May We Try To Listen And Be

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.

Brothers And Sisters, Good Evening. You All Know That The Duty Of The Conclave Was To Give A Bishop To Rome. It Seems That My Brother Cardinals Have Gone Almost To The Ends Of The Earth To Get Him... But Here We Are.

Those Called To The Service Of Governance In The Church Need To Have A Strong Sense Of Justice, So That Any Form Of Injustice Becomes Unacceptable.

Above All, You Ask If The God Of Christians Forgives Those Who Do Not Believe And Who Do Not Seek Faith. Given The Premise, And This Is Fundamental, That The Mercy Of God Is Limitless For Those Who Turn To Him With A Sincere And Contrite Heart, The Issue For The Unbeliever Lies In Obeying His Or Her Conscience.

The World Makes Us Look Towards Ourselves, Our Possessions, Our Desires.the Gospel Invites Us To Be Open To Others, To Share With The Poor.