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When Money, Instead Of Man, Is At The Center Of The System, When Money Becomes An Idol, Men And Women Are Reduced To Simple Instruments Of A Social And Economic System, Which Is Characterized, Better Yet Dominated, By Profound Inequalities. So We Discard Whatever Is Not Useful To This Logic; It Is This Attitude That Discards Children And Older People, And Is Now Affecting The Young.

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When Money, Instead Of Man, Is At The Center Of The System, When Money Becomes An Idol, Men And Women Are Reduced To Simple Instruments Of A Social And Economic System, Which Is Characterized, Better Yet Dominated, By Profound Inequalities. So We Discard Whatever Is Not Useful To This Logic; It Is This Attitude That Discards Children And Older People, And Is Now Affecting The Young.

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Today Everything Comes Under The Laws Of Competition And The Survival Of The Fittest, Where The Powerful Feed Upon The Powerless. As A Consequence, Masses Of People Find Themselves Excluded And Marginalized: Without Work, Without Possibilities, Without Any Means Of Escape.

A Simple Lifestyle Is Good For Us, Helping Us To Better Share With Those In Need.

Right Now, We Don't Have A Very Good Relation With Creation.

So Many Of You Have Lost Everything. I Do Not Know What To Tell You. But Surely He Knows What To Tell You! So Many Of You Have Lost Members Of Your Family. I Can Only Be Silent; I Accompany You Silently, With My Heart...

Mary’s Life Shows That God Accomplishes Great Deeds Through Those Who Are The Most Humble.

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

Let Us Never Give In To Pessimism, To That Bitterness That The Devil Offers Us Every Day. Do Not Give In To Pessimism And Discouragement. We Have The Firm Certainty That The Holy Spirit Gives The Church With His Mighty Breath, The Courage To Persevere And Also To Seek New Methods Of Evangelization, To Bring The Gospel To The Ends Of The Earth.

Love Makes Us Similar, It Creates Equality, It Breaks Down Walls And Eliminates Distances. God Did This With Us.

Created Half To Rise, And Half To Fall; Great Lord Of All Things, Yet A Prey To All; Sole Judge Of Truth, In Endless Error Hurled; The Glory, Jest, And Riddle Of The World!

How Many Innocent People And Children Suffer In The World! Lord, Grant Us Your Peace!

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!

The Son Of God Became Incarnate In The Souls Of Men To Instill The Feeling Of Brotherhood. All Are Brothers And All Children Of God.

Every Time We Give In To Selfishness And Say “no” To God, We Spoil His Loving Plan For Us.

To Imitate The Hatred And Violence Of Tyrants And Murderers Is The Best Way To Take Their Place.

Congress And The President

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

The Christian Mission Has Only One Focus: To Change Individual's Lives So They Can Change The World.

In These Cases, Where There Is An Unjust Aggression, I Can Only Say That It Is Licit To Stop The Unjust Aggressor. I Emphasize The Word: "stop". I'm Not Saying Drop Bombs, Make War, But Stop The Aggressor. The Means Used To Stop Him Would Have To Be Evaluated.

Sometimes We Are Tempted To Find Excuses And Complain, Acting As If We Could Only Be Happy If A Thousand Conditions Were Met...i Can Say That The Most Beautiful And Natural Expressions Of Joy Which I Have Seen In My Life Were In Poor People Who Had Little To Hold On To.

The Border Between Good And Evil Passes Not Outside Of Us But Within Us

Our Efforts Must Aim At Restoring Hope, Righting Wrongs, Maintaining Commitments, And Thus Promoting The Well-being Of Individuals And Of Peoples.

The Pope Doesn't Get Mixed Up In Italian Politics.

Reforming The Social Structures Which Perpetuate Poverty And The Exclusion Of The Poor First Requires A Conversion Of Mind And Heart.

Injustice And Oppression

Be Dispensers Of God's Grace, Not Controllers. Don't Be The Holy Spirit's Customs Agents.

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

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