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Once Capital Becomes An Idol And Guides People's Decisions, Once Greed For Money Presides Over The Entire Socioeconomic System, It Ruins Society, It Condemns And Enslaves Men And Women, It Destroys Human Fraternity, It Sets People Against One Another And It Even Puts At Risk Our Common Home.

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Once Capital Becomes An Idol And Guides People's Decisions, Once Greed For Money Presides Over The Entire Socioeconomic System, It Ruins Society, It Condemns And Enslaves Men And Women, It Destroys Human Fraternity, It Sets People Against One Another And It Even Puts At Risk Our Common Home.

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As Your Captain, I'm Going To Push You To Not Fall Back On Defense, But To Play Offense, And To Play Our Match -- The Gospel, Together.

Charity, Patience And Tenderness Are Very Beautiful Gifts. If You Have Them, You Want To Share Them With Others.

The Time Has Come For The Church To Take Up The Joyful Call To Mercy Once More. It Is Time To Return To The Basics And To Bear The Weaknesses And Struggles Of Our Brothers And Sisters. Mercy Is The Force That Reawakens Us To New Life And Instils In Us The Courage To Look To The Future With Hope.

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.

It Also Happens To Me That When I Meet A Clericalist, I Suddenly Become Anti-clerical. Clericalism Should Not Have Anything To Do With Christianity. St. Paul, Who Was The First To Speak To The Gentiles, The Pagans, To Believers In Other Religions, Was The First To Teach Us That.

We Need To Include The Excluded And Preach Peace.

If My Good Friend Dr. Gasparri Says A Curse Word Against My Mother, He Can Expect A Punch. It's Normal. It's Normal.

We Have So Many Priests Who Have Gone Half Way … It’s Sad That They Did Not Manage To Go The Whole Way; They Have Something Of The Employee In Them, Something Of The Bureaucrat In Them And This Is Not Good For The Church. Please Be Careful You Don’t Fall Into This! You Are Becoming Pastors In The Image Of Jesus, The Good Pastor. Your Aim Is To Resemble Him And Act On Behalf Of Him Amidst His Flock, Letting His Sheep Graze.

Even Today, After The Second Failure Of Another World War, Perhaps One Can Speak Of A Third War, One Fought Piecemeal, With Crimes, Massacres, Destruction.

Despite Our Sins, We Can Say With Peter: Lord, You Know Everything, You Know That I Love You.

Let's Ask Ourselves: Are We Open To The Holy Spirit, Do I Pray To Him To Enlighten Me, To Make Me More Sensitive To The Things Of God? And This Is A Prayer We Need To Pray Every Day, Every Day: Holy Spirit May My Heart Be Open To The Word Of God, May My Heart Be Open To Good, May My Heart Be Open To The Beauty Of God, Every Day.

Let Us Build Our Lives Of Faith On The Rock Who Is Christ.

Truth, According To The Christian Faith, Is God's Love For Us In Jesus Christ. Therefore, Truth Is A Relationship.

May The World Day Of Consecrated Life Be A Timely Occasion To Rediscover The Centrality Of Jesus In Our Lives.

Life Is A Journey. When We Stop, Things Don't Go Right.

Life Is A Journey

A Christian Who Withdraws Into Himself, Hiding All That The Lord Has Given Him, Is Not A Christian! I Would Ask The Many Young People Present To Be Generous With Their God-given Talents For The Good Of Others, The Church And Our World.

We Need To Be Creative With Young People. If They Have No Opportunities, They Will Get Into Drugs And Be Vulnerable To Suicide.

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

Are You Angry With Someone? Pray For That Person. That Is What Christian Love Is.

Please Waste Time Just Playing With Your Kids!

I Think With Great Affection And Deep Gratitude Of My Venerable Predecessor, Benedict Xvi, Who During These Years Of His Pontificate Has Enriched And Strengthened The Church With His Teaching, His Goodness, His Guidance, His Faith, His Humility, And His Gentleness, Which Will Remain A Spiritual Heritage For All.

The Search For God Means Having The Courage To Set Out On A Risky Path, It Means Following Our Restless Hearts.

An Evangelizer Must Never Look Like Someone Who Has Just Come Back From A Funeral.

We Must Walk United With Our Differences: There Is No Other Way To Become One. This Is The Way Of Jesus.

People In Every Nation Enhance The Social Dimension Of Their Lives By Acting As Committed And Responsible Citizens.

Integrating In The Church Doesn't Mean Receiving Communion.

Let Us Ask The Lord For The Grace To Take These Things Seriously. He Came To Fight For Our Salvation. He Won Against The Devil! Please, Let Us Not Do Business With The Devil! He Seeks To Return Home, To Take Possession Of Us Do Not Relativize; Be Vigilant! And Always With Jesus!

When We Do Not Adore God, We Adore Something Else. Money And Power Are False Idols Which Often Take The Place Of God.

Money And Power

Jesus Is The One Who Brings God To Us And Us To God.

We Also Must Learn To Listen More To Our Conscience. Be Careful, However: This Does Not Mean We Ought To Follow Our Ego, Do Whatever Interests Us, Whatever Suits Us, Whatever Pleases Us. That Is Not Conscience.

I Do Not Believe It Is Right To Identify Islam With Violence. This Is Not Right Or True.

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

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