The Cross Is The Word Through Which

The Security Of Faith Does Not Make Us Motionless Or Close Us Off, But Sends Us Forth To Bear Witness And To Dialogue With All People.

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.

Indifference Is Dangerous, Whether Innocent Or Not.

Legal Systems, At Both The National And International Level, Are Therefore Required To Recognize, Guarantee And Protect Religious Freedom, Which Is A Right Intrinsically Inherent In Human Nature, In Man's Dignity As A Free Being, And Is Also An Indicator Of A Healthy Democracy And Cone Of The Main Sources Of The Legitimacy Of The State. Religious Freedom ... Favors The Development Of Relationships Of Mutual Respect Between The Different Confessions And Their Healthy Collaboration With The State And Political Society, Without Confusion Of Roles And Without Antagonism.

There Is Another Form Of Poverty! It Is The Spiritual Poverty Of Our Time, Which Afflicts The So-called Richer Countries Particularly Seriously.