Christmas Celebrations Are Often Full Of Sound.

We Have To Find A New Balance; Otherwise Even The Moral Edifice Of The Church Is Likely To Fall Like A House Of Cards, Losing The Freshness And Fragrance Of The Gospel.

Proselytism Is Solemn Nonsense, It Makes No Sense. We Need To Get To Know Each Other, Listen To Each Other And Improve Our Knowledge Of The World Around Us. Sometimes After A Meeting I Want To Arrange Another One Because New Ideas Are Born And I Discover New Needs. This Is Important: To Get To Know People, Listen, Expand The Circle Of Ideas. The World Is Crisscrossed By Roads That Come Closer Together And Move Apart, But The Important Thing Is That They Lead Towards The Good.

It Is Difficult To Judge The Past By The Criteria Of The Present.

I Thank All Missionaries, Men And Women Who Quietly Work Hard For The Lord And Their Brothers And Sisters.

Today In Many Places We Hear A Call For Greater Security. But Until Exclusion And Inequality In Society And Between Peoples Is Reversed, It Will Be Impossible To Eliminate Violence.