Poverty Is The Center Of The Gospel.

A Population That Does Not Take Care Of The Elderly And Of Children And The Young Has No Future, Because It Abuses Both Its Memory And Its Promise.

We Hear Many Offers From The World Around Us; But Let Us Take Up God's Offer Instead: His Is A Caress Of Love. For God, We Are Not Numbers, We Are Important, Indeed We Are The Most Important Thing To Him; Even If We Are Sinners, We Are What Is Closest To His Heart.

You May Be Asking Yourselves, 'who Is This Man Standing Before Us?' I Would Like To Reply To That Question With Something Absolutely Certain About My Own Life: The Man Standing Before You Is A Man Who Has Been Forgiven. A Man Who Was, And Is, Saved From His Many Sins.

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.

There Are People Who Are Afraid To Go To Confession, Forgetting That They Will Not Encounter A Severe Judge There, But The Immensely Merciful Father.