Relationships Are Being Called Into Question, As Is The Very Basis Of Marriage And The Family. I Can Only Reiterate The Importance And, Above All, The Richness And The Beauty Of Family Life.

How I Wish Everyone Had Decent Work! It Is Essential For Human Dignity.

The Tyranny Of Relativism Is The Spiritual Poverty Of Our Time

Sometimes Tears Are The Glasses That We Need To See Jesus.

There Is So Much Noise In The World! May We Learn To Be Silent In Our Hearts And Before God.

Youth Ministry, As Traditionally Organized, Has Also Suffered The Impact Of Social Changes. Young People Often Fail To Find Responses To Their Concerns, Needs, Problems And Hurts In The Usual Structures. As Adults, We Find It Hard To Listen Patiently To Them, To Appreciate Their Concerns, Demands, And To Speak To Them In A Language They Can Understand.

I Don't Live In The Papal Residence. I Live In A Simple Apartment Behind The Vatican Gas Station.

Integrating In The Church Doesn't Mean Receiving Communion.

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