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There's Only A Very Small Representation Of Girls Among You. Too Little. Women Have Much To Tell Us In Today’s Society. Sometimes We Are Too Machistas And We Don't Allow Enough Space To Women. But Women Can See Things From A Different Angle To Us, With A Different Eye. Women Are Able To Pose Questions We Men Are Unable To Understand. Look Out For This Fact: She Is The Only One Who Has Put A Question For Which There Is No Answer. She Couldn't Put It Into Words But Expressed It With Tears.

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There's Only A Very Small Representation Of Girls Among You. Too Little. Women Have Much To Tell Us In Today’s Society. Sometimes We Are Too Machistas And We Don't Allow Enough Space To Women. But Women Can See Things From A Different Angle To Us, With A Different Eye. Women Are Able To Pose Questions We Men Are Unable To Understand. Look Out For This Fact: She Is The Only One Who Has Put A Question For Which There Is No Answer. She Couldn't Put It Into Words But Expressed It With Tears.

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We Christians Bring Peace And Grace As A Treasure To Be Offered To The World, But These Gifts Can Bear Fruit Only When Christians Live And Work Together In Harmony. This Makes It Easier To Contribute To Building Relations Of Respect And Peaceful Coexistence With Those Who Belong To Other Religious Traditions, And With Non-believers.

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

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

You Can't Govern Without Loving The People And Without Humility!

Fathers Are So Necessary As Examples And Guides For Our Children In Wisdom And Virtue. Without Father Figures, Young People Often Feel Orphaned; Left Adrift At A Critical Moment In Their Growth And Development.

Terrorism Grows When There Are No Other Options, And When The Center Of The Global Economy Is The God Of Money And Not The Person - Men And Women - This Is Already The First Terrorism!

Religious Life Ought To Promote Growth In The Church By Way Of Attraction. The Church Must Be Attractive. Wake Up The World! Be Witnesses Of A Different Way Of Doing Things, Of Acting, Of Living! It Is Possible To Live Differently In This World.

We Must Avoid The Spiritual Disease Of The Church That Can Become Self-referential: When This Happens, The Church Itself Becomes Sick. It’s True That Accidents Can Happen When You Go Out Into The Street, As Can Happen To Any Man Or Woman. But If The Church Remains Closed Onto Itself, Self-referential, It Grows Old. Between A Church That Goes Into The Street And Gets Into An Accident And A Church That Is Sick With Self-referentiality, I Have No Doubts In Preferring The First.

It [abortion] Is A Crime, An Absolute Evil.

When It Comes To The Care Of Our Common Home, We Are Living At A Critical Moment Of History.

Critical Moments

We Don't Have To Expect Everything From Those Who Govern Us; That Would Be Juvenile.

I Beg The Lord To Grant Us More Politicians Who Are Genuinely Disturbed By The State Of Society, The People, The Lives Of The Poor!

Do Not Be Afraid To Cast Yourselves Into The Arms Of God; Whatever He Asks Of You, He Will Repay A Hundredfold.

Every Man, Every Woman Who Has To Take Up The Service Of Government, Must Ask Themselves Two Questions: ‘do I Love My People In Order To Serve Them Better? Am I Humble And Do I Listen To Everybody, To Diverse Opinions In Order To Choose The Best Path.’ If You Don’t Ask Those Questions, Your Governance Will Not Be Good.

Fathers Should Speak With Their Children.

You Should Be Real Witnesses Of A World Of Doing And Acting Differently. But In Life It Is Difficult For Everything To Be Clear, Precise, Outlined Neatly. Life Is Complicated; It Consists Of Grace And Sin. He Who Does Not Sin Is Not Human. We All Make Mistakes And We Need To Recognise Our Weakness. A Religious Who Recognises Himself As Weak And A Sinner Does Not Negate The Witness That He Is Called To Give, Rather He Reinforces It, And This Is Good For Everyone. What I Expect Of You Therefore Is To Give Witness. I Want This Special Witness From Religious.

Instead Of Seeming To Impose New Obligations, They Should Appear As People Who Wish To Share Their Joy, Who Point To A Horizon Of Beauty And Who Invite Others To A Delicious Banquet. It Is Not By Proselytizing That The Church Grows, But By Attraction.

Every Christian Is A Missionary To The Extent That He Or She Bears Witness To God’s Love. Be Missionaries Of God’s Tenderness!

The Church, In Her Wisdom, Maintains The Distinction Between Engaged And Married Couples -- They Are Not The Same, Today's Culture And Society Have Become Rather Indifferent To The Delicate And Serious Nature Of This Passage.

Our Mother Mary Is Full Of Beauty Because She Is Full Of Grace.

Do Not Be Afraid! Our Father Is Patient, He Loves Us, He Gives Us Jesus To Guide Us On The Way Which Leads To The Promised Land. Jesus Is The Light Who Brightens The Darkness. He Is Our Peace.

Francis Of Assisi Tells Us We Should Work To Build Peace. But There Is No True Peace Without Truth! There Cannot Be True Peace If Everyone Is His Own Criterion, If Everyone Can Always Claim Exclusively His Own Rights, Without At The Same Time Caring For The Good Of Others, Of Everyone, On The Basis Of The Nature That Unites Every Human Being On This Earth.

Jesus Fought Satan In 'hand To Hand Combat' . . . 'you Need To Protect This Victory.'

My Brothers, The United States Bishops, Have Reminded Us, All Are Called To Be Vigilant, Precisely As Good Citizens, To Preserve And Defend That Freedom From Everything That Would Threaten Or Compromise It.

Spiritual Worldliness Kills! It Kills The Soul! It Kills The Church!

Dear Parents, Teach Your Children To Pray. Pray With Them.

May Each Family Rediscover Family Prayer, Which Helps To Bring About Mutual Understanding And Forgiveness.

All Revealed Truths Derive From The Same Divine Source And Are To Be Believed With The Same Faith, Yet Some Of Them Are More Important For Giving Direct Expression To The Heart Of The Gospel. In This Basic Core, What Shines Forth Is The Beauty Of The Saving Love Of God Made Manifest In Jesus Christ Who Died And Rose From The Dead.

Many People Who Are Forced Into Emigration Suffer And Often Die Tragically; Many Of Their Rights Are Violated, They Are Obliged To Separate From Their Families And, Unfortunately, Continue To Be Subjected To Racist Attitudes And Xenophobia.

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.

Tell Me, When You Give Alms Do You Look Into The Eyes Of The Man Or Woman To Whom You Give Alms? . . . And When You Give Alms, Do You Touch The Hand Of The One To Whom You Give Alms, Or Do You Toss The Coin?

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

Violence And War Lead Only To Death.

Violence And War

Vanity, Showing Off, Is An Attitude That Reduces Spirituality To A Worldly Thing, Which Is The Worst Sin That Could Be Committed In The Church.

The Vocation Of Being A 'protector' [. . .] Means Protecting All Creation, The Beauty Of The Created World, As The Book Of Genesis Tells Us And As Saint Francis Of Assisi Showed Us [. . .] In The End, Everything Has Been Entrusted To Our Protection, And All Of Us Are Responsible For It. Be Protectors Of God’s Gifts!

All Catholics Must Ask Themselves What They Personally Have Done Lately To Build Up The Holiness Of The Church And Ensure People Feel Welcomed And Loved In It.

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